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Recruiting Research Blog by Intellerati

Intellerati Recruiting Research Blog

Intellerati’s Executive Search Research Blog shares insights on candidate sourcing, candidate identification, candidate development, talent mapping, and diversity recruiting research best practices. By making executive search smarter, we make it more effective.

If you know your way around LinkedIn, check out UPDATED! What Your LinkedIn Member Number Means (and How to Find It). A low LinkedIn member number generally means you’re an early adopter. But then the numbers shape-shift. Readers continue to weigh in with comments sharing their LinkedIn member numbers and thoughts on what it means.

Our blog shares insights on news and executive search best practices. In addition to our FAQs Page, our blog answers frequently asked questions about recruiting research:

How much does recruiting research cost?
What are the top recruitment research firms?
Why should I choose a search firm alternative?

Intellerati Blog Posts

How Executive Search Research Boosts In-House Recruiting Results

How Executive Search Research Boosts In-House Recruiting Results

The internal executive search function was built to do retained search's job better, faster, and at a fraction of the cost. F…

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Why LinkedIn Recruiter Can’t Replace Executive Search Research

LinkedIn has 1.3 billion members and the most powerful professional search interface ever built. It is also not a recruiter, …

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What Does Executive Search Research Cost?

Executive search research pricing ranges from a few dollars per name to $30,000 a month — and the difference is not just pric…

How to Crush Candidate Sourcing

How to Crush Candidate Sourcing

You can crush candidate sourcing and do it faster with AI. But no matter what candidate sourcing tools you use, they have bli…

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Accelerating Executive Talent Acquistion

Closing Executive Searches Faster Executive searches are moving at an unprecedented pace. In 2026, the “winning” …

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What AI Can’t Find: The Blind Spots of AI-Driven Executive Search

AI recruiting tools have made candidate identification faster, cheaper, and more scalable than at any point in the history of…

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LinkedIn Member Profiles are a Beautiful Digital Mirage

LinkedIn's 1.3 billion member profiles look like an inexhaustible talent pool. For executive recruiters, they are something m…

Effective LinkedIn recruiting tips for overcoming hiring challenges.

What to Do When Linkedin Recruiter Falls Short

LinkedIn Recruiter is a powerful starting point for executive search. It is not a finish line. Disorganized data, incomplete …

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Your LinkedIn Member Number: What It Reveals (and How to Find It) – April 2026 Update

Update April 2026: Not only can you find your LinkedIn Member number, but you can find the member numbers of any profile you …

Top 10 Reasons to Use a Recruiting Research Firm

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 alterna…

Recruit Executives in a Pandemic

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 …

Eye Opening Executive Search Video Intellerati

Eye-Opening Executive Search Research Video

Executive Search Research Video Sourcers and Recruiters Blinded by LinkedIn? Our latest executive search research video tackl…

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Recruiting Research Inspirations for Nerds

Recruiting Research Inspirations for Nerds Our Talent Acquisition Inspirations stand at the intersection of recruiting with e…

LinkedIn Talent Pool

Is The LinkedIn Talent Pool Overfished?

LinkedIn Talent Pool Overfished A growing number of employers are investing in LinkedIn recruiting licenses and, for less imp…

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To recruit the best and brightest, candidate sourcing must lay down due diligence so can top candidates are not missed. They must reach beyond traditional recruiting resources, including LinkedIn, for competitive advantage. A treasure trove of prospective candidate information exists outside of resumes and social networks.

Of course, we don’t pretend to have all the answers. We welcome your comments on all of our posts. We invite your executive recruiting observations and your candidate sourcing tips and commentary. That is how we all learn together.

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