Item: LinkedIn Talent Solutions
Rating: 7
Author: Verified User

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

It is used solely by the talent team in order to prospect passive and active candidates for open/future positions. It is helpful to uncover talent that may not be applying directly to our job postings.

The best feature for us is being able to quickly reach candidates via InMail and ones that have their "open to new opportunities" filter on. This allows us to have a targeted approach to the candidate outreach that we are doing.

Pros and Cons

Filters; allow you to have defined searches so you are weeding through less candidates
InMails; the fact that it sends them an email is a huge plus because it means that email is much more likely to be read.
Huge network; LinkedIn has a large set of candidates

More accurate candidate info - I wish they had a way to encourage people to update their profile/open to work settings more regularly.
Resume posting - I know LinkedIn wants the profile to be the resume, but I would love to be able to see a candidates resume and reach out directly.

Most Important Features

finding candidates
viewing applicants LinkedIn profiles
Inmails that go to their email

Return on Investment

it's very expensive
ability to find candidates I didn't have access to otherwise

Alternatives Considered

LinkedIn Jobs

The job boards of LinkedIn aggregates to LinkedIn so it wasn't quite worth the cost to post directly on the job boards.

Key Insights

Do you think LinkedIn Talent Solutions delivers good value for the price?

Yes

Are you happy with LinkedIn Talent Solutions's feature set?

Yes

Did LinkedIn Talent Solutions live up to sales and marketing promises?

Yes

Did implementation of LinkedIn Talent Solutions go as expected?

Yes

Would you buy LinkedIn Talent Solutions again?

Yes

Likelihood to Recommend

LinkedIn is great for finding passive candidates. I hire many part-time employees so the part-time filter is a huge benefit to quickly weed out candidates that are exclusively looking for full-time work. The other filters can also help to cut down on the amount of work I have to do to weed through a vast number of candidates.

I think many candidates on LinkedIn have outdated profiles so when someone responds to your inmail you think you're talking to someone who has ten years experience in their current company, but then you find out they have actually had six jobs since that time. If LinkedIn would fine a way to motivate people to update their profiles more frequently, I think that would be great.

depends on your talent needs; overall works great to discover passive candidates

Overall Satisfaction with LinkedIn Talent Solutions