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Are we sacrificing quality for speed in talent acquisition with automation to become more productive? An unpopular opinion.

Imagine mastering the art of productivity. Picture yourself getting more done in less time. Sounds like a dream, right? It's closer to reality than you might think.

Let's talk about productivity by the was of automation. Not the kind that replaces human touch, but the kind that simply takes care of repetitive tasks. Tools like the ones covered in todays post can automate candidate sourcing, outreach and tracking, leaving you free to focus on the human element.

Now, consider the power of data. It's not about collecting every bit of information you can, but about honing in on the right data to guide your decisions. Use analytics tools and reports to identify trends, understand what works and fine-tune your approach.

Lastly, don't underestimate the importance of self-care. Burnout is real, and it's a productivity killer. Regular breaks, a healthy work-life balance, and mental health days aren't indulgences, they're necessities.

So, there you have it. Three hacks to supercharge your productivity: automation, data-driven decisions, and self-care.

Now, we're curious. What's your top productivity hack?

Once again your feedback is more than welcome, you can simply respond to this email if you want to contact us with ideas, requests or feedback. We promise not to ghost you. 😀

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Lets get on with this weeks recruitment tools and technology finds. 🚀

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🛠️Tools of the Week🛠️

RecruitingEmails.ai BY Dover

Email Personalisation / Productivity

🚀 What is it and how does it work? Dover, a well known ATS platform has developed an AI tool that helps you bespoke outreach email to candidates to produce a better response rate.

You can easily develop customised recruitment emails using this free to use platform. First by uploading your work email to the platform, which then pulls your company info through that can be used or edited for an intro. If you then have a candidate profile from LinkedIn, and chances are it is from LinkedIn, upload the profile and customise how you would like the tone of your email to sound along with some custom instructions to the tool. Fun, serious, desperate?…However you’d like to sound. The system then spits back a personalised email that you can use to reach out to candidates.

💡 Who is it for? We’ve tried a few of these tools before including directly using GPT. Sometimes that can be pretty great and some times not so much. What we have found them useful for, is ideas. They’re great for sparking some creativity if you have some writers block.

Recruiters and TA team of all sizes can use this tool, whether you’re in a staffing agency or inhouse

💸 How much does it cost? Free!

🧰 Alternatives: Grammarly / Smartwriter.ai

🌐 Website: http://RecruitingEmails.ai

Crystal

Sourcing / Outreach / Productivity

🚀 What is it and how does it work? Crystal uses a personality insights tool to help improve hiring and assist you in finding the right person for your role. Crystal takes your job description, analyses the content and produces and ideal candidate type. You can then further refine this by answering some question to hone in on the personality you or your team would prefer to work with.

Once you have your ideal candidate profile, you can start outreach. Crystal has a Chrome extension that can search new candidates on LinkedIn, matching them against your profile and given you a percentage mark on best fit. you can also attached a CV you’ve received and let Crystal analyses the profile against the saved desired personality type to give you an idea on whether they would be a good match.

Lastly you can Look at how candidates stack up against other candidates in the process and how they will also fit with the existing team. Crystal also generates playbooks to help you verify their fit through generated questions

💡 Who is it for? Due to Crystal’s other features like its writing assistant along with its Chrome extension makes its useful for everyone, whether you an individual who wants to write better more enticing emails or a growing business who wants to get a better understanding of the best profiles for their team.

💸 How much does it cost? There are 4 plans which start with a basic free plan suited to individuals through to what’s called Enrichment that has all features available and include, CSM integration, access to their API and high volume credits

Apart from their Premium tier which is priced at $49/month - billed annually, you will have to call for prices on their Business and Enrichment plans

🧰 Alternatives: Humantic AI

🌐 Website: https://www.crystalknows.com/

HeroHunt

Sourcing / Email Sequencing / Productivity

🚀 What is it and how does it work? Increase your productivity by putting your sourcing on autopilot, including search and messaging. HeroHunt is an AI tool that scours the web and billions of profiles across dozens of sources. You then set up email sequences with follow up message so you don’t have to remember to do so. Track it all with data that can help you optimise your search.

HeroHunt will also verify contact details of the people you reach out to so you can be sure of a higher hit and open rate with your messages landing directly in candidate inbox.

The platform can use your job description to perform its searches and get the best most relevant profiles to contact. As they come in just select your desired profiles and add them to the sequence. You can also use a search prompt directly into their GPT powered tool. The system will then present profiles based off your search prompt. For example. “Find me a Java developer who has experience in B2B SaaS and preferably has worked in a data first environment in the insurance industry in London.

💡 Who is it for? The perfect tool for any recruitment professional who wants to increase their productivity by freeing up time from the usual mundane tasks of performing searches and manually following up with candidates.

💸 How much does it cost? HeroHunt has 3 plans, Starter, Pro and Enterprise.

• Starter: $97/month which gives you 150 contact credits

• Pro: $158/month which gives 500 contact credits and Engage features like, bulk actions, message sequences and automated follow ups.

• Enterprise: Get in touch direct for cost. Enterprise tier will get you everything above but also includes priority support, dedicated client manager and integration support to name a few.

🧰 Alternatives: Hireflow / Gem

🌐 Website: https://www.herohunt.ai/

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