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She's a nsitive, so if I go behind her back and start using recruiter she may get upset. I brought up the idea of paying for it on my own for a month but my manager nix'd the idea. I've been advocating for us to upgrade to LinkedIn recruiter lite (I've used the full version in the past and I love it) but my manager says its too expensive.(Its $40 more a month). We currently use Indeed, Handshake and LinkedIn for Business (You get 15 inmails and thats pretty much it) to source for candidates.(I've also been using plugins and work around recommended on this board as well.)

I currently work as a corporate recruiter primarily focusing on technical roles and I'm having a hard time digging up great candidates with the tools I have right now.

I wanted to get your input on a situation I'm facing at work.

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