Posted by Jonathan Kidder on March 30, 2023

Talent sourcing is a constantly evolving process, requiring regular updates to keep up-to-date with the latest recruiting and talent sourcing extension tools. These may include AI, automation, or webscraping, among others. To stay current, it’s important to keep abreast of the latest trends in the field. As such, I’ve compiled a list of popular tools that sourcers and recruiters have been recently showcasing at recruitment conferences, such as HRtx and SourceCon Digital in 2023.

In today’s rapidly changing technological landscape, it’s essential for recruiters and hiring managers to stay up-to-date on the latest software and technology tools in the recruiting space. Keeping current with the latest tools can help recruiters to streamline their recruitment process, automate repetitive tasks, and ultimately increase efficiency and effectiveness in sourcing and hiring the best candidates.

By staying updated on emerging trends and tools, recruiters can also gain a competitive advantage in the talent market, improving their ability to attract and retain top talent. Furthermore, staying updated can also enhance the candidate experience, as candidates increasingly expect a streamlined, modern, and efficient recruitment process. Ultimately, investing in the latest recruiting software and technology tools is crucial for organizations looking to remain competitive and successful in today’s fast-paced and ever-changing business environment.

Trending Talent Sourcing Extension Tools 🔥

These tools have made my list of innovative and updating technologies

1. Highlighty: Search, Find, Multi-Highlight

Highlighty makes it effortless to search and highlight multiple words on the web, making it the most efficient finder and highlighter available. This browser extension offers a user-friendly interface with powerful search functionalities, making it an easy-to-use multi-finder, multi-highlighter, and navigator. With Highlighty, you can benefit from a range of filtering options and set unique colors, all while enjoying searches without any language limits. Instant notifications will inform you about the found or not found search queries on every webpage you search on.

Highlighty values privacy and provides a privacy-first approach, ensuring that there is no tracking or analytics of any kind and that the user experience is ad-free. After installing the extension, don’t forget to refresh all currently opened webpages. To use Highlighty, simply navigate your browser to the website(s) you want to search on, use the extension’s text field to input your query, and keep an eye out for the notifications shown by Highlighty. If your query is found, scroll through the website to see the results.

2. Wordtune – AI-powered Writing Companion

With Wordtune, writing is no longer a tedious or lonely task. Whether you’re using it to write personal emails, create documents for your clients or exchange instant messages with your colleagues, Wordtune helps you express yourself better. Powered by our advanced AI technology that has a deep understanding of context and semantics, Wordtune goes far beyond the grammar and writing assistants you already know, offering completely new capabilities:

🔮 Rewrite – Explore fresh ways to express yourself in writing. Rewrite suggests alternative ways to phrase your text, whether it’s the entire sentence, phrase or just a single word.

✍️ Tone & Length – Depending on your goal, you can choose the tone and length in which your rewrite suggestions will be written. Want your message to be a bit more casual? More concise? No problem! Rewrite helps you get your message across with the phrasing you like the most.

🔍 Translate and Rewrite simultaneously – Write a sentence or part of a sentence in a foreign language, and when you select Rewrite, you will receive rephrasing suggestions in English. The feature is particularly useful for non-native English speakers.

3. Todoist for Chrome

Todoist for Chrome is a powerful tool for organizing both work and personal life. With 25 million users worldwide, it’s been ranked as “the best to-do list right now” by The Verge. This handy extension allows you to add websites as tasks, such as adding a blog post to your reading list, saving an item to your wishlist, or adding work tasks to follow up on. You can also plan your day by quickly organizing your tasks right from the extension, making it easy to stay on top of your to-do list. Plus, you can complete tasks directly from the browser without having to switch contexts. Todoist for Chrome is a must-have for anyone looking to stay organized and productive, whether for personal or professional purposes.

4. Autofill

Boost your productivity with the most popular autofill extension, trusted by users since 2010. Autofill is an all-in-one tool that offers form filling, form recovery, text snippets, and automation capabilities. While your browser may have a built-in autofill feature, it can be limited, requiring you to select options from a dropdown menu and may not work on all fields. With Autofill, you can quickly and effortlessly autofill form fields without any user interaction, making it a game-changer for completing forms. Moreover, if you have some knowledge of JavaScript, you can customize Autofill to perform advanced tasks such as filling out multi-page forms, submitting forms after autofilling, or even reloading product pages until the item is back in stock and completing the checkout process.

5. Merlin – ChatGPT Assistant for All Websites

OpenAI ChatGPT is now readily accessible on any website with just a single click of Cmd+M. This innovative tool works across numerous websites, including Google, Gmail, and more, providing you with instant access to its powerful capabilities. The best part? It’s completely free and respects your privacy.

