Recruiter Professional Services10 features you’re missing out on and one simple solution

LinkedIn’s Recruiter platforms are ideal for building your recruitment niche and nailing your next client request. They offer highly targeted searches, InMails, profile management and a range of collaboration and productivity features.

From Recruiter Lite to Recruiter Professional Services (RPS) to Recruiter Corporate, there’s a solution for all types of businesses and professionals. So which one is best for you?

With enhanced collaboration tools, data ownership, training and support, and supercharged search filters, RPS will let you leap ahead of the crowd to target that perfect candidate.

But if you already use Recruiter Lite as your staffing tool, how do the products differ? Is it worth the switch and how can you get the most out of your investment?

Do you want to find quality talent, fill open positions and grow your agency’s brand in a competitive global market?

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Recruiter Lite is perfect for the individual recruiter within an organization making a few placements per year. If that’s not you and you’re looking to build your talent pipeline and gain access to advanced search filters, team tools and analytics, then RPS is what you want. RPS is best suited to the professional recruiter or sourcing team focused on ongoing recruitment throughout the year. With that said, let’s dive into 10 features of RPS you’re missing out on and why you may want to consider upgrading.

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What type of user are you?

If you’re looking to build your talent pipeline and gain access to advanced search filters, team tools and analytics, then RPS is what you want.

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Extend your recruiting capability well beyond your personal network and reach the widest, most-qualified talent pool worldwide. While Recruiter Lite gives you handy access to view profiles of your 3rd-degree connections, RPS opens the door wide and allows you to view candidates outside your network with 30 profile unlocks per month. Cross geographical boundaries and reach out to potential candidates who reside or work as far as 500 miles away.

1. Extend your visibility and reach

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Search insights within RPS equip you with visual data so you can identify quality candidates and interpret talent pools more quickly.

How? After you enter your search criteria, search insights will reveal the talent pool’s current and past employers, years of experience, education and location via intuitive, interactive bar charts.

These insights will help you summarize candidate market data to educate your clients about the realities of any given data pool, and help you act as a trusted advisor.

2. Transform into a strategic consultant for clients and candidates with search insights

Armed with this information, you can determine whether you should expand your search to new markets or adjust the compensation or title.

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3. Find the right people faster

Type keywords into the search box, then use premium search filters on the left side of your search results page to whittle down to the most relevant profiles, with options to search by function, years of experience, seniority level and exact qualifications. You will be able to view unlimited profiles in your extended network.

It’s always a race to be the best modern recruiter or cutting-edge talent partner. Searching for professionals on LinkedIn is easier and more powerful with RPS. Zero in on top talent with over 20 premium search filters (Recruiter Lite has seven premium search filters), including the capability to search your Company Page followers. Essential filters like education and degree are available on RPS so you can narrow down your search and target candidates more accurately.

Narrow down your search more quickly, target candidates more accurately and, over the long term, help your agency to survive and grow in a rapidly changing environment.

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With Recruiter Lite, you receive up to 10 daily search alerts, making it easy to stay on top of new candidates as they update their LinkedIn profiles. Recruiter Professional Services adds 40 extra daily alerts to make sure you really hone in on the right talent. Create a robust search alert and let our powerful algorithms do the searching for you. When we find a new profile that matches your criteria, we will notify you. Easy as that.

4. Be alert and boost your productivity

RECRUIT ON THE GO

Source on the go at a café or while commuting to work using the Recruiter mobile app on your iPhone or Android device, accessible via Recruiter Lite and RPS.

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5. Make direct candidate contactInMails are a trusted form of professional communication that allow you to connect directly to top talent. Both Recruiter Lite and RPS offer premium InMail functionality, but you’ll receive 100 monthly InMails per RPS account (that can be pooled across your team) and only 30 with Recruiter Lite. Save time with the ability to send multiple messages at once using RPS.

Increase your efficiency by sending 1-to-many InMails. Be brief and succinct when writing an InMail – aim for 100 words or less – and personalize your message to show the recipient why their profile caught your interest.

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6. Target top talentTrack applicants and market to prime candidates with Talent Pipeline on RPS. More than just a search engine, Talent Pipeline helps you manage your stream of incoming candidates and centralize leads from any source by importing resumes and spreadsheets into LinkedIn.

The more you use Recruiter, the better the suggestions – our matching algorithms will suggest relevant candidates based on your activity.

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You will no doubt be pleased that with RPS you own your data and intellectual property so you can still consult during audit and data migrations. If a colleague leaves the firm, their account can be transferred to another member on the team so you don’t lose invaluable data.

For a happy, productive team that operates like a well-oiled machine, RPS multi-collaboration tools are a neat feature. RPS offers the opportunity to avoid duplicate work, leverage team member insights, and utilize organizational tools to structure your recruiting efforts efficiently.

Team members can be more productive by sharing resources such as InMails. Enhance overall team performance with the ability to share candidate profiles and projects with up to 20 hiring managers (per RPS account) at no additional cost.

7. Own your data

8. Empower your team

Check in and see what your team is up to with powerful reporting and analytics tools in RPS. Eliminate redundancies and improve transparency with multi-user collaboration. RPS allows you to create team projects, share profiles, view colleagues’ notes on candidates, and track team usage.

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9. Report, analyze and comply

10. Access training and support

Reporting, compliance and performance tracking might not be the most interesting topic in the world, but it’s crucial to make data-driven decisions. Access monthly usage reports and achieve easy OFCCP compliance with RPS.

Premium online support is always available with Recruiter Lite. RPS is like your favorite training buddy, providing expert support from a dedicated enterprise team. With RPS, you’ll also have VIP access to comprehensive learning resources designed to help you maximize your usage and return on investment.

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What’s the price?Last but not least, is the price of RPS worth it? We think so. For premium search, collaboration, and efficiency tools, RPS is perfect for a busy recruiter in a competitive market. And for those juggling sales and recruiting efforts, it’s a full desk solution where you can tackle both your staffing and business development needs.

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Want to stay ahead of the competition with our premium RPS recruiting tool for your search and staffing business?Contact us to receive a free consultation of Recruiter Professional Services from one of our Talent Solutions Specialists.

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