Top Talent Sourcing Extensions

Posted by Jonathan Kidder on December 7, 2018January 28, 2023

Google Chrome extensions are a vital part of a Talent Sourcers tool belt. Chrome extensions help Talent Sourcers and Recruiters simplify a variety of different tasks. Chrome extensions are (most often free tools) that you can download directly in your chrome browser. You can then easily navigate to these tools when searching across the web. On an average day, I have hundreds of search tabs open and that’s why it’s so convenient to have a tool belt built right into my browser.

Presently, it seems like there’s a limitless supply of extensions to use for Talent Sourcing. With 2018, shortly coming to a close I wanted to reflect on this year and see what tools were widely recommended within our community. With the help of the Talent Sourcers Facebook group, I put together a list of top recommended extension tools and ranked them based on overall user downloads and reviews.

Contact Finding Extensions

These tools help find personal email and cell numbers on social media profiles and web pages.

1. ContactOut

111,142 Users (4 out of 5 Stars)

2. Lusha

96,792 Users (5 out of 5 Stars)

3. Hiretual

34,952 Users (4.5 out of 5 Stars)

4. Connectifier

20,211 Users (4 out of 5 Stars)

5. Nymeria

7,531 (5 out of 5 Stars)

6. Amazing Hiring

6,570 Users (4 out of 5 Stars)

7. Improver

2,958 Users (4.5 out of 5 Stars)

7. SeekOut

2,524 Users (4 out of 5 Stars)

Scraping Extensions

These tools help scrape and extract web page data. Instead of searching across endless amounts of information – you can use these tools to scrape data within seconds.

1. Web Scraper

225,995 (4 out of 5 Stars)

2. Data Scraper

163,327 (4 out of 5 Stars

3. Scraper

138,326 (4 out of 5 Stars)

4. Dux Soup

39,688 Users (4.5 out of 5 Stars)

5. Instant Data Scraper

16,123 (4.5 out of 5 Stars)

6. ZAPinfo

2,982 Users (4.5 out of 5 Stars)

Tracking Extensions

These tools help track open emails. The engagement piece is important for a Sourcers success. These tools help to understand if your messaging templates are working well.

1. MailTrack

1,181,477 users (4.5 out of 5 Stars)

2. Streak for Gmail

735,712 (4.5 out of 5 Stars)

3. Hubspot

640,497 (4.5 out of 5 Stars)

4. Yesware

174,575 Users (4.5 out of 5 Stars)

5. Bananatag Email

76,687 (4 out of 5 Stars)

Boolean Extensions

These tools generate Boolean strings. My day revolves around creating Boolean strings and it’s great to use these tools when coming up with strings on the fly.

1. Hiretual – Also, has a Boolean Generator feature.

34,952 Users (4.5 out of 5 Stars)

2. SourceHub

13,130 (5 out of 5 Stars)

3. BOOL

4,204 Users (5 out of 5 Stars)

Note Taking Extensions

These tools help save and organize notes in one convenient place.

1. Google Keep

7,294,498 Users (4.5 out of 5 Stars)

2. Evernote

4,717,056 Users (5 out of 5 Stars)

3. Sticky Notes

274,152 Users (4.5 out of 5 Stars)

4. WorkFlowy

204,860 Users (4.5 out of 5 Stars)

Did I miss any tool extensions suggestions? Please let me know in the comment section below.

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Jonathan Kidder

With more than 12 years of recruitment experience, Jonathan has helped startups and small businesses find the talent they need. He runs the blog WizardSourcer, which explores the latest trends in talent sourcing, provides reviews of recruitment tools, and features interviews with prominent figures in the industry.