Recruiter sourcing playbook with LinkedIn data
LinkedIn Recruiter costs $13,200/year per seat. For agencies sourcing 5-20 candidates per week, that's a brutal margin tax. The alternative: scrape the same LinkedIn data with your own session cookie. Kavex does this at 3 credits ($0.003) per profile — a typical 200-candidate shortlist costs $0.60.
Step 1 — Define the role with structured filters
Title (exact match), seniority level, current company size, years in current role, location radius. Translate these into LinkedIn search params or use LinkedIn Lookalike with 5 example profiles.
Step 2 — Scrape the candidate pool
/configure/linkedin-profiles with the URLs from your LinkedIn search. Toggle on past work, education, skills, languages, certifications. Kavex returns ~26 structured fields per profile, ready for your ATS.
Step 3 — Enrich with email + outreach
Email Finder against company domains + names. Email Verifier for deliverability. AI Personalizer for the first touch — referencing the candidate's specific past role or company makes a 4-5× difference in reply rate.
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