Looking for candidates for niche roles can be tough, especially when those candidates might not be active on LinkedIn. That’s why recruiters need diverse sources of candidates.
Here are five free candidate-sourcing tools and platforms to facilitate your search.
Find talent on six social media without even logging in
Choose candidate sourcing channels from which you want to find profiles:
Specify candidate search by keywords.
By clicking ‘Open in Google’ the automatically generated candidates list will appear in Google.
Access 3 M startup-ready candidates
Access 100 M developers
Access 5 M data scientists and ML enthusiasts
Access 14 M developers
BONUS
Wisely use hashtags on social media when sourcing candidates
📍Use different categories of hashtags:
- Content-specific hashtags like #CV
- Country-specific hashtags like #France
- Industry-specific hashtags like #development
- Company-specific hashtags like #Juggl
📍Check different spellings of hashtags, e.g., #GraphicDesign, #GraphicDesigner, #GraphicDesigners.
📍Find how popular the chosen LinkedIn hashtag is using the LinkedIn search box.
📍Use the Google Chrome extension Hashtag Analytics and sort the most convenient and popular hashtags from a drop-down list.
ONE MORE BONUS
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