Welcome to Talendary's Guide to LinkedIn Recruiter!
In this series, we’ll explore advanced filters and techniques to help you make the most of LinkedIn Recruiter when using Talendary.
In this article, we focus on LinkedIn's Advanced Filters — a key tool for refining your candidate search and maximizing efficiency with Talendary.
Let's start from top to bottom!
1. Job Title
The Job Title filter allows you to specify the roles candidates have held or currently hold.
This filter helps narrow down candidates based on their past and present job titles.
Key Tips:
Exact Titles vs. Broad Terms: Use variations of job titles, such as “Marketing Manager” and “Digital Marketing Lead”, to capture more relevant profiles.
Boolean Search: You can use Boolean operators (AND, OR, NOT) to refine the search further (e.g., "Data Scientist OR Machine Learning Engineer").
Hierarchy Level: Combine job titles with seniority levels for more targeted searches.
2. Location
The Location filter is essential for finding candidates in specific geographic areas.
Key Tips:
Priority: you can prioritize by using categories like 'must have', 'can have', and 'doesn't have' when specifying the location criteria.
Preferences: to find people open to relocate, use preferences in combination with location to include candidates that want to relocate.
3. Skills & Assessments
The Skills filter enables you to specify relevant skills based on your hiring needs.
Key Tips:
Preloaded vs Manual Input: Leverage LinkedIn’s preloaded skill tags to align with popular industry terms.
Boolean Search: Use "AND" and "OR" to combine skill sets (e.g., “Python AND SQL” for data-related roles).
Use synonyms or closely related terms (e.g., “UX” vs “User Experience”) to expand your search.
4. Current Company
The Current Company filter lets you search for candidates working at specific companies.
Key Tips:
Use this filter to target professionals from competitor companies or those known for specific skill sets.
Exclude Current Company: Exclude companies to avoid approaching individuals from your organization or similar places you may have recently sourced.
5. Schools
The School filter helps find candidates based on their educational background and specific institutions.
Key Tips:
Target candidates from specific universities or programs known for producing top talent.
Use this filter in combination with the "Year of graduation" filters to create more precise searches.
6. Industry
The Industry filter enables you to narrow down candidates who have experience in specific sectors.
Key Tips:
This is particularly helpful for niche roles that require specialized industry knowledge.
Be aware that candidates may not always update their industry tags, so consider using additional filters.
7. Keywords
This filter allows recruiters to build their Boolean searches based on keywords from the candidate's profile.
Key Tips:
Boolean search techniques apply across most filters. Key operators include:
AND: Includes all terms (e.g., "Java AND Python")
OR: Includes any term (e.g., "Marketing OR Sales")
NOT: Excludes terms (e.g., "Software Engineer NOT Intern")
Quotes: Use quotes to search for exact phrases (e.g., "Project Manager")
Parentheses: Group terms for complex searches (e.g., "(Marketing AND Manager) OR (Sales AND Lead)")
8. Recruiting activity
Another powerful filter is recruiting activity. Here you can select a few different but we really only use the first two:
Messages
Notes
Projects
Tags
Reviews
Resumes
Messages are quite powerful if you'd like to find candidates that you haven't reached out to already. You can achieve this by selecting Doesn't have and then the time period, see below.
Important Consideration: It’s essential to note that this filter doesn’t distinguish between different types of messages or the contents of notes. Instead, it sorts based on whether a candidate has received any message or note during the selected time window.
Using the Recruiting Activity filter effectively helps you avoid duplicating outreach efforts and ensures that your sourcing strategy remains targeted and efficient.