Merlin ChatGPT has an intuitive new interface designed to optimize your experience with OpenAI’s ChatGPT. This tool helps you get the most out of ChatGPT on Google Search, YouTube, Gmail, LinkedIn, GitHub, and over 10 million other websites. With just a simple click of Cmd+M (or Ctrl+M), you can easily access ChatGPT on any website.

Among the key benefits of using Merlin ChatGPT are the ability to summarize YouTube videos instantly with just one click, as well as receiving ChatGPT responses on all your Google search results, eliminating the need to switch between pages. With the upcoming release of GPT-4, the capabilities of this tool will only continue to expand.

6. Keyword Surfer

Keyword Surfer is a powerful tool that enables you to generate keyword ideas and view search volumes directly within Google search results. With each new search, you can uncover valuable insights into search volume, CPC, related terms, visibility metrics, and on-page data, without ever having to leave the Google search page.

Keyword collections are another valuable feature offered by Keyword Surfer. With this feature, you can create collections of important keywords, which can be easily bookmarked and accessed without the need to search for them separately each time. Moreover, collections can be conveniently exported as a .csv file as needed.

With Keyword Surfer, you can streamline your entire content creation research process, all without ever leaving the Google search page. Save time and effort by using this powerful tool to access all the information you need to optimize your content for search engines and drive more traffic to your site.

7. Compose AI: AI-powered Writing Tool

Supercharge your writing with the power of AI. Compose AI is a tool that allows you to generate any text using artificial intelligence, giving you the ability to write emails, documents, and messages faster than ever before. With Compose AI, you can autocomplete your sentences as you type, using AI to automate the writing process and improve your productivity.

Prompt AI to generate any text, no matter where you’re writing, and get suggestions for new ways to phrase your message. You can even draft entire emails with just a few words. Compose AI is a comprehensive, AI-first writing solution that allows you to:

⚡ Type // to generate text using AI

🏄 Autocomplete sentences across different websites

✍️ Rephrase sentences to make them more professional, friendly, shorter, or longer

🎯 Reply to emails with a single click

📄 Generate full-length emails from brief phrases

With Compose AI, you can accelerate your writing, enhance your productivity, and streamline your workflow all in one go. Experience the benefits of AI-powered writing today.

8. Briskine: Email templates for Gmail

Boost your email productivity with templates and keyboard shortcuts! With this tool, you can create templates out of frequently used text and insert them into your emails within seconds using shortcuts. This makes responding to customers and colleagues faster and more efficient.

This tool is perfect for those working in customer support, sales, or anyone looking to increase personal productivity. It’s officially supported by Gmail, Outlook.com, Facebook, LinkedIn, and more.

In addition to templates, this tool also offers keyboard shortcuts (or snippets) that allow you to quickly insert common phrases or greetings. For example, you can type “kr” and press the “TAB” key to quickly insert “Kind regards, Ken.”

You can also create your own templates by saving repetitive pieces of text. This allows you to use shortcuts to insert the template, saving time and effort.

Overall, this tool is a must-have for anyone looking to increase their email productivity and efficiency. Try it out today and experience the benefits for yourself!

9. Bardeen – automate manual work

Save time and automate your manual work with just one click using Bardeen! With the ability to connect to over 30 apps, web scraping capabilities, and productivity-boosting features, Bardeen is the perfect tool for those looking to streamline their workflow. The average user saves over 10 hours per week with Bardeen, making it a valuable asset to any business or individual looking to increase efficiency.

Bardeen has been recognized as the #1 product of the month and the #2 product of the year on ProductHunt. With over 100,000 users, it’s one of the most popular extensions for AI productivity, automation, and web scraping.

In 2023, Bardeen will introduce ChatGPT-style AI, which will automatically generate custom automation when it detects manual tasks or when you chat with Bardeen. This innovative feature will further enhance Bardeen’s capabilities and make it an even more valuable asset to those looking to increase productivity and streamline their workflow.

10. Listly – Free Data Scraper, Extractor

Collecting data from web pages has never been easier with Listly! With just a few clicks, you can convert any website to Excel and streamline your data collection process. Save time and effort by focusing on what really matters to you, while Listly handles the rest.

Listly is the preferred web scraping service among marketers and real estate agents who want to get their job done faster. With over 100,000 installs and more than 5.7M URL downloads globally, it’s clear that Listly is the easiest tool to use when it comes to web scraping.

Don’t let data collection become a burden. With Listly, you can speed up the process and focus on the tasks that really matter. Try it out today and see the benefits for yourself!

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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.