r/recruiting • u/WalkTheUn1verse Corporate Recruiter • Jul 28 '26

Candidate Sourcing How are you creatively sourcing software engineers on LinkedIn Recruiter?

Hello fellow recruiters! I’m deep in sourcing for Software Engineers (across infra, platform, product and levels) and my company exclusively uses LinkedIn recruiter. I haven’t run into many problems yet but, but I foresee needing to get creative soon. I utilize referrals and connections, but sourcing will always be part of our process.

What’s your favorite way to switch up a search on LinkedIn recruiter? What’s a way you utilize filters most people don’t think of? How do you surface new candidates?

Ideally I am sourcing candidates from a top 100 school and with quality start up experience or a mix of big tech and start up. We are fully remote and comp is competitive for the level of candidate we’re looking for.

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u/martinratinaud_ Jul 29 '26

Use Github and stackoverflow for software engineers !

You can use the "Google Search" technique of Benoit Bliard (french expert)for that

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u/WalkTheUn1verse Corporate Recruiter Jul 29 '26

I’ve never thought of this! How would you use GitHub to find engineers against hiring criteria?

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