--- title: SeekOut Reviews meta_title: 'SeekOut Reviews 2026: Details, Pricing, & Features | G2' meta_description: Filter 767 reviews by the users' company size, role or industry to find out how SeekOut works for a business like yours. aggregate_rating: rating_value: 4.5 review_count: 767 scale: '5' date_modified: '2026-08-04' parent_category: name: Talent Management url: https://www.g2.com/categories/talent-management --- # SeekOut Reviews **Vendor:** SeekOut **Category:** [Talent Intelligence Software](https://www.g2.com/categories/talent-intelligence) **Average Rating:** 4.5/5.0 **Total Reviews:** 767 ## About SeekOut SeekOut helps thousands of organizations hire, grow, and retain great talent with its people-first talent optimization platform. In our digital age, organizations are overflowing with data—yet few deeply understand their employees because people data is siloed and disconnected. Your people are the real difference makers—and once you know their passions, experiences, and the opportunities that will get them to where they want to go, you can better align their skills, capabilities, and career paths to the needs of the business. SeekOut unifies talent acquisition, talent management, and talent analytics to help you grow the people you have and find the people you need. Six of the top 10 most valuable companies in the United States trust SeekOut as their single platform for managing and recruiting talent. SeekOut was recently ranked 26 out of 500 on Forbes’ list of America’s Best Startup Employers, crowned GeekWire Startup of the year, ranked number two in the B2B category of The Information’s 50 Startups to Watch list, and was included on Madrona’s Intelligent Apps Top 40 list. Founded in 2017, SeekOut has raised $189 million in funding, is backed by Tiger Global Management, Madrona Venture Group, Mayfield, and Founders Circle Capital and is valued at $1.2 billion. For more information, visit www.seekout.com. ## SeekOut Reviews ### 1. Seekout Review **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Irene N. | Lead - Digital Marketing Analyst, Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** May 24, 2023 **What do you like best about SeekOut?** Accurate data scraping. Insights about diverse talent profiles that matches our recruirement. **What do you dislike about SeekOut?** I haven't encountered anything yet that I don't like about seekout **What problems is SeekOut solving and how is that benefiting you?** Looking for specific profiles that can match our client requirements **Official Response from Ed Pedini:** > We're glad to hear that SeekOut is helping you find great talent that matches your clients' needs! ### 2. Fantastic tool for search **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Ian S. | Senior Talent Sourcing Partner, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** March 13, 2023 **What do you like best about SeekOut?** Easy to use, great results, great Talent Intelligence tool. Can even upload csv's to get additional info for other contacts. Huge fan for saving time and getting more info when sourcing **What do you dislike about SeekOut?** Not much - it keeps getting better. AI takes some time to learn, but it's improving. **What problems is SeekOut solving and how is that benefiting you?** Saving time when sourcing candidates for a variety of roles - it's the first place I go when starting a search. **Official Response from Ed Pedini:** > Thank you for your positive feedback about SeekOut! We are glad to hear that our Talent Intelligence is helping, and the list upload feature has been saving you time while providing more information when sourcing candidates. Thank you for making SeekOut your go-to source for candidate searches! ### 3. Great resource for MI reports **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Laura R. | Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** March 13, 2023 **What do you like best about SeekOut?** Diversity features and specific skillsets are more refined thanLinkedin Recruiter. Linkedin Recruiter limits you at gender breakdown whereas SeekOut let's you target specific backgrounds, YOE in a specific job/field, etc. **What do you dislike about SeekOut?** Can be a bit generic at times and may create some doubt on accuracy of the tool. May be beneficial to have filters that allow you to dive deeper into diversity. **What problems is SeekOut solving and how is that benefiting you?** Help create and drive DEI programs forward **Official Response from Ed Pedini:** > Thank you for your review! It sounds like you really appreciate SeekOut's diversity features and ability to target specific skillsets. We're thrilled to hear we are helping drive your DEI programs forward. ### 4. Smart filters made sourcing a breeze **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Manasvi B. | Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** March 07, 2023 **What do you like best about SeekOut?** I love the power filters. It saved me so much time by cutting out repeated tasks and allowed me to build smart searches with a combined force of booleans & filters. **What do you dislike about SeekOut?** I would have liked to see more filters to pull candidates from certain companies or locations from their previous jobs. It could be helpful to open candidates' profiles in the same dashboard rather than multiple LinkedIn tabs. **What problems is SeekOut solving and how is that benefiting you?** I love that most of the candidates in my search with the Diversity filters are relevant to the roles I am hiring. There is a vast pool to pick from versus other platforms like LinkedIn. The search filters are powerful! **Official Response from Ed Pedini:** > Thanks for sharing - it's great to hear how our unique Power Filters are helping you save time while finding great people! ### 5. Easy to use sourcing tool **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Alicia B. | Director, Talent Strategy & Acquisition, Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** November 30, 2022 **What do you like best about SeekOut?** SeekOut has built-in boolean strings to help you find the right candidates easily. You can choose a pre-built search criteria that has the most popular skills, experience, and tools for that position or field. It is a great way to introduce boolean to new team members. **What do you dislike about SeekOut?** SeekOut has this great feature to find phone numbers & email addresses for those you'd like to reach out to. The issue with this feature is that the emails & phone numbers can often be outdated. **What problems is SeekOut solving and how is that benefiting you?