# Search overview

> Tandem's search finds people who haven't applied yet, scores each one against your role, and shows why they matched.

Source: https://tandem.joveo.com/support/search/overview

## How it works

1. **Search.** In a live role's `Sourcing` tab, describe who you want in `Search the open market`. When a role goes live, Tandem also runs a first search and reports the results in the chat.
2. **Review.** Each person has a match score out of 100, with the evidence behind each criterion.
3. **Reveal.** Click `Reveal info` to see a person's email and phone.
4. **Reach out.** Select people and add them to outreach, which invites them to apply by email.

You can also add people you already know with `Import`.

Related: [Run a candidate search](https://tandem.joveo.com/support/search/run-a-search.md) · [Review candidates before outreach](https://tandem.joveo.com/support/search/review-before-outreach.md) · [Reveal contact details](https://tandem.joveo.com/support/search/contact-reveals.md)

## Credits

A search uses 3 credits per candidate per new person. An email reveal uses 5 credits per candidate, and a phone reveal 5 credits per candidate.

Related: [How credits work](https://tandem.joveo.com/support/credits/how-credits-work.md)

## What Tandem does not do

- Tandem does not contact anyone just because they appear in your results. Nobody is emailed until you add them to outreach, or until Tandem's outreach, which you set up, picks them.
- Tandem does not decide who is right for the role. The match score helps you choose who to contact; the choice is yours.
- Tandem does not charge again for people you've already seen in a search.

Related: [Search FAQs](https://tandem.joveo.com/support/search/faqs.md)