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SeekOut

What is SeekOut?

SeekOut is an AI-driven talent acquisition and management platform designed for organizations to source, hire, and retain top talent efficiently. Integrated with various HR systems, it provides comprehensive data insights to help understand skills gaps and workforce investments.

The platform allows you to find qualified candidates with specific requirements like medical licenses or security clearances and enhances internal mobility through its talent marketplace, empowering employees to explore career paths.

Featuring AI-assisted technology across its functions, SeekOut combines talent intelligence with diversity recruitment solutions and personalized messaging, optimizing talent acquisition strategies for you in a single platform.

M. Kooiker

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SeekOut use cases

  1. If you’re a talent acquisition professional targeting diverse candidate pools and industries with specific clearance.
  2. If you’re an HR leader focused on boosting internal mobility and strategically planning workforce investments.
  3. If you’re a recruiter searching for specialized candidates with in-depth profiles sourced from multiple data points.
  4. If you’re a business leader aiming to integrate AI and data insights into your talent strategy for better workforce planning.

SeekOut functionalities

  • Recruit specialized talent: Find candidates with specific expertise.
  • Enhance internal mobility: Facilitate employee career growth.
  • Improve diversity hiring: Target underrepresented groups effectively.
  • Analyze talent data: Deliver data-driven insights for strategic decisions.

SeekOut review summary

4.6

Based on 946 reviews online

Pros

SeekOut is highly praised for its advanced and versatile search capabilities, including excellent boolean search and customizable filters. It excels in sourcing diverse candidates, offers robust customer support, and provides insightful analytics. Many people highlight its user-friendly design, ease of use, and effective integration with ATS systems.

Cons

While the overall sentiment is positive, some people find that data accuracy could be improved as candidate profiles can be outdated. A few also mention that the platform's learning curve is steep and initial setup, particularly for email campaigns, may require assistance.

Advanced Search Features

SeekOut offers exceptional search capabilities with boolean functions and customizable filters, allowing precise candidate searches.

Data Accuracy Issues

Some candidate profiles and contact information can be outdated or incorrect.

The boolean search feature, in particular, is quite beneficial for sorting certain choices. A fantastic tool!
Sometimes the data is not accurate with LinkedIn, we don’t find the profile or even the contact information is incorrect.

Focus on Diversity & Inclusion

SeekOut places strong emphasis on diversity and inclusion, enabling recruiters to find diverse talent efficiently.

Steep Learning Curve

New users may find the initial experience challenging due to the complexity of features.

I love that diversity and inclusion is at the heart of this company. It’s a strong focus for my team...
A lot to learn can be frustrating at times as you are trying to do other searches.

User-Friendly Interface

The platform is intuitive with a design that enhances the recruitment process, making it easy to use.

Email Campaign Setup

Setting up and managing email campaigns can be non-intuitive and occasionally glitchy.

Ease of use, intuitive design and functionality, filter options, interface, reporting and campaign outreach abilities.
Email campaign features need improvement. It's not intuitive to set up the campaign.

Excellent Customer Support

SeekOut's customer service is consistently praised for being responsive and helpful.

Unparalleled Support (often immediate response and a genuine interest in getting things fixed...)

Integration with ATS Systems

SeekOut effectively integrates with ATS systems, enhancing the efficiency of recruitment workflows.

SeekOut easily exports candidate profiles to most modern Enterprise ATS systems.

Pros

SeekOut is highly praised for its advanced and versatile search capabilities, including excellent boolean search and customizable filters. It excels in sourcing diverse candidates, offers robust customer support, and provides insightful analytics. Many people highlight its user-friendly design, ease of use, and effective integration with ATS systems.

Advanced Search Features

SeekOut offers exceptional search capabilities with boolean functions and customizable filters, allowing precise candidate searches.

The boolean search feature, in particular, is quite beneficial for sorting certain choices. A fantastic tool!

Focus on Diversity & Inclusion

SeekOut places strong emphasis on diversity and inclusion, enabling recruiters to find diverse talent efficiently.