** SeekOut is solving the issue of having additional sourcing opportunities for LinkedIn, Git hub, & other areas without paying every sites fees to source. Using SeekOut has provided the team with additional sourcing opportunities. **Official Response from Ed Pedini:** > Thanks for sharing - we're thrilled we're helping you find the people you need! ### 6. I feel like I'm ahead of the game with this platform **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Josh T. | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** March 20, 2023 **What do you like best about SeekOut?** The power filters provided do a fantastic job of providing updated candidates with the respective clearances I'm looking for. **What do you dislike about SeekOut?** Sometimes I find great candidates, but can't get a hold of them without a phone number or email address. **What problems is SeekOut solving and how is that benefiting you?** Seekout is solving how to find and contact the best candidates in many different fields. Specifically healthcare, this is a clear platform for that. **Official Response from Ed Pedini:** > We're so thrilled to hear how SeekOut is helping you find the best candidates for your open roles - thanks for sharing! ### 7. Tech Recruiter **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Michael P. | Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** March 23, 2023 **What do you like best about SeekOut?** The AI functionalities, power filters, talent insight and cloning capabilities are a huge advantage. **What do you dislike about SeekOut?** The lack of active profiles and contact information available. The user interface can be confusing at times. **What problems is SeekOut solving and how is that benefiting you?** Seekout is using AI and automation to reduce repitive task recruiters face on a daily basis. Their product allows us to source high volume quicker and easier. **Official Response from Ed Pedini:** > Thank you so much for taking the time to share you experience with SeekOut! We're thrilled to hear how we're helping you reduce the effort it takes to source a high volume of candidates! ### 8. Seek Out -A Big Win! **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Information Technology and Services | Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** August 01, 2023 **What do you like best about SeekOut?** The interface is really easy to use. It's a great way to find strong diverse candidates to make sure we're reaching the wider candidate base. **What do you dislike about SeekOut?** Nothing really negative on my end about SeekOut, it's been a very positive experience. **What problems is SeekOut solving and how is that benefiting you?** We're looking to improve our diversity numbers across the business and ensure that we're reay filling the top of our of funnel to drive stronger results across the company. ### 9. Intuitive Sourcing Tool **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Margarita M. | Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** March 13, 2023 **What do you like best about SeekOut?** I enjoy how intuitive Seekout is in helping me build a fantastic sourcing strategy such as projects and making sure my efforts are duplicative **What do you dislike about SeekOut?** Though SeekOut is very intuitive, some of the integrations are a little lack luster for my preference. **What problems is SeekOut solving and how is that benefiting you?** Automating a lot of my sourcing and recruiting tasks such as project creation and my outreach campagins **Official Response from Ed Pedini:** > Hi there! Thank you for taking the time to share your experience with SeekOut. I'm glad to hear that the platform has been helpful in building your sourcing strategy and eliminating duplicate efforts. It's great to know that the automation features, such as project creation and outreach campaigns, are saving you time. Regarding the integrations, I'm sorry to hear that they are not meeting your expectations - please reach out to our in-app support team and we'd love the opportunity to help, or share your suggestions with our Product Team. ### 10. Awesome LinkedIn Alternative **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Sri L. | Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** May 11, 2023 **What do you like best about SeekOut?** I really enjoyed using Diversity filter, its a best replacement for Linkedin Recruiter **What do you dislike about SeekOut?** There is nothing really to dislike about Seekout **What problems is SeekOut solving and how is that benefiting you?** Its very useful in getting particular Diversity profiles **Official Response from Ed Pedini:** > We're thrilled that SeekOut is helping you meet your diversity hiring goals! ### 11. Talent Acquisition **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Computer & Network Security | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** May 10, 2023 **What do you like best about SeekOut?** AI matching is one of the best features. **What do you dislike about SeekOut?** Sometimes on the Insights SeekOut is able to provide great reports but as a user you are not to click on those metrics and see who are the candidates behind the results **What problems is SeekOut solving and how is that benefiting you?** The Diversity features is definitely one of the most detailed function I seen on the market. Helps me gain lots of time in my searches **Official Response from Ed Pedini:** > Glad to hear our AI Matching features are helping you find great, diverse candidates! We'll be introducing SeekOut Assist soon which brings even better AI and automation to the search and engagement process so stay tuned! ### 12. An excellent tool that adds additional value to your pipeline. **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Staffing and Recruiting | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** May 09, 2023 **What do you like best about SeekOut?** The interface is extremely user-friendly and makes navigating easy. **What do you dislike about SeekOut?** In job titles, you cannot type a custom title if it doesn't populate with a pre-suggested result. **What problems is SeekOut solving and how is that benefiting you?** In my day-to-day, it provides an additional stream of applications when my pool is stale, and when applicant flow is weak. Additionally, it is centered moreso around diversity, as opposed to other channels that I use. **Official Response from Ed Pedini:** > We appreciate the feedback - great to hear how SeekOut is providing you with more candidates as well as helping your diversity initiatives! While the "Title" filter does work of a set list of titles, you can always search for a custom title (or part of a custom title) using the cur_title: keyword operator. Check out the field search examples in the link below, or chat with our live in-app support team and we'll show you how it works! ### 13. Excellent Sourcing Tool **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Katie M. | Executive Sourcing Advisor, Global Talent Acquisition, Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** March 07, 2023 **What do you like best about SeekOut?