What's great
Nova Recruiter gives me direct access to a massive LinkedIn profile database, supercharged by an AI Agent that cuts hours out of my sourcing day. As a headhunter in Spain, I live inside the tool: the taxonomy of skills and roles is granular enough that I can build a shortlist of 100+ profiles in minutes, covering the full scope of a role. Having search + shortlists + outreach campaigns in one place means I no longer jump between five tabs, and the scoring logic that surfaces best-fit profiles cuts through the noise you usually get with Recruiter-type tools.
On top of that, the AI Agent lets me spin up sequences and campaigns in seconds, tailored to each candidate so the message actually resonates. It builds shortlists in seconds from plain natural language — as if I were briefing a teammate — and it even includes agents that answer most of the candidates' questions, so my calendar fills up with almost zero manual effort. That frees me up to focus on what really matters in recruiting: building meaningful connections and matching great people with great opportunities.
What needs improvement
LinkedIn Recruiter is great for breadth but expensive, clunky when running parallel searches across multiple open roles, and demands way too much time just to operate it — wasted hours in an era where AI should be doing that work for us. Nova Recruiter feels purpose-built for delivery-focused teams: it's adapted to the new era and genuinely open to finding the right solution for each hiring team, not a one-size-fits-all product.
What can be improved? The typical things of a tool that has been just shipped, but already has corrected most of this during beta time. Amazing work by the team.
vs Alternatives
I've used LinkedIn Recruiter extensively and tested a few European sourcing tools. Nova Recruiter wins on two fronts. First, the shortlist + campaign workflow is built around how a recruiter actually works, and the AI Agent on top genuinely cuts sourcing time by more than half. This isn't your typical inbound tool — it's built to go after top talent, create traction, and hire better and faster.
Second, the UI/UX is clearly thought through: intuitive, fast, and it surfaces what matters most in each step. Most sourcing tools force you to adapt to them; Nova Recruiter feels like it was designed by someone who has actually done the job.