Item: SeekOut
Rating: 10
Author: Cristy Dubois

Overall Satisfaction with SeekOut

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

I am an IT recruiter. I use SeekOut daily to source for IT candidates in Project Management, Software Development, Business and Data Analytics, and technical support. We have multiple openings at all times, so I try to get as many qualified candidates as I can get.

Pros and Cons

Pros

Campaigns
Cloning
Insights into companies.
Obtaining good results from boolean strings.

Cons

Options for declining a candidate - a lot of times, we decline a candidate based on their previous tenure - that isn't an option that is available at the moment, so we have to choose others all the time, which does not help with future algorithms. It would be nice to have a Tenure option when declining a candidate.
Dice has an option for alerts when we set up a search. I get daily emails from them with a list of new candidates based on my search criteria. Does SeekOut have that same functionality?
If a campaign is paused, it does not state the reason for pausing the campaign - it would be nice to know why a campaign is paused - even if it is just a hover feature that provides a general reason.

Return on Investment

SeekOut has definitely increased my talent pool. We have over 30 recruiters. When we were just using LinkedIn, I used to find a lot of candidates that someone else had already reviewed. I tend to run into that less often in SeekOut - probably because most people are still using LinkedIn.
Dice has a feature where you can see when the candidate last updated or viewed their information (within the last seven days, within the last month or year, etc.) - it is a great way to gauge whether a candidate is likely to move.
There is a power filter for whether someone is eligible to work in the US, but Dice takes it one step further by indicating if a candidate is a US Citizen, on Green Card, or on a Visa. This is really helpful for those of us that cannot work with someone on a visa that requires sponsorship.

Support Rating

We have a new contact Allie Obanion. She has already scheduled several SeekOut pieces of training with our group. Looking forward to working with her, and I appreciate her taking the time to provide us with extra training. I also try to take advantage of the training videos as much as possible.

Alternatives Considered

Dice.com, Linkedin Recruiter, Monster.com, Indeed.com and CareerBuilder.com

SeekOut definitely has some features about the ones listed above as addressed in previous questions.

Key Insights

Do you think SeekOut delivers good value for the price?

Not sure

Are you happy with SeekOut's feature set?

Yes

Did SeekOut live up to sales and marketing promises?

I wasn't involved with the selection/purchase process

Did implementation of SeekOut go as expected?

I wasn't involved with the implementation phase

Would you buy SeekOut again?

Yes

Other Software Used

Dice.com, Linkedin Recruiter, Indeed.com

Likelihood to Recommend

Overall, I love the tool - I like that it provides email and phone number information. When I export a PDF and upload the person's profile into our ATS, that information also transfers (a feature not available with LinkedIn). I wish there were a way to choose a location by state - right now, we have to choose specific cities OR do a nationwide search, but we have the option to exclude certain states or time zones. We only recruit within the central and eastern time zones, so having a way to filter out the pacific time zone, for example, would be really helpful.

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Ed Pedini
(Vendor Representative) commented 2 years ago
Thank you for the positive review! We take your feedback to heart and value your support.

Desperately seeking SeekOut.