How LinkedIn stacks up against job posting, sourcing, and employer branding competitors
When it comes to talent software solutions, you have multiple options to choose from. This comparison can help you evaluate your choices and understand how LinkedIn hiring products stack up against the competition. Learn why talent professionals at over 500,000 companies rely on LinkedIn for hiring.
LinkedIn vs. job boards
Recruiting the right candidates is challenging, even in the most favorable market. To reduce hiring time and improve results, LinkedIn matches your open role to the most qualified candidates on the world’s largest professional network.
Network where you’re most visible. LinkedIn has nearly 800 million members, with over 45 million job seekers visiting LinkedIn Jobs every week. This makes your open roles highly visible to both active and passive candidates across more than 50 million companies and over 38,000 skills.
Reach job seekers that match the role. Bring your job posts in front of the right people through recommended job posts, Message Ads, and custom targeting that goes far beyond role title and experience level.
Streamline the application process. Allow LinkedIn members to apply with their profiles, and add screening questions to ensure you get a complete picture of each applicant. Automatically bring the most qualified applications to the top of the pile.
Job Boards
Job boards are just resume databases visited by active job seekers, which limits your exposure to passive candidates.
Job boards set their alerts based on job titles, experience levels, and other manually added data that may not be accurate or credible.
With less information on each candidate, recruiters manually review applicants that aren’t a great fit.
LinkedIn vs. sourcing tools
LinkedIn helps you cut down your manual workload, filtering nearly 800 million members to prioritize the best candidates for the job.
LinkedIn Talent Solutions
Search less and find more. Discover great candidates with over 40 advanced search filters in LinkedIn Recruiter, recommended matches, and up-to-date insights. Know right away when candidates are open to new opportunities and who’s most likely to respond, cutting down the time you spend reviewing applications.
Hire more effectively through data. Use real-time Talent Insights to prioritize candidate searches, expand your talent pool, and even benchmark against competitors. With Candidate Insights in Recruiter, you can also view candidate connections to current employees, previous engagement with your company, and more.
Choose the best way to connect. Access candidates’ most up-to- date contact information in Recruiter, connecting with them directly at any stage using tailored or templatized messages (and with the ability for bulk outreach).
Did you know? Personalized InMails perform about 20% better than standard InMails.
Sourcing tools
Other sourcing tools require you to perform manual searches with limited or no suggested search filters.
Other sourcing tools pull limited data from a candidate’s resume and don’t include competitive and talent pool data.
Other sourcing tools only take contact information from resumes, limiting your communication channels with candidates.
LinkedIn vs. employer brand tools
Great candidates are attracted to powerful employer brands. Only LinkedIn enables you and your entire team to become brand ambassadors who drive strong networking, exactly where your best candidates are found.
LinkedIn Talent Solutions
Highlight your employer branding. Share company culture, testimonials, and job opportunities on your LinkedIn Career Page to engage potential candidates with an authentic glimpse into your brand.
Expand your reach. By showcasing culture, job opportunities, and employee stories on your Career Page, you’re able to reach more monthly visitors — even if they aren’t actively searching for a new role. You’ll also raise awareness among qualified candidates earlier in the hiring process.
Did you know? Candidates are 1.8x more likely to apply for a job if they’re more familiar with the company.
Measure your results. With Career Page analytics, you can dive deeper into company talent flows, applicant behavior, and candidate engagement compared to other companies, so you can better inform your recruitment marketing strategy.
Employer brand tools
Other employer brand tools limit your ability to craft targeted messages for potential candidates.
Other employer brand tools only target active job seekers and provide few opportunities for engagement or relationship building.
Other employer brand tools have limited analytics and cannot accurately measure results.
LinkedIn can help you through every stage of the hiring process
Planning
Make informed hiring decisions about diversity,hidden talent pools, and more using real-time data
Hiring
Bring qualified candidates into your pipeline with easier job posting, smarter sourcing, and employer branding.
Developing
Strengthen your teams with powerful learning, engagement, and performance tools.