How Recruiters Uncover Niche Talent Instantly Using Manatal

IN THIS GUIDE

• The challenge of sourcing niche talent
• Expand your reach with a massive external database
• Source from multiple platforms across the web
• Unlock verified contact details instantly
• Best practices for building your niche talent pipeline

At some point, every recruiter faces talent requirements that are out of the norm. Whether it is high level executive positions or a super-specialized role in highly specialized technologies, recruiters are expected to understand the fine details of the job’s requirements and be able to find qualified candidates to fill them. This is one of the most difficult aspects of working in recruitment, and can be addressed with the right toolset. Manatal’s AI sourcing tools come equipped with expansive features that help in these critical situations, making it an essential addition to any recruiter’s arsenal.

Hard Mode: Sourcing Niche Talent

Most high-performing recruitment teams are already operating at capacity, but the pressure mounts when a request arrives for a highly specialized role with requirements so specific they seem nearly impossible to meet. Whether it is a niche technical stack or a unique combination of executive experience, finding a qualified candidate feels like searching for a needle in a haystack. Standard job platforms and incoming applicant pools often come up empty, leaving you with a difficult path forward to secure the talent you need.

With Manatal, you can glide through the sourcing process. By combining external databases with powerful AI enrichment tools, you can discover hidden gems across the web and instantly connect with candidates using verified contact information.

The People Match AI Chrome Extension: Browse at your own pace through profiles and use the browser extension to quickly shortlist candidate profiles from professional networks such as LinkedIn, Github, and more… This method amplifies your own workflows and methods of browsing through profiles and saves you valuable time in building the starting point for your candidate pool.

Sourcing Hub: If job boards, career page applications and your existing candidate pool don’t have the niche skills you’re looking for, this is an invaluable resource that connects you to a database of over 700 million candidates with fine tuned search criteria.

No Leads? Sourcing Hub’s Got You Covered

When looking for niche skill sets, your internal network is rarely enough. The

Sourcing Hub

feature allows you to explore and access over 700 million candidates beyond your existing network directly within Manatal. This candidate database is entirely separate from your internal Manatal database, ensuring you are tapping into fresh talent pools.

Here is how you can pinpoint the exact talent you need:

• Start with core criteria: Navigate to the Sourcing Hub and use advanced search filters to find external candidates based on their specific skills and location. You can also filter by Job titles, Company, Years of experience, and Education.
• Target your search precisely: Niche roles require specific conditions. Modify your filters using the Contains modifier to include results that match a specific value, or Exclude to remove results containing a specific value. You can also use Exactly or Exclude exactly for strict, zero-compromise matching.
• Review and act: Sourcing Hub will return up to 100 profiles per search credit. Click on a profile to open a Quick View of their experience, education, and skills. Once you find a great match, select Create as Candidate to instantly add their profile to your internal database for further processing, or use bulk actions to add multiple candidates to a specific job folder.

Source from Professional Networks

Sometimes the perfect candidate isn't actively looking, and their best work is hidden on specialized platforms or niche job boards. You can use the

People-Match AI Chrome Extension

allows you to aggregate talent from multiple platforms directly into your CRM.

Supported Networks and Job Boards: The extension supports professional networks like LinkedIn, where core features like profile enrichment are available, alongside niche job boards and developer hubs like GitHub, SEEK, Indeed, Handshake, and Monster. When browsing these sites, you can use the Create Candidate functionality to pull data into Manatal with a single click.

Get Contact Details in One Click

Finding a unicorn candidate is only half the battle; now you need to engage them. Niche candidates rarely have their contact information publicly listed. Manatal offers built-in tools to eliminate the hassle of manual internet searches and third-party contact finders.

• Find Contact Details: This feature allows you to easily discover email addresses and phone numbers directly from profiles within Manatal for both Candidates and Contacts. Just navigate to the candidate's Summary tab and click the Find contact details button next to the email or phone number fields. Note: A credit is only deducted if contact info is successfully found.

• AI Profile Enrichment: Candidate enrichment uses the latest artificial intelligence technologies to identify and extract information from your candidate's publicly available social media accounts. Colored dots next to the social media accounts display indicate the confidence level, with a green dot meaning the account is verified.

Sourcing is Officially Solved

The struggle to find specialized candidates is a major pain point for recruiters, often leading to wasted time on standard job boards. Manatal addresses this directly by integrating expansive sourcing capabilities, like the 700 million candidate Sourcing Hub, with the efficiency of the People-Match AI Extension. By also providing instant, verified contact details, Manatal transforms the nearly impossible task of locating and connecting with "unicorn" talent into a streamlined and predictable process, ensuring you can quickly secure the specialized skills your organization needs.

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