Tool Time: SeekOut, an AI-Powered Talent Search Engine

Tool Time: SeekOut, an AI-Powered Talent Search Engine

Today we cover SeekOut, an AI-powered search engine built for recruiters and sourcers.

Their mission…

“Providing customers a competitive edge in recruiting hard-to-find and diverse talent for Digital Transformation”

SeekOut’s story…

“We built SeekOut after feeling the pain of trying to hire passive candidates in a competitive market. After experiencing the clunky tools, expensive licenses and terrible response rates, we knew we could do better. Our background working in search, messaging, machine learning/AI and natural language processing gives us a unique perspective in the space. SeekOut was built for sourcers, not to replace them, and we’re confident you’ll find it the most recruiter-friendly tool on the market.”

Listen in on what our panelists have to say.

This event is part of the “Let’s Talk Recruiting” series where a panel of recruiting practitioners get together online and have a conversation on a variety of topics related to corporate recruiting.


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Our Panelists…

Name & LinkedIn Profile Group Title Company

We asked our attendees, “Besides LinkedIn, what is a favorite tool of yours that you like to use in the recruiting process?”

Here are their answers:


Chat Messages from the Session…

10:02:55 >> David Marr : Eric is top notch and works for top notch orgs like Zap Info previously

10:03:07 >> David Marr : Agreed

10:04:21 >> David Marr : Does Seek Out have Licensing for Individuals? Or only Enterprise?

10:05:38 >> David Marr : Thank you

10:05:48 >> David Marr : Its worth it if you have the budget 🙂

10:06:28 >> David Marr : Definitely show off the Diversity Searching capabilities of SeekOut

10:09:02 >> Sean Rehder : just fyi..i’m recording this and will post.

10:10:47 >> Priyanka Tolia   to   All panelists : So the number of candidates viewed on Linkedin via Seekout don’t count against our allowed number of candidates viewed directly on Linkedin?

10:11:00 >> Angelo Deleon   to   All panelists : Eric did you say $3500 a month?

10:11:35 >> Daniella McDonald : Is this tool for technical searching only?

10:12:19 >> David Marr : NO Daniella

10:12:27 >> Daniella McDonald : Thank you.

10:12:33 >> David Marr : It works for technical, business, administrative etc

10:12:44 >> Jane Knaus   to   All panelists : What if I pay 11K a year for a LinkedIn Recruiter License with access to all profiles, what would be the benefit?

10:12:57 >> David Marr : Its a really cool tool if you have a budget.  Definitely worth checking out

10:13:06 >> Catherine Hansen   to   All panelists : Thanks Eric for describing Linked In’s tiered prices/filters.   Are you saying the SeekOut offers the max # of filters available on LI, regardless of seat/permissions?

10:13:18 >> David Marr : Even the trial to check it out to see if it works for you

10:13:37 >> Daniella McDonald : I have been hearing the name a lot lately.

10:13:55 >> David Marr : Because its a top tier 1 tool that’s game changing

10:14:43 >> Jane Knaus   to   All panelists : Fair enough

10:15:09 >> David Marr : Use a “Clown” as the example Search

10:17:31 >> Angelo Deleon   to   All panelists : nice!

10:19:25 >> David Marr : I think you can edit the URL and change the Zip code mile radius search

10:23:38 >> Christina Lust   to   All panelists : Can you create folders or projects in Seekout with profiles if you’re using LinkedIn free?

10:25:16 >> Danyell Howell : I signed up for 10 free credits per month through a chrome extension but haven’t used it yet….is this the same as what you are showing us?

10:40:20 >> David Marr : Great Freemium tool Eric for us who don’t have budget

10:40:22 >> David Marr : 🙂

10:48:30 >> Catherine Hansen   to   All panelists : Index is the same as export?

10:49:40 >> Daniella McDonald : What does the integration offer with the ATS? Exporting profiles?

10:55:35 >> Annette Rushin   to   All panelists : that is a compliance issue, they need to apply for OFCCP

10:55:53 >> Annette Rushin : that is a compliance issue, they need to apply for OFCCP

10:58:00 >> Annette Rushin : thank you, great presentation

Some of the attendees…

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