Handshake Talent Engagement Suite vs. Ladders Recruiter

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Handshake Talent Engagement Suite
Score 7.7 out of 10
N/A
Handshake Talent Engagement Suite (TES) helps employers source, engage, manage, and build their brand with early talent at scale. Tell an impactful story and build a strong employer brand using rich media, candidate reviews, employee testimonials, and more.N/A
Ladders Recruiter
Score 6.5 out of 10
N/A
Ladders is a careers resource that helps people manage, market and move-up in their careers. Ladder’s community of professionals come to us to be inspired, grow in their careers, and get ahead in their professional lives. They focus on the $100K+ job market and build data-driven tools, marketplaces, news and entertainment products for their audience, and the companies, recruiters, and advertisers that want to reach them. Ladders aims to bring qualified professionals and hiring teams…
$199
per month
Pricing
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Editions & Modules
No answers on this topic
Lite Access
$199
per month
Promoted Job Posts
$397
per 8 weeks Promoted Job Post
Full Access
$597
per month
Enterprise
Contact Sales
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Handshake Talent Engagement SuiteLadders Recruiter
Free Trial
NoNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoYes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional Details20% discount for annual subscriptions.
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Features
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Recruitment Marketing
Comparison of Recruitment Marketing features of Product A and Product B
Handshake Talent Engagement Suite
8.0
11 Ratings
18% above category average
Ladders Recruiter
1.0
1 Ratings
148% below category average
Passive Recruitment Advertising8.07 Ratings1.01 Ratings
Active Recruitment Advertising8.39 Ratings1.01 Ratings
Employer Branding Tools7.610 Ratings1.01 Ratings
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User Ratings
Handshake Talent Engagement SuiteLadders Recruiter
Likelihood to Recommend
8.6
(37 ratings)
3.0
(1 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
10.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Usability
10.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Support Rating
9.6
(25 ratings)
1.0
(1 ratings)
Implementation Rating
10.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
Handshake Talent Engagement SuiteLadders Recruiter
Likelihood to Recommend
Handshake
Compared to bulk messaging students who are listed as 'matches' on the job listing page, the segments & campaigns I created were so helpful in identifying leads & helping to convert those leads to applicants without me having to continually follow-up with students (thank you- follow-up email feature!) For roles that require a lot of applicant flow, or for positions that require a large cohort of hires at one time, these features are perfect.
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Ladders
It would depend on the company size. From experience, it does not serve us well but it might work better for a different company or industry
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Pros
Handshake
  • Connects us with our target audience (current college students and recent graduates).
  • Connects us with a variety of career services offices, building trust in our organization.
  • It provides capacity to our recruiters while also allowing us to balance volume and personalization in recruitment.
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Ladders
  • It does have a large applicant base
  • It seemed to have qualified users
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Cons
Handshake
  • Ability to directly source and reach out to specific candidates (rather than just a whole pool with campaigns)
  • More flexibility over the way postings look to allow for creativity
  • More details about students on their profiles to make it easier to source the right candidates
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Ladders
  • The response rate of the candidates(but that isn't Ladders fault)
  • Only one user can access the account which does not serve us well as we have several people that work on Executive positions.
  • From experience, The ability to get candidates to respond to you was awful
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Likelihood to Renew
Handshake
It works and has been a valuable tool for recruitment and talent engagement
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Ladders
0 WE are not going to use it
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Usability
Handshake
It is intuitive
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Ladders
No answers on this topic
Support Rating
Handshake
Becca always responds very quickly to my questions. We had an issue where I couldn't register for a fair because another division of my company had already registered and this problem was fixed the next day. I feel like the team at Handshake Talent Engagement Suite actually cares about my experience. Not all companies do once the contract is signed! They definitely treat their customers well. I literally feel like I am their only customer.
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Ladders
0 We tried several time to get in touch with customer service and was never able to
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Implementation Rating
Handshake
It is a great product and valuable tool for recruitment and sourcing of talent
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Ladders
No answers on this topic
Alternatives Considered
Handshake
I think Handshake is similar to Linkedin Recruiter in a lot of ways. The main differentiator for me/our company is who we are trying to reach or target. LinkedIn is not an easy platform to find early careers talent on, so Handshake has been the best way for us to connect with schools, register for events easily, advertise to college students and reach them where they are!
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Ladders
It does not at all
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Return on Investment
Handshake
  • Summer internship recruiting for hard to fill roles has grown to be much easier. Without Handshake Talent Engagement Suite, we would be left scrambling to specific school job boards.
  • Hosting a simple one-hour informative event and reaching a large audience has helped with brand awareness. We don't necessarily see immediate obvious results but have been content with our ability to connect with underclassmen, getting them excited to apply for internships in a year or two.
  • Creating a talent segment and sending campaign messages is much more efficient and effective than reaching out to individual candidates with cold calls/emails.
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Ladders
  • None. We got no ROI with Ladders
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