** Seekout has been an excellent addition to my sourcing toolbelt. The search capabilities allow for unique search strings that help me find the most qualified candidates for niche roles. In addition, the email and phone contact information is most often accurate and provide me a great alternative to reaching out via just LinkedIn. I love the power filters too. Overall, the tool increases my sourcing success and speed. **What do you dislike about SeekOut?** I would love to have easier access to search history. **What problems is SeekOut solving and how is that benefiting you?** Great tool for locating diverse talent. Speeding the time to find the most qualified candidates. **Official Response from Ed Pedini:** > We're go glad to hear you are enjoying using SeekOut! You can access your Search History at any time from the menu - check out the link below to see how ### 14. Makes Sourcing for Tech Talent Across Multiple Sites a Breeze! **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Ian C. | Senior Tech Recruiter, Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** January 26, 2023 **What do you like best about SeekOut?** The customisable Dashboard filters The very robust "Power Filters." It makes github easy to search The support from the Account rep is second to none! **What do you dislike about SeekOut?** SeekOut only scrapes LinkedIn public profiles **What problems is SeekOut solving and how is that benefiting you?** It solves searching our in-house ATS (the search function of which is severely lacking) It solves searching GitHub, which can be challenging and time consuming to search directly It provides granular Insights / Data that can be shared with stakeholders, including Diversity data **Official Response from Ed Pedini:** > Thrilled to hear about your great experiences using SeekOut! We're glad to be helping your organization find and hire top talent, and that our reps have been providing excellent support. ### 15. Robust and easy to use! **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** David P. | Talent Acquisition Specialist, Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** January 17, 2023 **What do you like best about SeekOut?** Seekout searches so many databases. This helps me reduce the redundancies in my work process. It also searches beyond titles and uses skills and groups that potential candidates are frequent. **What do you dislike about SeekOut?** The information on seekout can be significantly out of date. I find a few profiles with missing information after viewing their profile on other databases. **What problems is SeekOut solving and how is that benefiting you?** Seekout is allowing me to use just one database instead of having to search through multiple sites! **Official Response from Ed Pedini:** > Thanks for sharing your experience with SeekOut - we're glad to hear you find us easy to use, and that we're helping you save time while finding more relevant people! We're always working to improve, and making sure we have the more accurate and most recent information (both in terms of profiles and contact info) is a huge area of focus for us. We recently made a large upgrade to these systems which have resulted in some pretty significant improvements, and believe we're the best in the industry (check out the review linked below!). If you still having issues with data, please reach out to me (epedini@seekout.com) or our Support Team as we'd like to work with you to investigate it further. ### 16. Great Sourcing Tool! **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Michael C. | Recruiter, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** December 30, 2022 **What do you like best about SeekOut?** I love the many built-in filters for sourcing talent. Too often, it can feel like you do not know where to start when you get a complex role, but with the filters menu, you have many options to "build the layers" of your search. **What do you dislike about SeekOut?** This one is tough; my experience has been totally positive so far. Perhaps with custom filters, they do not have as wide a breadth in terms of search parameters, but those can be added to suit your own hiring needs. **What problems is SeekOut solving and how is that benefiting you?** SeekOut is solving sourcing for complex roles. In my recruiting role, we are looking for a diverse set of talent and experiences so SeekOut helps identify the best folks for our org! **Official Response from Ed Pedini:** > Thanks for sharing your feedback with the community - especially in terms of how SeekOut is helping you source for diverse talent and fill complex roles! We have some new search features coming out shortly that will make it even easier to find relevant talent without having to use lots of filters. Stay tuned! But if you'd like sneak please let your Customer Success Manager know and we'll see what we can do :) ### 17. I have had an amazing experience sourcing candidates with SeekOut **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Joy E. | Specialty Sourcer/ Candidate Attraction Specialist, Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** December 28, 2022 **What do you like best about SeekOut?** I love all of the filter ablities. Previous employers has been a huge help in specific industries. Being able to pull a PDF file to review and contact candidates allows me to save them as I go as well. **What do you dislike about SeekOut?** Unfortunately, with any platform there will be candidates that their information is not available, but that is not SeekOut's fault, at all **What problems is SeekOut solving and how is that benefiting you?** SeekOut is helping with industry and client specific power filters **Official Response from Ed Pedini:** > Thanks for the fantastic review - we're thrilled that SeekOut is helping you find great people with the background and experience that you need! ### 18. New SeekOut User **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Mechanical or Industrial Engineering | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** January 18, 2023 **What do you like best about SeekOut?** There are a handful of elements that I enjoy, such as: The amount of data and details provided about the candidates. The customizability of searches. The AI matching. **What do you dislike about SeekOut?