I love that diversity and inclusion is at the heart of this company. It’s a strong focus for my team...

User-Friendly Interface

The platform is intuitive with a design that enhances the recruitment process, making it easy to use.

Ease of use, intuitive design and functionality, filter options, interface, reporting and campaign outreach abilities.

Excellent Customer Support

SeekOut's customer service is consistently praised for being responsive and helpful.

Unparalleled Support (often immediate response and a genuine interest in getting things fixed...)

Integration with ATS Systems

SeekOut effectively integrates with ATS systems, enhancing the efficiency of recruitment workflows.

SeekOut easily exports candidate profiles to most modern Enterprise ATS systems.

Cons

While the overall sentiment is positive, some people find that data accuracy could be improved as candidate profiles can be outdated. A few also mention that the platform's learning curve is steep and initial setup, particularly for email campaigns, may require assistance.

Data Accuracy Issues

Some candidate profiles and contact information can be outdated or incorrect.

Sometimes the data is not accurate with LinkedIn, we don’t find the profile or even the contact information is incorrect.

Steep Learning Curve

New users may find the initial experience challenging due to the complexity of features.

A lot to learn can be frustrating at times as you are trying to do other searches.

Email Campaign Setup

Setting up and managing email campaigns can be non-intuitive and occasionally glitchy.

Email campaign features need improvement. It's not intuitive to set up the campaign.

