SeekOut

The best help SeekOut has been for my team, and I is its ability to garner phone and email data information and delineate diverse populations. Since it uses LI as a backend database, as long as the link is kept updated with Seekout/LI, it is a good tool to garner the above information and more speedily develop a pipeline of specific candidates.

I think SeekOut is a great tool if we have a dedicated source I wish we had a better and higher response rate for the applicants we find I wish there was a feature where we could hide candidates that are already viewed I really like using this for confidential search that we aren't advertising to build a pipeline

The customer service has been amazing! Our success rep has helped us by maximizing our package and optimizing our reach outs to candidates. The platform is easy to use and to teach to new hires and Carrie has been flawless at teaching us tips and tricks to learn how to use Seek Out to it's fullest potential. The Biggest problem this is helping us solve is finding qualified candidates to reach out to and try to hire. Right now hiring is our number one priority- so this has helped us reach out to candidates!

If we are targeting a company to hire people from you can easily pull a list of people from that company, it saves time and is a pretty good list. You can also get an email addresses of the potential leads.

I used SeekOut to source for a cyber security architect. I had been trying to gill the position for months and with SeekOut I found a candidate and had an offer within two weeks. SeekOut is great for niche hard to fill roles. It doesn't not work well with volume recruiting, and or in industries where candidates are not online often.

It is a larger-scale recruiting tool, but their location tools need to be better. If I am sourcing for a role in Los Angeles, I shouldn't be getting candidates located in India as a match when I am sourcing for a 50 miles radius. Also, to get their email addresses, it uses a credit, and the majority of the time, these are email addresses that bounce back or the person doesn't actively use. So the metrics look like it was sent because they will send an email to every single one listed as a match to that candidate. So if they have 7 email addresses, it will count as a reached email if even one of those are current. That doesn't mean the person replies.

SeekOut is well suited to conduct market research and get important data to build trust with your stakeholders

Where ZipRecruiter is great for mostly non-technical profiles with confirmed contact information- SeekOut would be the next best thing for the technical side of recruiting. It does give you the chance for contact information. Sometimes that information is good, and sometimes it's not. When contact information is old or stale, going to their LinkedIn profile to send a connection invite and message through Linkedin Recruiter would be the next step regardless, but is as easy as just one click on their name.

It is very well suited for: Market Analysis, Candidate Identification, Candidate Contact Mining, Data Export and Import, DEI Search.

It is not well suited for Campaign Management, or customization.

I would highly recommend SeekOut to any organization (large or small) that is seeking a platform that covers all their talent sourcing needs. SeekOut is excellent for filtering candidates by skill set or technical background and makes an effort to highlight diverse profiles. Because of this, we are able to contact a broader audience of candidates and find talent that aligns with our rigorous DEI goals and values. SeekOut also integrates with LinkedIn, making it simple to view a candidate's profile and gain a more holistic picture of their experience, career goals, and interests. From a messaging standpoint, SeekOut is excellent in providing our Recruiters with the tools to easily run email campaigns and further market our brand and job opportunities.

If you are building a list of candidates, SeekOut will be an invaluable resource. The platform's search capabilities are second to none and can provide a far greater number of results in a single search than what is possible through LinkedIn. This is especially useful when trying to fill multiple roles or when looking for candidates with highly specific skills or experience. SeekOut's powerful search algorithms and customized filters make it easy to quickly identify the most relevant candidates for the job, which can save a significant amount of time and effort compared to traditional recruiting methods. Additionally, the ability to save searches and filter criteria for future use, makes it even easier to build and maintain a comprehensive list of potential candidates. Overall, SeekOut is an excellent choice for any company looking to build a strong pipeline of top talent

So far I been using the tool for 7 months now. I have not made a hire from it yet. Great for looking at profiles but not a high chance of getting responses back from candidates on the tool. I do like how the campaign tool works- however not all my campaigns give much response rates.

I find the tool very well suited to most of the workflows I need to execute as someone in a Sourcing role (aka, the person who works with candidates from initial outreach through the middle stages of a hiring process). I could even see a use case for folks outside of Talent Acquisition functions who just wish to find quality leads (for sales, etc.).

I wouldn't recommend SeekOut for folks who work only on the later stages of a hiring process.

I used SeekOut for hard to fill markets and it was very helpful. I was able to create strong Boolean searches and campaigns that would automatically do the work for me.

I see this as a better solution for big and corporate companies, not necessarily dynamic, fast-paced and innovative ones. It's still a good solution with lots of functionalities but the product needs further improvements which are on the way as far as I know. Knowing is an American product Europe and APA regions are a bit behind. You can see that in the data accuracy for talent insights SeekOut vs LinkedIn Insights.

We lacked integration with Gem.

SeekOut has worked well for our company, again, in pulling data from specific diverse talent when needed.

SeekOut is well suited when searching for hard to find engineers, technical talent or high level executives. It may not be as appropriate when seeking service industry professionals or manufacturing talent.

It allows you to search for very specific things, such as years of experience, education, previous companies they've worked for, etc. and utilize that in your search when finding specific things. I would like to be able to see their actual resume rather than just bullet points.

Helpful Advanced Boolean Search capabilities, in my opinion unreliable contact information, clunky prospect/candidate management capabilities, impossible to track/measure ROI.

Well suited for diversity filter, finding emails and market insights.
I don't have any scenarios where SeekOut was less appropriate.

It is harder to find candidates with clearances but SeekOut does the best it can to recommend those with them. I wish I could add these candidates easier into our system here at work and I didn't have to download by the 100's when downloading candidates from the SeekOut system into a spreadsheet.

Enabling global TA teams (sources, recruiters and managers) to identify strong candidates and to diversity the candidate pipeline. SeekOut also enables TA teams to connect with the candidates, providing in depth information as well as contact information for passive job seekers.

SeekOut is best suited for searching for niche candidates with a rare or hard-to-find specialty. Those highly sought-after candidates don't always respond to Linkedin messages as they often receive a high volume of emails. SeekOut provides their contact info so that I can reach out to them outside of the Linkedin platform. It also identifies candidates that the Linkedin algorithm might miss. It's less appropriate for searches with a larger pool of qualified candidates that don't require niche skills or if I'm looking for a quick answer. I tend to get quicker responses via Linkedin email with specific candidates.

Being able to find unicorn diverse talent

I believe that SeekOut does a great job as an alternative to my Clearance Jobs license because it gives me the ability to target individuals with clearances which are 99.5% of what I source on. I honestly do not have any scenarios where it is less valuable.