** There are few qualities that I could possibly dislike. One is the functionality of the parentheses, asterisks, and quotation marks. At times when utilized in searches, they either do not function as intended and provide no candidates or provide candidates that are less aligned with the search. **What problems is SeekOut solving and how is that benefiting you?** SeekOut is providing a way to cast a wider net to reach a greater pool of candidates that I may never have come across using traditional sourcing methods like LinkedIn. **Official Response from Ed Pedini:** > Thanks for sharing your feedback - it's great to hear that SeekOut is helping you cast a wider net for talent. We're working on some ways that will make it even easier to search in SeekOut without the need for any Boolean - so stay tuned! (or let your Customer Success Manager know if you'd like a sneak peek). But until then our team of search experts are always here to help make sure you're getting the results you need. If you're ever struggling with a query, or find a search that doesn't return the expected results, please use our in-app live chat and we'll be able to help you resolve the issue. ### 19. Great tool to find candidates **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Anna S. | Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** May 09, 2023 **What do you like best about SeekOut?** I like how easy it is to navigate the tool. The search bar is easily accessible, and it has other great features that are helpful for a recruiter. **What do you dislike about SeekOut?** Sometimes I have issues logging in. It keeps telling me there is an error but then eventually it will log me in. **What problems is SeekOut solving and how is that benefiting you?** Finding good talent. **Official Response from Ed Pedini:** > Great to hear we are helping you find great talent! If you're still having the occasional login issue please share some details with our support team via the in-app live chat, as we should be able to get this resolved. ### 20. Seek candidates with Seekout! **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** James A. | 🔎 𝗥𝗲𝗰𝗿𝘂𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗔𝘀𝘀𝗼𝗰𝗶𝗮𝘁𝗲 🔎, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** February 23, 2022 **What do you like best about SeekOut?** The collection of information from different platforms and sites. Seek out offers various filters and other customization for my searches while keeping things smooth and easy to handle. **What do you dislike about SeekOut?** I don't dislike much about this platform. The only thing I'd say is things are complicated when I already have a ton of candidates in my LinkedIn projects, and I run across profiles I've already sourced in Seek out. **What problems is SeekOut solving and how is that benefiting you?** Compilation of information and additional sourcing methods. This platform gives me another avenue to find qualified candidates. For my requisition, I need as many candidates in the pipeline as I can get! **Official Response from Ed Pedini:** > Appreciate you taking the time to share your feedback - we're thrilled that SeekOut is helping get great people into your pipeline. ### 21. 15+ yrs **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Gourav C. | Talent Acquisition Manager, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** March 09, 2023 **What do you like best about SeekOut?** I liked AI Matching feature in SeekOut Board. **What do you dislike about SeekOut?** Contact details ( Email & Contact ) and CTC details would have been directly accessible to make quick decision about candidature to proceed ahead. **What problems is SeekOut solving and how is that benefiting you?** Through Seekout, I can hunt for niche and diverse talent **Official Response from Ed Pedini:** > Thank you for your review and feedback! We're thrilled to hear that you find our AI matching feature in SeekOut valuable for your talent search needs. We're glad to hear that SeekOut is helping you find niche and diverse talent, and we appreciate you choosing our platform for your hiring needs. Thank you! ### 22. Senior Technical Recruiter **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Stefani R. | Senior Technical Recruiter, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** December 15, 2022 **What do you like best about SeekOut?** Seekout is helpful because it has so many options to really dive into finding the right candidates for opportunities. They offer multiple sourcing options from one plattform. It saves time and also gives you the best candidates. The support group also goes above and beyond to help with questions or issues. **What do you dislike about SeekOut?** I have not experienced a dislike with Seekout. **What problems is SeekOut solving and how is that benefiting you?** We can dive into where candidates with specific skill sets are located to help us understand where we can better spend our time sourcing. **Official Response from Ed Pedini:** > Thanks for the great review - it's great to hear how SeekOut is helping you save time while getting better candidates! ### 23. Able to do in-depth search and the database is huge. **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Nathaniel W. | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** March 07, 2023 **What do you like best about SeekOut?** Able to narrow your searches and having access to millions of phone numbers/emails at your finger tip's is amazing. **What do you dislike about SeekOut?** I would like to see their actual resume. So I can see there story. **What problems is SeekOut solving and how is that benefiting you?** Acess to resume with contract information. (phone number/email address) **Official Response from Ed Pedini:** > Thanks for sharing your SeekOut review! ### 24. New way to source candidates **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Hana F. | Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** March 13, 2023 **What do you like best about SeekOut?** Intuitive, user friendly and different algorithm for boolean strings. **What do you dislike about SeekOut?** Integration with Gem is not as intuitive and reaching out is more cumbersome. **What problems is SeekOut solving and how is that benefiting you?** Increase talent pool with a different method of sourcing. Allows me to source from Github more easily. **Official Response from Ed Pedini:** > Thank you for sharing your feedback about SeekOut. We are glad to hear that you find our platform intuitive and user-friendly, and that our unique search capabilities are helpful for your sourcing needs. We apologize for any inconvenience you experienced with the integration with Gem, and we'd love to work with you to improve this. P{lease reach out to your Customer Success Manager to discuss this further. ### 25. Excellent Source of Top Talent outside of LinkedIn **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** James R. | Managing Director, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** August 26, 2022 **What do you like best about SeekOut?