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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    LinkedIn Talent Hub

    Score8.4 out of 10
    N/ALinkedIn Talent is a recruiting solution. It offers core ATS capabilities, as well as proactive recruitment outreach tailored to LinkedIn’s site. LinkedIn Talent also enables competitive insights and recruitment marketing.N/A

    Blackbaud Education Management Solutions

    Score7.1 out of 10
    N/ABlackbaud Education Management Solutions is a unified student management system for K–12 private schools. Blackbaud Enrollment Management System™: Gives schools and families the ability to track admissions progress from first impressions all the way through the application process to acceptance, enrollment, and tuition payment. Blackbaud Learning Management System™: Track students' academic performance and progression…N/A
    Pricing
    LinkedIn Talent HubBlackbaud Education Management Solutions
    Editions & Modules
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    LinkedIn Talent HubBlackbaud Education Management Solutions
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeRequired
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    Community Pulse
    LinkedIn Talent HubBlackbaud Education Management Solutions
    Considered Both Products
    LinkedIn
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    Blackbaud
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    88%
    Would buy again
    43 Answers
    73%
    Would buy again
    11 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    91%
    Delivers good value for the price
    39 Answers
    85%
    Delivers good value for the price
    11 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    92%
    Happy with the feature set
    45 Answers
    87%
    Happy with the feature set
    13 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    95%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    39 Answers
    100%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    7 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    98%
    Implementation went as expected
    39 Answers
    83%
    Implementation went as expected
    10 Answers
    Features
    LinkedIn Talent HubBlackbaud Education Management Solutions
    Recruiting / ATS
    Comparison of Recruiting / ATS features of LinkedIn Talent Hub and Blackbaud Education Management Solutions
    Feature
    LinkedIn Talent Hub
    7.0
    77 Ratings
    12% below category average
    Blackbaud Education Management Solutions
    -
    Ratings
    Job Requisition Management4.063 Ratings00 Ratings
    Company Website Posting7.067 Ratings00 Ratings
    Publish to Social Media8.067 Ratings00 Ratings
    Job Search Site Posting7.069 Ratings00 Ratings
    Customized Application Form7.059 Ratings00 Ratings
    Resume Management7.065 Ratings00 Ratings
    Duplicate Candidate Prevention7.953 Ratings00 Ratings
    Candidate Search8.076 Ratings00 Ratings
    Applicant Tracking8.058 Ratings00 Ratings
    Collaboration8.064 Ratings00 Ratings
    Task Creation and Delegation7.256 Ratings00 Ratings
    Email Templates6.065 Ratings00 Ratings
    User Permissions6.060 Ratings00 Ratings
    Notifications and Alerts6.070 Ratings00 Ratings
    Reporting7.761 Ratings00 Ratings
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    Score9.1 out of 10
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    Medium-sized Companies
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    Score10 out of 10
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    Enterprises
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    Score8 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    LinkedIn Talent HubBlackbaud Education Management Solutions
    Likelihood to Recommend
    7.0
    (79 ratings)
    7.0
    (120 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    7.5
    (9 ratings)
    Usability
    7.0
    (1 ratings)
    6.5
    (7 ratings)
    Support Rating
    7.5
    (22 ratings)
    7.0
    (115 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.0
    (21 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    LinkedIn Talent HubBlackbaud Education Management Solutions
    Likelihood to Recommend
    LinkedIn
    I really feel like [LinkedIn Talent Hub] has great potential to be used by many many companies. I think if it is made a little more user friendly with a little more development on the back end to remove some bugs, this could be a potential game changer. I have enjoyed working and getting to know this.
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    Blackbaud
    A good, and constantly improving solution for private schools. I don't know that a lot of its functionality would be well suited to public schools, but maybe? The integration with other Blackbaud software is a huge plus for us, as we have several of their other products including their flagship Raiser's Edge. Smaller schools may not need the sophistication of Blackbaud solutions, and it is not an inexpensive option.
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    Pros
    LinkedIn
    • Source of talent - LinkedIn has become the #1 place to engage talent.
    • Targeting / advertising / sponsoring employment ads are very effective. They are costly, but effective.
    • Connecting with talent via InMails and ability to send InMails to a pretty targeted audience with ease is great. This allows you to reach out/connect fast with people that "fit" what you are looking for. Other sites for recruiting, etc. are hit and miss. The quality of results is the strongest on LinkedIn and has been for many, many years.
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    Blackbaud
    • Seamless integration between the LMS, EMS and SIS modules
    • Real-time, effective chat support helps me not only with urgent needs but also to work through possibilities for increasing how we use the product.
    • Feature upgrades monthly that respond to voiced needs from users
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    Cons
    LinkedIn
    • Reporting. Major lacking here. If a job is closed then reopened (which that feature was recently removed), all reporting is wiped clean and picked back up with the "reopen" date. So it doesn't give a full history of the job activity.
    • Lacks adequate approvals in the system.
    • If you're a company with a risk of audits, I would not recommend Talent Hub. They lack compliance: the system allows us to "hire" someone who never applied to the job. Req history could be incomplete with the way reporting functions are set up. The system puts passive "sourced" candidates and applicants in the same bucket for pipeline workflows. Disposition status is inadequate and greatly lacking, etc.
