3 Unknown Tips for Sourcing Subcontractors with LinkedIn Recruiter

Talent seeking capability only lies with a recruiter. Thus, you need to be the first person to know when the best talent is available whenever you are recruiting subcontractors. Recruiting them is all about timing and speed. You are essentially required to maintain both at the same time to get hold of the best. Not only you but also, a subcontractor needs to be very active on LinkedIn for being available for new opportunities. Over 6 million professionals identified as subcontractors are nowadays seen surfing on LinkedIn and LinkedIn Recruiter has recorded them as very responsive. But procurement subcontractors who are not much active, usually respond to new opportunities within a few hours after 24hours.


Tips to Consider to Boost Your Subcontractor Sourcing Business


The below-mentioned strategies are meant to be a powerful addition to the entire recruitment process of LinkedIn which will lead to reaching most sourcing subcontractors who have profiles on LinkedIn. Many recruiters have tried the strategies and become successful. Now is your time!


Finding Highly Responsive Subcontractors Who are Available Now


LinkedIn Recruiter has now come up with a new search filter named "employment type". Once you find it, click on it and simply choose your search criteria and also select "subcontractor". This will lead you to come across a big list of candidates who are likely procurement subcontractors or keeping an interest in contract work. Then you can move on with your selecting one.


It is highly recommended that you select the "open to new opportunities" spotlight for minimizing the list with the ones who are currently ready for their new, next opportunity. That filter mainly works as a signal to you. Sourcing subcontractors can be found in huge numbers on the internet but it is hard to catch the best among all. Following this aspect is possible.


Being the First to Know When a Great Subcontractor is Available


Speed is the most important thing you need to have especially when you are finding subcontractors. You need to be the first person to know a procurement subcontractor is ready to make a move. You can simply set up an alert in LinkedIn Recruiter and get a notification immediately when such candidates are open for new opportunities.


As a recruiter, this is one of the biggest competitive advantages as 50% of subcontractors signaled that they are open to new opportunities before updating their resumes on LinkedIn. Therefore, finding sourcing subcontractors following this aspect can lead you to provide various benefits to your business.


Getting Market Intelligence for Generating Business Development Leads


Now, you simply need to discover which companies hire subcontractors. To do so, go back to the search option and make sure that you have selected all subcontractors without giving any filter. Then, simply select "current company" to see procurement subcontractors who are in their contract roles now. Right then, click on search insights and see the list of main companies that hire these types of subcontractors.


Growing your contract recruitment business can be done by following the above-mentioned steps. Hopefully, you have got a good grip over each point. Now, find a sourcing subcontractor being at the first of the queue.


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