** SeekOut gives us access to a huge talent pool of difficult to find tech talent. that isn't necessarily available on LI, by accessing different platforms such as GitHub. SeekOut also gives us access to this talent's personal email addresses so that we can reach out to them directly and are not restricted on numbers like we re on other platforms. **What do you dislike about SeekOut?** Having been a user for 2 months now, I can genuinely say there is nothing to dislike about this system, if we have any questions the support team get back to us very quickly to give us the answers **What problems is SeekOut solving and how is that benefiting you?** The market for top tech talent globally is more competitive than it has ever been, SeekOut is a more effective way of identifying and reaching out to this talent than some of the more traditional methods. **Official Response from Ed Pedini:** > Thank you for your amazing review! We believe at SeekOut that great people create companies. We're glad our tool is helping you succeed in maximizing your talent. ### 26. Technical recruiter **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Kevin Y. | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** March 07, 2023 **What do you like best about SeekOut?** Boolean searches, the settings for filtering out the specific candidates, very intuitive, easy to find internal candidates **What do you dislike about SeekOut?** User interphase could be better, some searches are confusing **What problems is SeekOut solving and how is that benefiting you?** Filtering secret clearance and also providing personal information like their email phone number **Official Response from Ed Pedini:** > We're thrilled to hear that SeekOut is helping you find and hire cleared talent! ### 27. Excellent Product, Premium Price **Rating:** 3.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** John H. | Senior Manager, Recruiting, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** March 13, 2023 **What do you like best about SeekOut?** The fact that it provides alternative contact information for LinkedIn profiles **What do you dislike about SeekOut?** -Price -The alternative contact information can be "hit or miss." **What problems is SeekOut solving and how is that benefiting you?** Providing a better way to reach LinkedIn candidates that using the LinkedIn messaging system. **Official Response from Ed Pedini:** > Thank you for taking the time to share your thoughts about SeekOut. I'm glad to hear that you find the contact information feature helpful to go beyond LinkedIn. It's great to know that SeekOut is helping you to reach candidates more effectively. ### 28. Very user-friendly **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Kendra A. | Sr. Employee Relations Partner, Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** March 20, 2023 **What do you like best about SeekOut?** Easy system to use when searching for candidates **What do you dislike about SeekOut?** nothing additional to add; system is very user friendly and easy to use. **What problems is SeekOut solving and how is that benefiting you?** Giving me diversity candidates to fill tough to fill positions **Official Response from Ed Pedini:** > Helping organizations increase the diversity of their talent pools is a huge part of our mission - we're thrilled to hear that SeekOut is working for you! ### 29. cutting edge AI tool **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Eric Grant G. | Talent Acquisition - Lead Sourcing Specialist for Medtronic, Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** November 14, 2022 **What do you like best about SeekOut?** SeekOut has some distinct features that other platforms cannot provide especially when looking for diversity candidates, AI matching and its incredible insights report that provide a high-level overview of what the market looks like **What do you dislike about SeekOut?** One room for improvement could be integrating similar profiles into one. For instance, if a candidate creates another profile, it is treated as a separate person **What problems is SeekOut solving and how is that benefiting you?** SeekOut continuously enhancing some features and I like the interface improvements so far as well as the functionality where you can share a project even to a non-license holder and brainstorm together **Official Response from Ed Pedini:** > Glad to hear our AI and Diversity features are helping your TA process - thanks for sharing! ### 30. Seek Out is a very powerful tool for recruiters/ sourcers. **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Semiconductors | Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** March 29, 2023 **What do you like best about SeekOut?** Seekout is extremely versatile and gives you information about candidates which is difficult to find until you're connected with them. Managing projects, creating campaigns etc. is a very good feature offered by this tool. **What do you dislike about SeekOut?** Sometimes, I have found out the information not being very accurate. It does not integrate with ATS and i believe it's data needs to be updated timely to give the right information. **What problems is SeekOut solving and how is that benefiting you?** Motive of seekout is to take talent strategy to the next level and that benefits Talent leaders a lot. Their usage of AI is also one of the versatile features as it improves efficiency. **Official Response from Ed Pedini:** > Thanks for taking the opportunity to share your feedback - I'm glad our Talent Intelligence tools are helping you be more informed about candidates, and that our AI-powered features are improving efficiency. Sorry to hear you've run into some issues with information accuracy and ATS integrations - if you get the chance please raise this with your Customer Support Manager or our in-app chat as we can likely help. ### 31. SeekOut is my new fav sourcing tool! **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Shervanne T. | Strategic Talent Acquisition Partner , Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** October 31, 2022 **What do you like best about SeekOut?** There are dozens of ways to slice and dice your data so that you can see a new talent pool each time. There are zero restraints like there are on other platforms. **What do you dislike about SeekOut?