If you’re launching a new executive search firm, your first big move should be choosing the right CRM. While many platforms will impress you with slick demos and long feature lists, they rarely address the biggest challenge for a new startup: data entry.
Because let’s face it: when you buy a new executive search CRM, it’s empty. The real value of any CRM—whether you’re using it for business development or talent pipelining—comes only once you’ve filled it with useful, accurate data. Until then, it’s just another cost.
Here’s how startup executive search firms using Talentis go from zero to a fully functional search database—often before they’ve even logged in.
Most recruiters have thousands of LinkedIn connections. Many of these are highly relevant to your practice—potential candidates, clients, or both.
But a basic LinkedIn connections export is extremely limited. You’ll get a name, job title, current company, maybe a URL, and sometimes an email. That’s not enough to build a high-quality executive search database.
This is where Talentis stands out as a LinkedIn Recruiter alternative.
Talentis is built around a proprietary database of hundreds of millions of public executive profiles. When you import your LinkedIn connections, Talentis automatically enriches them with this data—transforming bare-bones contact data into detailed records with employment history, education, biographies, and even profile photos.
The result? You instantly create thousands of up-to-date, highly detailed candidate records—without typing a word.
It’s not just about people. Talentis uses the same enrichment engine to build out company records too.
You get organizational profiles that include information about team members, alumni, company descriptions, logos, and more. It’s a complete view of both individuals and institutions—giving you a powerful edge in mapping relationships and building pipelines.
The end result is a CRM that’s preloaded with valuable executive search data before you even log in.
Instead of starting from scratch, you start with a fully enriched database—often more current and complete than what many established firms have. From there, Talentis gives you all the CRM functionality you’d expect: manage assignments, track relationships, log calls and emails, and much more.
All with dramatically reduced data entry and faster time-to-value.
If you’re searching for a LinkedIn Recruiter alternative that goes beyond just sourcing, Talentis offers something unique: an executive search CRM that helps you build your database automatically, reduces admin, and drives value from day one.
Ready to build your executive search CRM? Book a demo today to see how Talentis can transform your executive search workflow.