Item: SeekOut
Rating: 3
Author: Verified User

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

I use SeekOut within my organization to source and hire candidates. We use this tool to find quality candidates and their contact information. With this information, we're able to reach out and have a conversation which starts the recruiting process.

Pros and Cons

Messaging Campaigns
Pulling LinkedIn profiles
Inferring Clearances

Incorrect emails and phone numbers
Listing 10+ emails/phone numbers per profile
Bouncing back 10-15 emails per campaign reach out

Return on Investment

I don't think there has been a positive ROI for our company. We have had to do multiple SeekOut trainings to make sure we understand which takes away time from things.
The email campaigns create a positive ROI because it saves time to email a group of people rather than individually.
SeekOut provides diversity filters which is beneficial to our hiring process.

Support Rating

Never contacted support.

Alternatives Considered

Dice TalentSearch, Indeed Hiring Platform, LinkedIn Jobs and Hired

I think SeekOut is my least favorite sourcing tool out of all listed above.

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?

Other Software Used

Dice TalentSearch, Indeed.com, LinkedIn Jobs

Likelihood to Recommend

I think SeekOut is hard to use. The filters are somewhat confusing and don't always seem to apply themselves. My biggest issue seems to be with SeekOut returning incorrect emails and phone numbers. Quite often, when I try to retrieve a phone number/email for a profile it will pull at least 10. It is unrealistic to try and call/ email all 10 of those numbers listed. Most of them are often incorrect.

SeekOut Review

Overall Satisfaction with SeekOut