** Some people have no contact information, or the phone/email isn't current or accurate. This is rare though, typically there are multiple ways to reach out to each person in the talent pool. **What problems is SeekOut solving and how is that benefiting you?** The main problem I had was understanding the multiple ways of running a search, the solution was a one-one collaborative sourcing session with my Client Success Manager, that has been so valuable to me. **Official Response from Ed Pedini:** > Thanks for sharing your positive experience with SeekOut, and our fantastic Customer Success Team! ### 32. SeekOut has helped me find qualified candidates for many of my tough to fill positions. **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Government Administration | Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** December 06, 2022 **What do you like best about SeekOut?** SeekOut is user friendly, has email campaign options and allows users to create projects for positions so you can add qualified candidates! This is not an option that some competitors offer. **What do you dislike about SeekOut?** I think that SeekOut should add a "US Citizen" power filter. There is a US Work Authorization filter, which is helpful, but many of the roles I am hiring for require US Citizenship, so this filter would help me weed out non citizens. **What problems is SeekOut solving and how is that benefiting you?** SeekOut is helping me find qualified talent for my cleared and uncleared roles. The tool helps me keep track of candidates via project options, and I can set up email campaigns which saves me a lot of time in reaching out to candidates. **Official Response from Ed Pedini:** > Thanks for sharing your feedback with SeekOut - we'll be sure to pass on your Power Filter suggestion to our Product team! ### 33. Works **Rating:** 2.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Information Technology and Services | Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** May 15, 2023 **What do you like best about SeekOut?** The diversity filter because is the only place where it works. **What do you dislike about SeekOut?** That I couldn’t send a message from there and sometimes the emails are wrong **What problems is SeekOut solving and how is that benefiting you?** Bring diverse talent, in that way I waste less time to find them. **Official Response from Ed Pedini:** > Thanks for sharing your feedback - I'm glad we're helping you find Diverse talent, that's a huge focus of ours. But I'm also sorry to hear you are running into issues with messaging and emails. That shouldn't be happening. Please contact our support team via the in-app live chat, or email me on epedini@seekout.com, so that we can collect some information and investigate this issue for you. ### 34. Enabling Recruiters to Seek Top Talent **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Devin O. | Recruiter II, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** November 17, 2022 **What do you like best about SeekOut?** I like the functionality of Boolean strings and the account management team support best. The way I can build strings to identify different candidate pools is so helpful when sourcing. **What do you dislike about SeekOut?** I wouldn't say I like the amount of space taken up by already viewed candidates and the lack of function to ensure I don't run into the same candidates repeatedly. **What problems is SeekOut solving and how is that benefiting you?** SeekOut is solving the problem of identifying new top talent that I wouldn't typically access in the market. It allows me to reach new pools and build relationships. **Official Response from Ed Pedini:** > Thanks for the feedback - we're thrilled to hear we're helping you find top talent! ### 35. Seekout Recruiting **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Cooper W. | Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** May 09, 2023 **What do you like best about SeekOut?** Very user friendly, lots of different avenues and features; long list of different search tools for optimal sourcing experience **What do you dislike about SeekOut?** if you aren't as familiar with boolean, it might be little tricky to navigate **What problems is SeekOut solving and how is that benefiting you?** sourcing diverse candidates for upper management positions **Official Response from Ed Pedini:** > Glad to hear we are helping you find diverse talent! We have a fantastic new search feature coming out shortly - SeekOut Assist - that leverages the power of Generative AI to make searching significantly easier! We're currently in the final testing stages and will be making this available to uses soon, so stay tuned! ### 36. The most accurate contact information! **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Maranda M. | Executive Recruiter Slack & Salesforce, Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** November 29, 2022 **What do you like best about SeekOut?** SeekOut contact information (phone numbers and emails) are the most accurate I have come across in 20 years of sourcing. I've used every sourcing tool available SeekOut is the most accurate. My response rates have increased by 30% via phone and text outreach. It's a very powerful tool. Additionally, the algorithms behind SeekOuts search tools are unique. I have discovered new and more diverse executive talent pools that were not discoverable on LinkedIn and other platforms; plus they show up in the first few pages of results. **What do you dislike about SeekOut?** I wish everyone had it! It's a major game changer! **What problems is SeekOut solving and how is that benefiting you?** The discovery of underrepresented talent in global markets is helping us to make more hires faster and to be more inclusive. **Official Response from Ed Pedini:** > Thank you for your amazing review! We believe at SeekOut that great people create companies. We're glad our tool is helping you succeed in maximizing your talent. ### 37. Insights - Seekout **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Bhuvana B. | Sourcing coordinator, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** November 14, 2022 **What do you like best about SeekOut?** Insights in Seekout help a lot in my work I do. finding candidates and reports are good easy access and finding **What do you dislike about SeekOut?** Nothing inparticular. It helps well and it depends on the nature of work or the requirement easy access **What problems is SeekOut solving and how is that benefiting you?