    • Dashboard is not customizable.
    • We do not have our own unique req IDs. The system generates project IDs but these numbers are shared with all their clients, they're not unique to Ora so they are somewhat random and not in order.
    • They do not differentiate between a networking project and an approved requisition.
    • There's more, too many to list.
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    Blackbaud
    • Forms - lack of conditional questions
    • Gradebook -lack of links to assignments
    • Not being able to customize displays, for example, Grading tab - we just finished 1st semester and teachers could only see the current quarter but not the 1st one which is still part of the first semester. Lack of customization in assessments.
    • Scheduling- even though re-running generating schedules, we're still getting a high number of unscheduled students. Lack of being able to limit the number of scheduled classes in a row for teachers.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    LinkedIn
    No answers on this topic
    Blackbaud
    It is a solid product. We have some issues with the capabilities of the website building components and the out dated technology behind its communications software but overall Blackbaud Education Management Software services to combine numerous functions into one product.
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    Usability
    LinkedIn
    The LinkedIn Talent Hub is a very easy to use and widely known by other users. If someone is hiring, its very visible and accessible. I have never had trouble posting exactly what I need. However, I have had trouble finding the candidate I am looking for. It tends to not bring in a lot of candidates
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    Blackbaud
    Blackbaud EMS is very usable from my perspective. I am a power user and get lots of valuable functionality. It is, however, a complex system. Sometimes necessarily complex to accommodate flexibility for diverse customer needs. Some complexity seems unnecessary and/or hold-over functionality from earlier versions; nice to see this type being evolved away from over time. It is valuable to receive regular updates to the system along with good release notes of what changed and notices of significant changes in advance.
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    Support Rating
    LinkedIn
    Although we never experienced any issues with the LinkedIn Talent platform or required any support, we always knew in the event that we did need assistance, it was readily available. LinkedIn as a whole is always very supportive and responsive whenever I've had any issues or even a simple question in the past. I'm sure anyone experiencing difficulties with the platform would have a resolution from the support team just about instantly.
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    Blackbaud
    Decent support however the chat feature can take a great amount of time out of the workday. If for instance you are waiting for someone to respond in the chat and there is a fire drill, if you are not responding within a few minutes, you are disconnected and have to start all over again. It would be great if you could submit your problem and then whoever has the most experience, can respond. The training in the Blackbaud University is good but also time-consuming - a 3 hr training in the middle of a workday is a lot to ask. I like the 90-minute sessions. It would also be great to offer a shorter webinar to update on any changes implemented. Other than the email I subscribed to, there is no information on how these updates actually work.
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    Alternatives Considered
    LinkedIn
    It's definitely better than other competitors because of one a better pool of candidates, who are well categorised and filtered, and the database is well updated. Also, it has a better UI with end to end hiring requirement management, that helps to make hiring faster and smarter. The UX though is a bit laggy, which can be improved
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    Blackbaud
    Blackbaud K-12 is very similar. I feel like I would be trading one set of issues for another so it's kind of a wash. We are very much hooked into the Blackbaud website with our Google SSO, SmartTuition, and Schooldoc integrations. It would be difficult for us to transition. That is the main reason I haven't really entertained other web firms.
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    Return on Investment
    LinkedIn
    • Positive impact. The tool has helped us in finding quality candidates for our hard to fill positions!
    • Helps in “pipelining” even after we fill a position, we make a folder of prospective candidates that we find through the platform. This list is then revisited once we have additional positions!
    • Outreach to global candidates. We have an office in Spain and we have found so many qualified candidates on the platform to fill those positions!
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    Blackbaud
    • Negative - The rollout is brutal. Blackbaud said it could happen in 6 months, but that is definitely not a reality. It will take well over a year, and one complete school cycle to actually integrate everything correctly.
    • Positive - The amount of time saved in data processing has allowed our office to become more involved in other areas of the school.
    • Positive - The ease of having everything in [one] place, from inquiry to application to contracts and course registration, has been a HUGE benefit to our applicants and their families.
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    ScreenShots

    Blackbaud Education Management Solutions Screenshots

    Screenshot of Topics pages help organize units of learning throughout the year in the Learning Management SystemScreenshot of Blackbaud's education management solutions come with strong reporting tools to get the information you need quicklyScreenshot of Schedule view makes it easy for teachers to manage their daysScreenshot of Blackbaud Enrollment Management System Admissions Checklists help applicants track their progress in the admissions processScreenshot of Blackbaud's education management solutions come with strong reporting tools to get the information you need quicklyScreenshot of Keep track of all the key information about your students in one place