Case Study: SanDisk secures top passive engineering talent with LinkedIn Talent Solutions

SanDisk - Customer Case Study

SanDisk, a global leader in Flash memory with teams across the US, Japan, Israel, Europe and APAC, faces the challenge of hiring highly specialized engineering and senior-management talent who are often passive and sometimes have little or no online presence. Traditional job posts and mass outreach treat candidates like commodities, so SanDisk needed a way to engage hard-to-find people and convey roles beyond a list of skills.

SanDisk’s Talent Acquisition team turned to targeted, relationship-driven headhunting: strategic kick‑offs with hiring managers to capture the “what” and the “how,” brief personalized InMails, LinkedIn-driven research (including outreach to colleagues of hidden talent), and disciplined tracking to keep candidates warm. The approach made passive recruiting a core channel—about 35% of hires are passive candidates, with LinkedIn accounting for roughly half of those—yielding higher response rates and a steady pipeline for tough-to-fill global roles.

SanDisk

Tom Brouchoud

Senior Manager of Global Talent Acquisition