Case Study: Equinix decreases time-to-hire — closes specialized roles in under a month with LinkedIn Talent Solutions

How Equinix decreased their time to hire

Equinix, a global colocation data‑center provider with thousands of employees, needed to fill a specialized electrical engineering role but faced the common recruiting challenge of reaching passive talent and candidates who abandon online applications—nearly three out of four drop off before completing a form. Finding the right “purple unicorn” for technical, in‑demand roles was slow and difficult using traditional application funnels.

Using LinkedIn’s Apply Starters, recruiters could see candidates who started but didn’t finish applying and reach out directly. That prompt outreach turned a passive candidate, Derrick Espinoza, into a hire within two weeks of first contact and closed the role in under a month. The tool broadened Equinix’s qualified candidate pool, sped time‑to‑hire, and helped avoid missing strong candidates who only partially completed applications.

Equinix

Derrick Espinoza

Electrical Engineer