SeekOut user reviews

14/11/2023
G2
Seekout Feedback
What do you like best about SeekOut?
The best thing is it made so easier to review CV's across the world. Now your recruitment is not limited to ...
What do you like best about SeekOut?
The best thing is it made so easier to review CV’s across the world. Now your recruitment is not limited to only your country, it helps in expanding the learning curve. The diversity tab, the usage report weekwise, monthwise, the messaging credits, emailing the candidate, getting passive candidate contact details, every is so easy and user-friendly to navigate the tool.
The best job portal ever I have come across, no limitation at all and its so user friendly Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
What do you dislike about SeekOut?
its all going very well with SeekOut, it is so user friendly. Couldnt find anything lacking right now Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
What problems is SeekOut solving and how is that benefiting you?
Diversity profiles, it gives you a broad overview of talent pool availability. THe ease of reaching out to passive job seekers. The usage report, now you can expand your recruitment game to other countries as well. This is one tool which is so easy to navigate and everything is just a click away. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
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26/03/2020
"Return on Investment"
Overall:
Great product and value!
Pros:
Seekout is an exceptional tool. It is a real time saver and versati...
“Return on Investment”
Overall:
Great product and value!
Pros:
Seekout is an exceptional tool. It is a real time saver and versatile functionality. I reviewed several tools to simplify and streamline recruitment searches and messaging. For the money it is the best tool for the money. The messaging/campaign system is better than my ATS!
Cons:
They are always working to improve functionality and contact finding has improved greatly in the last year.
Reasons for Choosing SeekOut:
More functionality for the value.
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23/03/2020
"SeekOut Review"
Overall:
I really like this tool it helps me get in front of many [potential candidates
Pros:
Seekout is a great ...
“SeekOut Review”
Overall:
I really like this tool it helps me get in front of many [potential candidates
Pros:
Seekout is a great tool for a recruiter that needs to search social media. it narrows the candidate pool down helping you pinpoint candidates that have the skills you may need. What really nice feature is the messaging feature. allowing you to send messages/emails to candidates
Cons:
A lot to learn can be frustrating at times as you are trying to do other searches.
Reasons for Choosing SeekOut:
Pricing was very fair and was recommended by other recruiters I network with
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13/05/2022
""An excellent resource for locating contact information""
Pros:
SeekOut is a wonderful resource for locating potential candidates and obtai...
“”An excellent resource for locating contact information””
Pros:
SeekOut is a wonderful resource for locating potential candidates and obtaining their contact information. It’s a simple and effective tool for recruiting firms. The boolean search feature, in particular, is quite beneficial for sorting certain choices. A fantastic tool!
Cons:
It’s a special tool for me, I haven’t found any particular bad issue.
Vendor Response
By SeekOut on August 9, 2022
Thanks for taking the time to share your SeekOut experience with the community!
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17/03/2020
"SeekOut-NextGEN Recruiting Platform"
Overall:
Experience has been outstanding.
Pros:
Ease of use, intuitive design and functional...
“SeekOut-NextGEN Recruiting Platform”
Overall:
Experience has been outstanding.
Pros:
Ease of use, intuitive design and functionality, filter options, interface, reporting and campaign outreach abilities. Email/contact information research function. Unparalleled Support (often immediate response and a genuine interest in getting things fixed, interest from SO in the user experience and how they can improve platform)
Cons:
No real CONS/roadblocks come to mind.
Reasons for Switching to SeekOut:
Was beginning to see diminishing ROI with LinkedIn Recruiter. Zero support from LI. Interface changes resulted in a messy and unfriendly user experience. Candidate fatigue re: hearing directly from recruiters via messaging.
Vendor Response
By SeekOut on March 1, 2022
Appreciate the kind words. It’s great to hear our Customer Success Team is providing unparalleled support!
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29/03/2022
"SeekOut is Great for building diverse pipelines"
Pros:
I love that diversity and inclusion is at the heart of this company. It’s a strong...
“SeekOut is Great for building diverse pipelines”
Pros:
I love that diversity and inclusion is at the heart of this company. It’s a strong focus for my team since we primarily source based on diversity.
Cons:
I think a lot of the candidates profiles are not updated. I’ve noticed that some profiles are extremely old in Seekout vs. looking at them in LinkedIn. It can be annoying when I find a great candidate and then realize they just started a new job two months ago.
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18/04/2024
G2
Game Changer for Sourcing!
What do you like best about SeekOut?
I love the search capabilities within SeekOut. The Boolean function provides a lot of advanced searching tec...
What do you like best about SeekOut?
I love the search capabilities within SeekOut. The Boolean function provides a lot of advanced searching techniques and their pre-made Power Filters take out some of the extra work needed to identify candidates. They have several pre-designed filters that make life easier to get very specific searches to be spot on with our needs with multiple candidates identified. I can then pair that up with the Messaging features to get in contact with candidates and help identify passive talent to garner interest within the A&F organization. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
What do you dislike about SeekOut?
Not much that I have to complain about. Since the platform is based on a candidate’s public profiles they can be a bit out of date but normally not by much. Also with the email identification feature we do not always receive the right email for a candidate, but more often than not, it is the proper contact. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
Recommendations to others considering SeekOut:
Great tool that has a lot of capabilities and features to help with sourcing needs. There also is a huge diversity metrics factor with SeekOut that is extremely helpful for insights about a role, organization, location, etc that help us keep it top of mind. Also, SeekOut works with its clients to create custom power filters which are helpful and tailored for our needs so we do not need to re-invent the wheel with every search. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