** Insights and finding the number of candidates and it filters accordingly for our need **Official Response from Ed Pedini:** > Thanks for sharing - we're thrilled you are having a great experience with SeekOut! ### 38. Seekout is a good sourcing tool **Rating:** 3.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Lily W. | Senior Recruiter, Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** January 17, 2023 **What do you like best about SeekOut?** Easy to run searches Able to use boolean searches Able to filter results **What do you dislike about SeekOut?** Sometimes Seekout does not find any contact information for candidates When using the AI matching, it doesn't pull people in the geography listed. **What problems is SeekOut solving and how is that benefiting you?** Able to search for candidates and proactively reach out to those individuals regarding opportunities. **Official Response from Ed Pedini:** > It's great to hear that you are finding SeekOut is easy to use, and that we're helping you proactively find and engage with great talent! Both AI Matching and Candidate Cloning support focusing on a specific geographic area, though you do need to edit the match criteria and add the location filter after starting your search. If this isn't working for you, or if we can help demonstrate how this works, please use our in-app Live Chat to speak with our support team or reach out to me directly on epedini@seekout.com ### 39. The PERFECT tool for Sourcing! **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Erin T. | Clinical Recruiter (100% Remote), Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** December 13, 2022 **What do you like best about SeekOut?** Highly recommended! The customer relations team is communicative, helpful, and always willing to answer any questions! They take time to ensure you truly understand how to use the tool! I highly recommend utilizing Seekout for your sourcing needs! I WISH this tool had existed when I first started recruiting over ten-years ago; it is a GAME CHANGER! **What do you dislike about SeekOut?** There isn't anything I dislike. I highly recommend SeekOut! **What problems is SeekOut solving and how is that benefiting you?** SeekOut keeps projects by location organized and helps to find those passive candidates that don't yet know they might want to change jobs. Not only does SeekOut help find candidates, it is also great for marketing purposes to help get our name out there! **Official Response from Ed Pedini:** > Appreciate you taking the time to share this feedback - we're thrilled you're having such a positive experience with SeekOut! ### 40. fun so far, great expereince **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Laura C. | Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** March 07, 2023 **What do you like best about SeekOut?** like the difference it offers and that it "pulls" intel for you **What do you dislike about SeekOut?** stuggling with strings and a couple things that I just need more training on **What problems is SeekOut solving and how is that benefiting you?** helping me to find candidates **Official Response from Ed Pedini:** > Thank you for your review! We're glad to hear that you appreciate the unique value that SeekOut brings to your candidate search process by automatically pulling intelligence for you. We understand that the search strings can be challenging, but our team is always here to provide training and support to help you get the most out of our platform, so please don't hesitate to start an in-app chat and we can help in real-time. We're committed to making your candidate search experience as smooth and efficient as possible. Thank you for choosing SeekOut! ### 41. I really enjoyed working with this tool **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Nerine J. | Lead Talent Advocate, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** September 28, 2022 **What do you like best about SeekOut?** I used the market insights and diversity filters most often. This tool has a lot of reach and you can find many fantastic leads by using this tool across the world. **What do you dislike about SeekOut?** Seekout does not have a lot of flexibility with their packages. Our company struggled to negotiate a customised package with their team and we ended up needing to expand to other tools in order to make up for the lack of flexibility that Seekout offered. **What problems is SeekOut solving and how is that benefiting you?** Seekout covers a larger talent pool than any of the other tools we have used. We source and host events for diverse candidates across the globe and seekout really helps with that. **Official Response from Ed Pedini:** > Thanks for sharing your experience with the community. Diversity, and hiring from URGs, is at the core of our mission so this is especially great feedback to hear. ### 42. Excellent diversity sourcing tool! **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Tim B. | Senior Technical Sourcer, Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** August 29, 2019 **What do you like best about SeekOut?** I really love the fact that I'm able to find multiple social profiles when running a search, but the Diversity filter is really what sets it apart from others. I'm also very fond of the Github search feature. **What do you dislike about SeekOut?** My biggest challenge is getting excited about a potential candidate only to open up their LinkedIn profile and see that they've changed jobs recently (2-3 months prior). **What problems is SeekOut solving and how is that benefiting you?** It's helping with our issues around developing and presenting a diverse slate of candidates. It definitely makes us more productive and gives us great insights that we can share with our hiring leaders. **Official Response from Ed Pedini:** > Thanks for sharing your feedback - in particular that our Diversity features are helping you find great candidates! ### 43. Cumbersome with lots of duplicates and bad contact information **Rating:** 0.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Chris W. | Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** March 07, 2023 **What do you like best about SeekOut?** Lots of contacts, many ways to search possible contacts. **What do you dislike about SeekOut?** Contact information many times inaccurate **What problems is SeekOut solving and how is that benefiting you?** Not aware of anything SeekOut is doing to solve issues that benefit me. **Official Response from Ed Pedini:** > Sorry to hear that SeekOut isn't living up to your expectations! Our team would love to learn more about the issues you've encountered and help ensure you're able to find and engage with great people. If you're open to the conversation please reach out to me directly (epedini@seekout.com) or your Customer Success Manager. ### 44. Finding candidates that I otherwise might not have found! **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Ryan L. | Sr. Engineering Recruiter, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** January 17, 2023 **What do you like best about SeekOut?