Every Talent Pool in One Spot: Simplify Sourcing with Cross-Channel Search

Teams regularly tell us that while they understand the value of candidate searching across talent pools, time constraints and scattered, stale data hold them back from adopting the practice. We don’t blame you. Scrolling through any ATS is a nightmare and these programs don't update candidate profiles in real-time—you’re always left with outdated work experience and skills that are irrelevant to your search.   

To bring all your talent pools into one accessible spot, we’ve launched the capability to search across channels, now available on your SeekOut dashboard. From a single search, you can find and hire the best talent across public profiles, your ATS, and internal candidates. You won’t have to click back and forth across your tech stack, and you’ll always see the most up-to-date profile information for every candidate in your search.   

“For the first time ever, HR leaders can see all talent pools in one integrated platform, including employees, alumni, ATS candidates, and external sources,” says global industry analyst Josh Bersin. “This lets HR business partners, recruiters, and HR leaders optimize the entire talent ecosystem to find the ‘best candidate’ for any particular role.”   

How cross-channel search works 

A cross-channel search delivers the most qualified candidates straight to you in the same location. You can search, filter, and reach out to talent in the same workflow, all while casting the widest net possible without added effort.  

1. Start with a single search  

Enter your search in SeekOut Assist by entering relevant search terms for the role. You can describe your candidate in simple language with words and phrases that a colleague or hiring manager would use to explain the role requirements to you. Alternatively, you can manually write out a Boolean string to get started.  

2. Click across talent pools  

You'll see the number of relevant matches to your search across each talent pool at the top of your screen, including Public Profiles, Your ATS, Alumni, Internal Talent, and more. Apply different filters across each pool, and they won’t reset when you hop from one to the next. 

Meet priority metrics: Why searching every talent pool is critical 

Your team is likely tasked with meeting different metrics for each hire. Maybe you need to find a replacement within a week, so speed is important. Or you might need to hire an expert in a niche field, making quality of hire the priority. Other times, staying light on spend is non-negotiable. Cross-channel search makes it simple to optimize for any metric all while knowing you’ve exhausted every possibility to find the right fit for the role. 

Public profiles. Easily source hard-to-find, specialty talent from the Public Profiles tab. Search from nearly 800 million profiles that are created from aggregated information across multiple public data sources and SeekOut’s machine learning technology that infers unreported skills and proficiencies. 

Your ATS. Your ATS is brimming with warm leads and recent inbound prospects—and it’s a smart first stop when you need to interview candidates right away. This talent pool is already familiar with your company so there's no need to spend extra time with vetting and introductions. By connecting your ATS, SeekOut ensures that candidate profiles are up to date with the latest contact information and work history, leaving you with the most qualified and relevant candidates to choose from.  

Alumni. Your former employees may come back to your organization if the right opportunity presents itself. Alumni in good standing have already built relationships with your employees, understand your product or service intimately, and have shown they jive with company culture. Hiring alumni means faster onboarding and less spend on recruiting efforts.   

Internal talent. When you’re on a tight budget for a role, your employees are the best place to look first. For the same reasons as your alumni, employees are prime to fill upcoming or immediate roles. Plus, routinely considering employees in your talent search enables the agility needed for businesses to quickly adjust to market changes. It’s a holistic approach to talent strategy that more organizations are adopting.  

Interested in learning about your organization's talent maturity? Take this quick assessment.   

Start a cross-channel search today 

Cross-channel search is available to all customers who have integrated SeekOut to their ATS. Internal Talent search results are only available to SeekOut Grow customers.

For customers who haven’t enabled an ATS integration, we’d love to share why it’s a game-changer when it comes to your team’s productivity and quality of searches. Request a demo here, and we’ll reach out to you soon.