What problems is SeekOut solving and how is that benefiting you?
SeekOut has helped us identify unique and hard-to-find talent. There are also several insights that help us use data to tell a story and properly cater our searches moving forward, as well as identify companies that have the talent that we are targeting. There are a lot of diversity metrics within the platform that also help keep it top of mind. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
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02/04/2024
G2
Amazing Sourcing Tool
What do you like best about SeekOut?
We have seekout for over a year and a half, this tool has improved our searches, we usually are assigned to ...
What do you like best about SeekOut?
We have seekout for over a year and a half, this tool has improved our searches, we usually are assigned to niche roles, very complicated skills and seekout is always our first option to start our searches, it´s really easy to use, it has this amazing expert and healthcare options, we can improve and help into Diversity which is one of our big objectives.
In this year only we have achieved over 16 offers accepted just from the Sourcing Team which is a really big number in terms of the specific roles we received!
It´s always good to have thee support of the people i seekout, they help us in any of the searches, share tips to improve. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
What do you dislike about SeekOut?
Sometimes the data is not accurate with LinkedIn, we don´t find the profile or even the contact information is incorrect. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
What problems is SeekOut solving and how is that benefiting you?
We have improve our D&I hires, our searches are faster and we can find the information about studies or articles for each candidate in the same space. Seekout is always a helpful tool to find the best talent for our Niche roles and Senior positions, we use the tool as our primary one, due to the results we have. It´s a critical tool for our team! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
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11/03/2024
G2
Great tech to find diverse entry ta...
What do you like best about SeekOut?
My favorite part about Seekout is the ability to source diverse candidates. Working in tech, the talent pool...
What do you like best about SeekOut?
My favorite part about Seekout is the ability to source diverse candidates. Working in tech, the talent pool of female to male is usually a 1 – 2 ratio, making it harder to find diverse talent. With a tool like Seekout, you can find the best diverse candidates, quickly!I also really like how detailed you can get on it’s search features. I think it’s better than the industry standard, Linkedin. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
What do you dislike about SeekOut?
I think their email messaging tool could have a bit better of UI/UX but it’s still good. I compare it to other tools I’ve used and it looks a bit more old school than others. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
What problems is SeekOut solving and how is that benefiting you?
Seekout is helping us add more diverse talent to the front end of the hiring pipeline. The more talented diverse talent we enter into the pipeline, the better chances we have! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
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11/03/2024
G2
Super Impressed with SeekOut Platfo...
What do you like best about SeekOut?
SeekOut has made sourcing a dream for me and my team. We are all experienced recruiters who have sourced on ...
What do you like best about SeekOut?
SeekOut has made sourcing a dream for me and my team. We are all experienced recruiters who have sourced on all different platforms and SeekOut has quickly become one of our “go-to’s”. It allows us to find more canidates with more specific qualifications that we’re looking for. It also allows us to create projects where we can “replicate” candidates that we like or even our current employees and find resume matches which is super helpful. I also like the GitHub feature, I’ve never used a feature like that before so it has been super cool to use. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
What do you dislike about SeekOut?
The only downside, which really isn’t a flaw on SeekOut as it is a problem with compatability with my company’s system. I am not able to use the email campaigns feature due to my Microsoft email account not letting me log in through SeekOut. But, like I said, this is not SeekOut’s fault at all, but it would be super cool if it worked. I just send the emails out myself instead of using the mass email feature! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
What problems is SeekOut solving and how is that benefiting you?
SeekOut is finding me more qualified candidates and showing me exactly where the things I’m searching for are on the candidates resumes/profiles. This specifically is something other platforms are lacking in my opinion – they come up in the searrch but doesn’t show me where. This is benefiting me tremendously beacuse it is cutting my sourcing time down by a lot. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
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Overall

SeekOut stands out as a powerful tool for recruiters with its advanced search features and strong focus on diversity and inclusion. Many praise its user-friendly interface and excellent customer support, making it a popular choice for recruiters searching for diverse candidates across multiple platforms. However, be prepared for a possible learning curve, especially when setting up email campaigns, and ensure to verify some data for accuracy, as there are occasional complaints about outdated information. Despite these drawbacks, SeekOut is generally well-regarded, and the overall sentiment seems positive.

SeekOut pricing

SeekOut offers a range of packages for talent acquisition and management solutions. Here’s a table detailing the key features and pricing for the talent acquisition packages:

Feature Professional Enterprise Ultimate
Pricing Annual contract required Annual contract required Annual contract required
Contact Credits 500 750 750
People Insights (with export capabilities) No Yes Yes
Diversity Filters No Yes Yes
ATS Integration One-way Yes Yes
Find Technical Talent via GitHub Yes Yes Yes

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M. Kooiker

As an experienced online marketeer with a longstanding interest in AI, I've immersed myself in the latest AI advancements in recent years. Passionate about innovation, I actively test AI tools and dedicate myself to guiding users in selecting the right technology. My mission is to connect people with cutting-edge AI solutions.