Sales Navigator is even better than Linkedin Recruiter, because it allows you to use the same tool to find both clients and candidates.
Additionally, Sales Navigator is cheaper than Linkedin Recruiter ($99/month vs. $160/month).
In this article, I'll show you everything you need to know about using Sales Navigator for recruiting :
How to Use Sales Navigator to Find Candidates Like in Linkedin Recruiter
How to Use Sales Navigator to Easily Find Clients in Your Recruiting Business
Let's get to the heart of the matter.
How to find candidates on Linkedin Sales Navigator?
Is LinkedIn Recruiter the same as Sales Navigator? No. They are two different products.
The funny thing is that Linkedin Sales Navigator is a better option for recruiting firms than Recruiter itself.
I'll show you how to fill your pipeline with the best profiles using Sales Navigator.
Step #1: Use Sales Navigator Filters to Find Candidates
Sales Navigator has more filters than Linkedin Recruiter.
Sales Navigator offers 29 filters
Linkedin Recruiter Lite has 21 filters.
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They are all present in Sales Navigator, except 2:
Skills
Graduation year
This shortcoming can easily be overcome with the “Years of experience” and “Keywords” filters .
In fact, the keyword filter will search for keywords throughout your profile, including your Skills section .
searching for "javascript" in keyword filter keyword found in description section
Likewise, it is not necessary to know the albania whatsapp number data 5 million graduation year if you know how long the candidate has worked using “Years of Experience” .
software engineers from top universities with 3-5 years of experience in US startups
Here's an example of candidate sourcing you can do with Sales Navigator.
To learn more about using Sales Navigator to find candidates like in Recruiter, you can watch this tutorial to learn more about Linkedin's filters and Boolean search .
Export leads from Sales Navigator for free
Step #2: Automate Candidate Collection with Saved Searches
Once you have set up search filters in Sales Navigator, you can save your search so you can be notified whenever a new candidate matches your filters.
Just click on “Save Search” :
access saved searches here click here to save search
If you have saved searches you can click on “Saved Searches” to access them.
Get notified about new candidates matching your filters every week
The “New Results” column lists all the new candidates that match your filters.
Every week Linkedin will add new profiles that match your criteria and that you can contact immediately.
Step #3: Personalize your contacts
I recently did an experiment by creating a fake profile as a Python developer on Linkedin.
The number of messages and requests the profile receives per day is simply crazy.
these are the profiles highlighted in the box
There is absolutely no way to stand out without hyper-personalization. This is the key to successful Linkedin outreach campaigns .
Linkedin Sales Navigator helps you personalize your messages by providing inbox conversation ideas.
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With Sales Navigator you get 50 Inmail credits per month .
However, you can send an unlimited number of Inmails if you can identify open Profiles.
Here's a tutorial on how to do it:
You can also send classic connection requests to candidates, but note that they are not limited to 100 connections per week .
There are also some hacks to bypass this limitation , which you can find here:
If candidates do not respond to direct messages or connection requests , you can try to obtain their emails to get a response.
