iSmartRecruit vs. LinkedIn Talent Hub

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
iSmartRecruit
Score 9.2 out of 10
Mid-Size Companies (51-1,000 employees)
iSmartRecruit is a cloud-based recruitment solution designed to address challenges faced by staffing firms, recruitment agencies, executive search firms, and HR teams. Operating in 70+ countries and 14 languages, it streamlines the recruitment process from candidate sourcing to onboarding.N/A
LinkedIn Talent Hub
Score 7.1 out of 10
N/A
LinkedIn Talent is a recruiting solution. It offers core ATS capabilities, as well as proactive recruitment outreach tailored to LinkedIn’s site. LinkedIn Talent also enables competitive insights and recruitment marketing.N/A
Pricing
iSmartRecruitLinkedIn Talent Hub
Editions & Modules
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
iSmartRecruitLinkedIn Talent Hub
Free Trial
YesNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional DetailsiSmartRecruit talent acquisition software can be customized, like adding some reports or new functionalities, with a plan that is fit to business requirements.
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Community Pulse
iSmartRecruitLinkedIn Talent Hub
Features
iSmartRecruitLinkedIn Talent Hub
Recruiting / ATS
Comparison of Recruiting / ATS features of Product A and Product B
iSmartRecruit
9.9
Ratings
21% above category average
LinkedIn Talent Hub
7.0
Ratings
13% below category average
Job Requisition Management9.30 Ratings4.00 Ratings
Company Website Posting10.00 Ratings7.00 Ratings
Publish to Social Media10.00 Ratings8.00 Ratings
Job Search Site Posting10.00 Ratings7.00 Ratings
Customized Application Form10.00 Ratings7.00 Ratings
Resume Management10.00 Ratings7.00 Ratings
Duplicate Candidate Prevention10.00 Ratings7.90 Ratings
Candidate Search10.00 Ratings8.00 Ratings
Applicant Tracking10.00 Ratings8.00 Ratings
Collaboration9.40 Ratings8.00 Ratings
Task Creation and Delegation10.00 Ratings7.20 Ratings
Email Templates9.70 Ratings6.00 Ratings
User Permissions10.00 Ratings6.00 Ratings
Notifications and Alerts10.00 Ratings6.00 Ratings
Reporting10.00 Ratings7.70 Ratings
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Medium-sized Companies
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Score 9.1 out of 10
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Score 9.1 out of 10
Enterprises
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Score 9.9 out of 10
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Score 9.9 out of 10
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User Ratings
iSmartRecruitLinkedIn Talent Hub
Likelihood to Recommend
9.6
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7.0
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Likelihood to Renew
-
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8.0
(0 ratings)
Usability
-
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7.0
(0 ratings)
Support Rating
-
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7.5
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
iSmartRecruitLinkedIn Talent Hub
Likelihood to Recommend
The cost-effectiveness and flexibility of iSmartRecruit are impressive. It's a strategic investment that yields significant returns in recruitment success, in our opinion. Therefore, we wholeheartedly recommend it to anyone seeking top-tier recruitment software.
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In my opinion and based on my experience, if you are looking to hire professional "white collar" skill sets and establish yourself in that arena you must use LinkedIn. It is best to be very active and connect and reach out via InMails and emails to your skills sets and the groups they are in.
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Pros
  • Easy and quick access to clients, candidates, jobs and prospects.
  • Posting our jobs to our websites.
  • Uploading and parsing candidate resumes is simple.
  • Keeping track of our placements or the candidates we don't place (and notes about why) help us as we consider people for future opportunities.
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  • LinkedIn Talent provides customized templates that can be used to quickly reach out to candidates via LinkedIn InMail.
  • The pipeline feature allows recruiters and/or human resource directors to build, track, and manage candidates. It lets you organize candidates into folders and create lists with reminders.
  • You can share your activities, projects, searches, candidate profiles, and applicant notes with other people throughout the company.
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Cons
  • Every system has some room for improvement. But no major issues were found, so it’s completely fine.
  • he system comes with many features and is easy to use, but it still requires some form of training to use it to the fullest and get maximum advantages.
  • Every staffing agency business has different needs and requirements. iSmartRecruit helps us to do that. Very quick to respond to requests. Sometimes, it may take more time if the requirement is complex.
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  • InMails. The con of sending InMails is that many times you don’t get a response back. Linkedin should have a feature where a recruiter can know if their InMails was even viewed. Better mechanisms need to be put in my place for the InMails feature.
  • Cost. LinkedIn recruiter is not cheap. I wish the cost could be a bit lower especially if there are multiple users.
  • Connectifier is not helpful for global candidates. Many of the candidates that I reach out to are international. Unfortunately, Connectifier isn’t helpful in obtaining email addresses for these international candidates.
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Usability
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The LinkedIn Talent Hub is a very easy to use and widely known by other users. If someone is hiring, its very visible and accessible. I have never had trouble posting exactly what I need. However, I have had trouble finding the candidate I am looking for. It tends to not bring in a lot of candidates
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Support Rating
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I'm giving this a 6 only because in my 1 year at my current position we have had 3 different reps. The first was unresponsive and passive when attempting to help us. When she came out to do a demo on a new feature launch it was scattered and all over the place. The person we have now is great and is super helpful when ever we need him.
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Alternatives Considered
We looked at a number of other systems that were not as comprehensive. Many were priced above our budget, and we know customer service would not have been as good
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LinkedIn Talent Hub is a really good product in theory and mostly in use. I just feel like listening to more of the feedback and reviews from customers this could be a top of the industry product. Indeed and especially Monster and Careerbuilder are just out dated and not relevant. LinkedIn Talent Hub has a great market opportunity to jump in and become a leader.
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Return on Investment
  • 100% ROI and increased recruitment growth.
  • Strong tracking of jobs and candidates, insightful reports & recruiting analysis.
  • I must say that iSmartRecruit has all teh features which are require of an ATS.
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  • Positive ROI because it didn't cost us anything (yet). The system was chosen (not by me but I went in with an open mind) because they offered it to us for Free. The team was desperate and made a hasty decision based on cost and lack of understanding what an ATS should be capable of doing.
  • Negative ROI because it was a big waste of my time implementing it and finding workarounds and working with their support team on fixes and product participation meetings for them to improve the system
  • Negative ROI - it's been really buggy with us. I don't even know if or what jobs are in sponsored slots and there is no way for me to confirm this in the system. Even when I click on each job to view, it's giving inconsistent info to the point I don't trust it. I cannot run a report to identify which ones are being sponsored or not. This may be hurting us a lot more than I know.
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ScreenShots

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