Say goodbye, spreadsheets.For job seekers, both ZipRecruiter and LinkedIn offer online tools that allow them to look for job opportunities based on their professional interests and location. Gem’s automated email follow-ups, on the other hand, make you more than twice as likely to get to an initial phone screen… and because recruiters can set-it-and-forget-it, there’s no pressure for them to remember to send that second, third, or fourth email. Yet InMail follow-ups are manual and can’t be tracked without a spreadsheet, meaning recruiters are much less likely to remember to follow up after that first attempt. While a single email only sees a 15% reply rate, a 4-email sequence sees a 35% reply rate. Your First Message is Statistically Unlikely to Succeed What’s more, 40% of tech talent has InMail notifications turned off-meaning that they won’t see those messages unless they proactively go check LinkedIn. This means that sourcers who reach out via InMail aren’t keeping prospects’ preferences (and the overall candidate experience) in mind. Manually record everyone you reached out to in a spreadsheet so you remember which people you reached out to for which rolesĪside from this workflow being tedious, time-consuming, and error-prone, it also overlooks several important data points:ĩ0% of talent prefers to be contacted by email rather than InMail. Set calendar reminders to check in on prospects who don’t respond Message them through InMail or email (if you somehow have their contact info) Search LinkedIn to find qualified prospects

Here’s a typical workflow for a sourcer/recruiter who needs to fill a role:

So why does your team think they need anything more? Your team likely uses LinkedIn Recruiter (or Recruiter Lite), and they can send prospective candidates messages from that platform. And for good reason: LinkedIn is the largest professional network, with 660M+ members and counting. If your business has a talent acquisition team-even if that “team” is a single in-house recruiter-it’s spending the vast majority of its sourcing time on LinkedIn.

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