How to use LinkedIn Recruiter to search for candidates
How to use LinkedIn Recruiter to search for candidates
LinkedIn Recruiter is a robust sourcing tool providing access to a global network of over 1 billion members. Learn how to expand your search and narrow your results with features and resources designed to help recruiters easily find the right candidates, faster.
Discover 4 LinkedIn Recruiter search tips.
Learn how to source candidates more efficiently with these effective tips for using LinkedIn Recruiter.
To get the most out of this tool, make sure to use these features together.
1. Filter results with LinkedIn Recruiter Spotlights
1. Filter results with LinkedIn Recruiter Spotlights
When running a search in LinkedIn Recruiter, you can filter your search results by using Spotlights. This feature helps you prioritize candidates who are more likely to engage with you and your organization, based on activity, interest, and relationship insights from LinkedIn.
You can also find new prospects and use insights to better target your results with features like Open to Work. Spotlights are powered by real-time signals only available on the world’s largest professional network.
2. Use advanced search filters in LinkedIn Recruiter
2. Use advanced search filters in LinkedIn Recruiter
Refine your search and narrow in on your ideal candidates using 40+ advanced search filters in Recruiter. You can speed up your searches and work more efficiently using multiple refinement filters and then saving them as custom filters to apply to other searches.
Narrow your results even further using a combination of filters and keywords to find prospects who meet your criteria.
3. Expand your outreach with a Boolean search
3. Expand your outreach with a Boolean search
When using the Keywords filter in LinkedIn Recruiter, you can also enter and edit Boolean search strings. This allows you to retrieve data from an entire profile page and get results more closely related to your ideal candidate profiles. If you have criteria that have not been covered by existing filters, you can enter it in the Keywords filter.
Discover more tips on how to use Boolean modifiers to filter search results.
4. Find candidate recommendations with AI matching
4. Find candidate recommendations with AI matching
Start with a search on LinkedIn Recruiter and then leverage Recommended Matches to explore further. Recommended Matches uncovers new candidates that are less likely to show up in a search, powered by your real-time hiring signals, such as Save, Hide, or Message candidates.
It’s also based on your implicit hiring intent, such as finding diverse talent or people with similar skills. On top of your hiring goals, Recommended Matches leverages LinkedIn members’ real-time job-seeking activities and the key information from your job post, like job titles, locations, and skills.
Learn more about how to use Recommended Matches to increase hiring efficiency.
Bonus tip
Use InMail to connect with candidates post-search.
After you’ve used search filters to narrow down your ideal candidates, you can directly reach out to them using up to 150 messages per month. Save time with customizable templates and bulk messaging, and significantly increase your likelihood of engagement — as InMail has seen a 3x higher response rate than regular email.
Explore other hiring tools.
LinkedIn offers other recruiting tools to help you find more qualified candidates in a way that fits your goals and budget. If you’re only making a few hires this year, Recruiter Lite may be the best option. LinkedIn also offers free hiring tools if you aren’t yet looking to make a strategic investment. Explore the differences between these options below.
With Recruiter Lite, you get:
• 20+ search filters to help you find the right candidates for your open roles
• 30 InMails per month to engage the talent you’re looking for
• 3rd-degree connection access with unlimited visibility of profiles in your 1st-, 2nd-, and 3rd-degree networks
• Saved templates and search alerts so you can personalize your outreach
Start your LinkedIn Recruiter Lite free trial.
With free hiring tools, you get:
• 6 search filters to find candidates within connected circles
• 3rd-degree connection access with unlimited visibility of profiles in your 1st-, 2nd-, and 3rd-degree networks
• Manual tracking for hiring processes and pipeline status
Learn more about the difference between free and paid tools on LinkedIn and discover which is right for your needs.
Find candidates on LinkedIn today.
