6 tips on how recruiters can get the most out of LinkedIn
Recruitment via LinkedIn is a proven quality source of candidates. Here are the best tips on profiling, searching and approaching candidates.
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Improve your LinkedIn advanced search results using 148 industries
LinkedIn used to categorise people in 148 industries, and soon in 400 industries. Here’s a complete overview of all LinkedIn industries.
LinkedIn Delivers the Highest Quality, Indeed the Highest Quantity of Applicants
We asked recruiters to rate the quality level of the applicants they receive through each job board. The majority (40 percent) of recruiters note that LinkedIn delivers “high-quality” applicants.
Does the number of endorsements matter on LinkedIn?
Some people believe that LinkedIn members with more endorsements get higher ranked in search results. There’s only one way to find out: testing!
LinkedIn Certified Professional Recruiter
LinkedIn launched a new certification program, LinkedIn Certified Professional – Recruiter, and we are one of the first to obtain this certification! It’s the only program with an official LinkedIn status.
Advanced sourcing: smart searching with more relevant keywords (tip #4)
More synonyms = more relevant search results. If you want to get more relevant search results, then you must work with synonyms.
Advanced sourcing: Reverse Engineering of a Search (tip #1)
This is the single most important tip because it is the foundation of a high quality approach in sourcing; reverse engineering of a search. Learn more.
First look at the new LinkedIn Navigation bar
There’s an on-going trend to simplify websites to make them more suitable for tablet-PCs and smartphones aka a mobile-first or tablet-first strategy. LinkedIn is also going this route and has made a few changes to the navigation bar. As I’m always one of the ‘lucky’ people to get the new releases first, I wanted to share […]
LinkedIn connects more than 25% of Dutch adults
The world’s largest professional network now connects more than a quarter of all Dutch adults, after LinkedIn passed the 4 million member mark in the Netherlands (with a total population of 16 million people). LinkedIn has established themselves as the social media platform where Dutch professionals come to talk business, with particularly strong engagement amongst […]
LinkedIn Search is REALLY improved and got smarter
A search on LinkedIn was never a good experience. But I’ve got some good news. Starting today, searching on LinkedIn has become better and smarter. No longer you need to search for people, companies, updates or jobs separately. All you need to do is type what you’re looking for into the search box and you’ll […]