linkedin-a job search tool

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Submitted by:

Bindu Thushara. N

IGTC

August 27, 2013


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CONTENTS

Introduction

Survey on job search tools

Perceptions of job seekers and

recruiters

Expert views on linked in recruitment

References


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INTRODUCTION

LinkedIn was launched in 2003 as an online professiona

members could use for promoting or announcing new sal

new business leads and communicating with other profesfields.

Employers and recruiters classify job seekers into tw

active, meaning they are aggressively seeking new em

passive, meaning they are not trying to change jobs, open to an offer.

Finding a new job is not the only reason people create Lin

and it is for exactly that reason that LinkedIn has become

employers and recruiters.


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For job seekers, whether actively pursuing new positions

their options open, it is advisable to create and maint

accurate and updated profiles.

The profiles, which members post at no cost, are the rough

an online business card, resume, and short sales pitch com

social-media capability to interact with others on a w

professional topics. The value of the site relies on the theory suggesting that

within six degrees of separation from each other. Onc

following, your odds of connecting with potential emplo

business partners can be increased exponentially.

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According to a recent survey conducted

by DHR International and Modern

Survey. While LinkedIn holds on to this

top billing, executives indicated that

Twitter (27%) and Facebook (44%) were

sites that they use often.

Interestingly, in their findings, these

executives defined social media brandsprimarily as Facebook, LinkedIn and

Twitter, each having awareness over

80%. Other sites were a distant second

tier of blogs (~50%), Pinterest (>30%)

and Google+ (~30%).


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Comparing Linked in to other social medias, the executives

that they would use social media more if:

If it were helpful to their business90% If they were actively looking for a new career opportunit

If the items learned were consistently high value85%

If they thought it was a better use of their time 80%

If they better understood the benefits ~60% If they had a better experience with the tools ~50%

Any job seeker or recruiter uses technology for tracing th

Print media is hardly considered. Another latest trend in t

is the video interviewing, both live and pre-recorded.

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PERCEPTIONS OF JOB SEEKERS AND RECRU

Job Seekers:

Some 94% say they prefer LinkedIn as their chief job hun

After LinkedIn, job seekers are more likely to use Google

Gen X candidates rank Facebook, Google+ and Twitter ev

Some 22% of job seekers use smartphone job search app

the rise: This year 86% say they own a PC, down from 9while 33% own a Mac, up from 23% last year.

Landlines are also on the wane, with only 34% of all j

saying they have one, down from 40% a year ago.

Technology connectivity plays a vital role than the tradit


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Recruiters:

Social media sites like LinkedIn are the top way

candidates. Hiring managers and recruiters also still

websites and employee referrals.

Job boards and recruiters themselves are on the decline

After LinkedIn, hiring managers use Facebook, thenTwitter in a distant fourth place.

More than half use social media to post jobs and three

to find possible hires. Some 65% also use job boards

websites rank third.

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EXPERT VIEWS ON LINKED IN RECRUITMEN

Senior Vice President of Right Management, Monika M

Successalmost always comes down to the candidate mak

connection with a person or persons on the hiring side. Tnow so integral to the job search, is just a tool, not by itsel

LinkedInhas become musthavewithin our industry,sa

senior vice president at KNF&T Staffing and Resour

recruiting firm. Itsa way to brand yourself, to articulate who you are as

individual,said Dan Lyons, senior vice president of human

Allen & Gerritsen Inc., a Boston advertising firm that

LinkedIn.


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You have to consider it your own online branding

Nathanson, director of talent acquisition at Rapid7 in Bos

to market yourself. At the Boston recruiting firm Hollister Inc., about 60 e

licensed to conduct searches on LinkedIn to both recrui

clients and for its own staffing needs. We use it every

Fellers, director of technology and creative consulting at Ho

LinkedInis a site for professionals,Fellers said.

Fellers also warned those who treat Linked-in as Facebo

sends a wrong message since the purpose it serves diff

activities on their profile (personal photos, news articles, g

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