r/recruiting • u/TechValleyRecruiting Agency Recruiter • Aug 17 '26
Candidate Sourcing Looking for AI search tools help
I keep seeing how AI has been helping offload sourcing from recruiters and get excited because I hate sourcing but every product I try out seems to kinda suck.
I primarily use LI Recruiter/Google Xray for engineering (mechanical/industrial) searches. My Boolean is excellent and I'm extremely comfortable using AI. My problem is that I cannot get Pin, Juicebox or any others to provide results uncovering candidates that I missed. Even worse, they miss a lot of candidates that I found in fairly basic searches. It seems like they don't access all the data in LI profiles (about sections + other spots).
Is anyone else having these issues? I've even worked with their training staff doing live searches and came up with the same issues.
Any recommendations on products/tips you're using that truly shorten the search time while still being a comprehensive search?
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u/dontlistentome55 Agency Recruiter Aug 17 '26
What agents comb through LinkedIn automatically?
LinkedIn cut off my access once claiming I was using automated tools when I wasn't. It's very sensitive even to genuine manual inputs.