** Being able to get contact information for candidates who otherwise might have been hidden. **What do you dislike about SeekOut?** Not knowing whether or not the candidate is open to new opportunities **What problems is SeekOut solving and how is that benefiting you?** Casting a wider net to find candidates that are either passive or hidden contact details otherwise **Official Response from Ed Pedini:** > We're glad that SeekOut is helping you tap into hidden talent pools! ### 45. Sr. Recruiter **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Staffing and Recruiting | Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** April 05, 2023 **What do you like best about SeekOut?** Diversity profiles sourcing & AI Matching **What do you dislike about SeekOut?** It has limited credits which resets every month but in case of volume hiring, this becomes a constraint **What problems is SeekOut solving and how is that benefiting you?** It has been a great platform for diversity sourcing/recruiting along with AI recruiting capabilities. Also, helps in mapping & researching diversity talent across regions, roles etc. **Official Response from Ed Pedini:** > Thanks for taking the time to share your feedback on SeekOut with us and the community! I'm thrilled to hear you are finding success with our AI sourcing automation, and that SeekOut is helping attract talent from Under Represented Groups. If you're running out of credits our team would be happy to help - just start an in-app chat and we can look at a couple of different options together. ### 46. Effective sourcing tool **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Computer Software | Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** April 01, 2023 **What do you like best about SeekOut?** Diversity components are helpful and a nice added benefit compared to the other tools that are on the market. It is user friendly and generally easy to figure out. **What do you dislike about SeekOut?** Sometimes it becomes another tool to use, if the team has too many sourcing tools it can become a distraction to maintain and get proper usage from it, making it hard to measure ROI. **What problems is SeekOut solving and how is that benefiting you?** Finding diverse talent for engineering roles. It can be better to message via email, and having automated campaigns to send multiple messages to candidates is nice. **Official Response from Ed Pedini:** > We're thrilled to hear that SeekOut is helping you find diverse talent for Engineering Roles! ### 47. Finding qualified applicants through SeekOut **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Jonathan D. | Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** March 20, 2023 **What do you like best about SeekOut?** The data provided by SeekOut was useful to understand my metrics in relation to business needs. **What do you dislike about SeekOut?** I thought everything on the platform was practical and easily digestible. **What problems is SeekOut solving and how is that benefiting you?** The problem that SeekOut helped to solve is finding better talent that might not always be found. It has led me down a path of more diverse and qualified talent. **Official Response from Ed Pedini:** > Glad you're finding SeekOut easy to use, and that we're helping you solve real world hiring problems! ### 48. I didn't realize how easily or quickly I could find passive talent until SeekOut. **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Vickie H. | Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** March 13, 2023 **What do you like best about SeekOut?** Seekout is the easiest tool for someone who sources on a semi-regular basis. It is intuitive and can be both basic and brilliant, whatever your need. **What do you dislike about SeekOut?** I haven't found a down side to SeekOut. Their training and support are second to none. **What problems is SeekOut solving and how is that benefiting you?** Occasionally I have to dig to find talent in very specialized, niche areas. SeekOut is a great solution. **Official Response from Ed Pedini:** > Thank you for the fantastic review of SeekOut! We're thrilled to hear that you find the platform intuitive and easy to use, and that our training and support have been helpful for you. We're also glad to hear that we've been able to help you find passive talent quickly and easily, even in niche areas. If you have any feedback or suggestions for us, please don't hesitate to reach out. We're always looking for ways to improve our platform and make it even more useful for our users. ### 49. User friendly, effective, and full of top talent! **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Tanner H. | Technical Recruiter, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** January 17, 2023 **What do you like best about SeekOut?** It's super easy to use; the interface is straightforward and simple. I also love the strength of diversity without forfeiting top talent. **What do you dislike about SeekOut?** The integration with our Talent Management System, Phenom, is not very smooth and requires multiple steps to migrate candidates. However, Greenhouse is very well integrated! **What problems is SeekOut solving and how is that benefiting you?** It's helping us build our talent pool with a variety of backgrounds, ethnicities, races, and genders that enables us to create a more balanced workforce that can perform at high levels. **Official Response from Ed Pedini:** > Thanks for taking the time to share how SeekOut is helping you quickly and easily find top talent without sacrificing diversity! ### 50. User friendly Sourcing! **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** lisa w. | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** March 08, 2023 **What do you like best about SeekOut?** Power and diversity filters are key to help zero in on the right talent. **What do you dislike about SeekOut?** The AI Matching functionality has been glitchy and not often worked since I've been a user. Id like better campaign messaging functionality-while it is a feature it is all manual and not ideal. **What problems is SeekOut solving and how is that benefiting you?** Understanding talent pools. Zeroing in on proper talent with advanced filters and search capabilities. **Official Response from Ed Pedini:** > Thank you for sharing this feedback! 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