LinkedIn Recruiter vs. Workable

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
LinkedIn Recruiter
Score 9.0 out of 10
N/A
LinkedIn Recruiter is a hiring platform for talent professionals that helps find, connect with, and manage the people you want to hire.N/A
Workable
Score 7.9 out of 10
N/A
Workable is a recruiting software with HR integrations and AI-powered candidate sourcing. It has SEO-optimized job descriptions and one-click advertising across popular job boards. Workable also features communication tracking, real-time syncing, reporting, and mobile accessibility for collaboration.
$360
per month (starting with 1-20 employees)
Pricing
LinkedIn RecruiterWorkable
Editions & Modules
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Standard
$360
per month (starting with 1-20 employees)
Premier
$599
per month (billed annually) (starting with 1-20 employees)
Premier
$8148
per year (starting with 1-20 employees)
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
LinkedIn RecruiterWorkable
Free Trial
NoYes
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeOptional
Additional DetailsContact vendor for pricing information.20% discount for annual pricing on Standard plan. Buyers can also select add-ons for an additional fee.
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Community Pulse
LinkedIn RecruiterWorkable
Features
LinkedIn RecruiterWorkable
Recruiting / ATS
Comparison of Recruiting / ATS features of Product A and Product B
LinkedIn Recruiter
-
Ratings
Workable
8.3
Ratings
7% above category average
Job Requisition Management00 Ratings8.00 Ratings
Company Website Posting00 Ratings9.00 Ratings
Publish to Social Media00 Ratings10.00 Ratings
Job Search Site Posting00 Ratings9.00 Ratings
Duplicate Candidate Prevention00 Ratings7.00 Ratings
Applicant Tracking00 Ratings9.00 Ratings
Notifications and Alerts00 Ratings8.00 Ratings
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LinkedIn RecruiterWorkable
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Paypro Workforce Management
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PeopleStrong
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User Ratings
LinkedIn RecruiterWorkable
Likelihood to Recommend
9.5
(0 ratings)
8.0
(0 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
-
(0 ratings)
9.0
(0 ratings)
Usability
9.3
(0 ratings)
9.0
(0 ratings)
Support Rating
-
(0 ratings)
7.3
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
LinkedIn RecruiterWorkable
Likelihood to Recommend
I can manage candidates from the search to moving them to projects to messaging in one place, which makes it a more streamlined and efficient process. If a candidate does not respond to an outreach message from my LinkedIn Recruiter mailbox, I can then send a connection request and a message directing them, to the recruiter message.
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Workable is great at creating job posts and posting them to multiple job boards with a single click and also running paid campaigns on social media platforms to reach passive candidates as well. Workable has a friendly UI and has a very gentle learning curve. It is more appropriate for larger organizations where you need to hire thousands of people a year and need to always have a pipeline of great talent.
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Pros
  • The scheduler is my most favorite part of Recruiter. Super easy and organized to use.
  • It also can integrate with my applicant tracking system when and if I hire from LinkedIn Recruiter.
  • The fact that you can see an applicants full profile gives more information than just a resume when selecting candidates to interview.
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  • Workable was extremely user friendly and aesthetically pleasing to use. I had no trouble training or setting up new users, they always caught on quickly.
  • You are able to quickly review candidates at a glance with all notes, texts or emails sent at the top of their profile. This made jumping into a job order easy for those who may be out of the loop.
  • Workable's customer support is stellar, they offer free training and very timely responses for any questions or concerns you may have.
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Cons
  • For some reason, whenever I click "View in Recruiter" it takes me to the project summary screen instead of that candidate's profile in Recruiter
  • It would be nice if candidates got automatically moved to the appropriate stage when an action is taken (ie "Contacted" after sending them a message)
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  • Candidate timeline history - you could say it's a double-edged sword. I love that I can follow how a candidate has progressed through the process and see all the notes, correspondence, and stage updates on one page, but it's also too much information sometimes. I wish there was a way that I could just filter it to see email history, for example.
  • Workable going to spam - if you or your client select the option that "hides" your email address in Workable email correspondence, sometimes candidate emails go straight to candidate's spam folders. I try to warn clients and candidates ahead of time about this, but it would be great if it didn't happen at all!
  • People Search - it's a great tool when it works, but oftentimes it brings up candidate search details that are no longer valid or true (out of date resumes, closed email accounts).
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Likelihood to Renew
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It's become a part of the fabric of our hiring process and we are growing like crazy! Once we have a working platform in place the cost of the change management typically far out weighs the benefits derived from the change! It's especially hard to change a process with employees who are not key stake holders, they are alway hesitant to invest time in a new product they are only going to use once in a while. With that said if something else came along with benefits far and above workable that we would gain a clear lift in productivity and capabilities we would make the change, we've done it with other parts of our tech stack
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Usability
This portals helps to source the profile directly from the LinkedIn where I don't need to check the resume and LinkedIn separately every time. LinkedIn Recruiter is the best platform for posting the job effortlessly. It requires only few details and we can get response quicker.
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One thing, it just works as advertised. AI integration makes the work more easier, and we will be able to process the applications more faster with the help of AI.
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Support Rating
No answers on this topic
I have never had to rely on Workable's support team so I cannot attest to this. I have never had to rely on Workable's support team so I cannot attest to this. I have never had to rely on Workable's support team so I cannot attest to this.I have never had to rely on Workable's support team so I cannot attest to this. I have never had to rely on Workable's support team so I cannot attest to this.
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Alternatives Considered
LinkedIn Recruiter provides a large pool of candidates across all these job boards and a vast number of filters that you can use to find specific talent. Features like Inmails do wonders in connecting with candidates. With the help of LinkedIn Recruiter, we are able to identify fake candidates or profiles.
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Workable was an excellent tool for our start-up. It was cost effective but very user-friendly. It wasn't a difficult sell to ensure our hiring managers would utilize the tool, and I particularly liked the inbox feature to stay organized. I rated Workable very highly, though as our company grew exponentially, we did go in a different direction.
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Return on Investment
  • It's a must have for reaching passive candidates.
  • Love being able to identify candidates we may need in the future and saving them in a project.
  • It's difficult to cut through the noise using Inmails since everyone is using the tool.
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  • There is a relatively large improvement in our ROI impact collected in the last few months of using Workable relative to the first few months that the platform was being used to manage the recruitment process.
  • Such improvement is possibly due to the fact that the results of hiring processes from months ago are being shown directly in the job performance of new employees.
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ScreenShots

Workable Screenshots

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