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When a run completes, the header shows Complete with the final counts, and the workspace holds three artifacts: the Shortlist, the Market Map, and the full Evaluated pool.
A completed Beacon run with shortlist, market map, and evaluated pool

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The shortlist

The shortlist rail shows each candidate’s current role, company, location, and a fit score. Click Open full grid for the complete picture:
The full shortlist grid with fit scores, headline fit, tags, and evidence
  • Fit: the candidate’s score against your brief.
  • Headline fit: the one-line case for the candidate.
  • Tags: which requirements they hit, for example pe-backed, m&a, ipo, austin, and whether the profile was verified fresh.
  • Evidence: the specific career facts behind the score.
Click any name to open the full person profile. Save all writes the shortlist into a people list; View list opens the one Beacon already created in your run’s folder.

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The evaluated pool

Evaluated holds everyone Beacon reviewed, including passes. It is worth a skim: you may weigh a trade-off differently than the agent did, and a follow-up (“reconsider candidates you passed on for being outside Texas”) pulls people back in.

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Refine with follow-ups

The shortlist is a draft to react to. Ask follow-ups like:
  • “Why is the number one candidate ranked above the number two?”
  • “Drop anyone who has been in seat less than a year.”
  • “Add candidates from Dallas and Houston.”
  • “Compare the top three on M&A depth.”
Beacon re-works the list in place, pinning and unpinning candidates as your requirements sharpen.
The ranked list is also written out as prose with reasoning at the end of the run. Read it before opening the grid: it is the closest thing to a researcher’s memo about the market.