Your LinkedIn Member Number: What It Reveals (and How to Find It)
Your LinkedIn member ID reveals exactly when you joined — and how early you were. How to find your LinkedIn member number and what it means.
Best of Blog
Best of Blog is a collection of some of the most popular and informative blog posts about candidate research by Intellerati, a recruitment research firm, we detail the latest best practices in executive search research, recruitment research, talent mapping, diversity recruitment, and succession planning.
How to Crush Candidate Sourcing
How to Crush Candidate Sourcing Intellerati regularly steps in to help companies with candidate sourcing and executive search research. Clients often come to us when their internal candidate sourcing teams have not yet surfaced the…
Closing Executive Searches Faster in 2026
Closing Executive Searches Faster Executive searches are moving more quickly. In 2026, the presentation of the executive who is ultimately hired usually occurs during the first month. In Q1, it was in 27 days. In…
How to Conduct In-House Executive Search: Differently
How to Conduct In-House Executive Search: Differently If the pandemic has taught us anything, it is that work will never be the same again. That also means in-house executive search will never be the same.…
Skip Using LinkedIn to Recruit Senior Executives
Skip Using LinkedIn to Recruit C-Level Executives Is LinkedIn Recruiter a Senior Executive Recruiter? LinkedIn is a tool — a useful one — that can be deployed to help recruit candidates for any company. For example,…
What Does Executive Search Cost?
Executive Search Cost Executive search prices vary wildly. It is challenging for search buyers to determine exactly how much an executive search will cost. Further complicating matters: most search firms do not list their pricing…
Why Headhunters Fail and What to Do About It
Why Headhunters Fail Most traditional retained search headhunters are not candidate sourcing or recruiting research experts. Headhunters would rather focus on “more important” things like reeling in the next client. There’s a reason. Headhunter compensation…
LinkedIn Member Profiles are a Beautiful Digital Mirage
800 Million LinkedIn Member Profiles LinkedIn Member Profiles are a beautiful digital mirage for executive recruiters and candidate sourcers. We see so many candidates, like heatwaves, glistening in the distance. Yet as we get closer…
What to Do When Linkedin Recruiter Falls Short
When LinkedIn Recruiter Falls Short LinkedIn Recruiter is “a social media platform for finding, connecting with, and managing candidates.” It claims to surface quality candidates and member signals, enabling talent acquisition professionals to prioritize candidates…
Top 10 Reasons to Use a Recruiting Research Firm
Top 10 Reasons to Use a Recruiting Research Firm Recruiting research firms, such as Intellerati, are positioned as an alternative to traditional executive search firms. Executive search research firms uncover and map prospective candidates —…
How to Recruit Executives in a Pandemic
How to Recruit Executives in a Pandemic It’s a question you never thought you’d still be asking, “How do I recruit executives in a pandemic?” But more than a couple of years since COVID-19 arrived and…
Eye-Opening Executive Search Research Video
Executive Search Research Video Sourcers and Recruiters Blinded by LinkedIn? Our latest executive search research video tackles one of the biggest issues in executive recruiting. LinkedIn is how most passive candidates are identified. Yet, due…
Recruiting Research Inspirations for Nerds
Recruiting Research Inspirations for Nerds Our Talent Acquisition Inspirations stand at the intersection of recruiting with executive candidate data. While executives are made of flesh and blood, the data that tell their stories are made…
Is The LinkedIn Talent Pool Overfished?
LinkedIn Talent Pool Overfished A growing number of employers are investing in LinkedIn recruiting licenses and, for less important roles, it can be an effective tool. However, for senior executive, mission-critical, and hard-to-fill technology roles,…