Guides
Recruitment guides for sourcing teams
These guides answer the questions recruitment teams ask when they rethink sourcing: what LinkedIn Recruiter really costs, what AI sourcing and AI agents do, how to write Boolean strings and outreach, how to run a talent pool, and what GDPR and the EU AI Act require. Practical, sourced and written by recruitment practitioners.
Where should you start?
Pick the guide that matches the decision in front of you. Each one starts with a direct answer and then goes into the detail: how it works, where it goes wrong and what to check.
- Reviewing your tool budget? Start with LinkedIn Recruiter cost, then put your own numbers in the savings calculator.
- New to AI in sourcing? Read what AI sourcing is and how AI recruiting agents plan and act.
- Choosing a vendor? The buyer's guide lists the questions that separate tools.
- Working with legal or privacy? Our guides on GDPR in sourcing and the EU AI Act summarise the rules with links to official sources.
All guides
Every guide is dated and lists its sources where it states external facts.
- 01LinkedIn Recruiter costLinkedIn Recruiter plans, publicly reported price ranges for 2026 and how to calculate the real cost of a seat.
- 02What is AI sourcingAI sourcing explained: how it works, how it differs from Boolean search and ATS matching, and where its limits are.
- 03AI recruiting agentsWhat an AI recruiting agent is, how it differs from chatbots and copilots, and how approval rules keep recruiters in control.
- 04EU AI Act in recruitmentWhy AI for recruitment is high-risk under the EU AI Act, who must do what, and the timeline after the 2026 Digital Omnibus.
- 05GDPR in sourcingWhat GDPR requires when you source and approach candidates who never applied, with a practical checklist.
- 06Boolean searchBoolean search for recruiters: operators, LinkedIn rules, X-ray and example strings per role.
- 07Recruitment automationWhat to automate in recruitment per stage, what to keep human, how to start and how to judge the return.
- 08Time to hireTime to hire and cost per hire: definitions, formulas, benchmarks with sources, and how to improve both.
- 09Talent poolHow to build, segment, maintain and reactivate a talent pool, and how to measure whether it actually produces hires.
- 10Buyer's guideHow to evaluate AI sourcing and recruiting software: criteria, tool types, checklist and questions to ask in a demo.
- 11Outreach messagesTen recruiter outreach messages for LinkedIn and email, with the principles that make candidates reply.
Looking for a definition or a quick tool?
The recruitment glossary explains terms such as talent pool, passive candidate and sourcing in one or two sentences. Our free tools help with day-to-day work: build search strings with the Boolean generator or estimate what manual sourcing costs your team.
Rather see it on your own vacancy?
Bring one active role. In 30 minutes you see the search strategy, the ranked shortlist and the outreach, with your approval rules.