LinkedIn offers paying members the ability to store profiles in separate folders (5 to 25 depending on the account) in order to organise it. It’s very useful for anyone, especially Recruiters and Job Seeker, during… Profile Organiser: Use LinkedIn as adress book
You might be aware of the annual Robert Walters Global Salary Survey, a comprehensive review of global recruitment trends and salary levels. But did you know that they have made this information available via a simple iPhone App?
The Salary Checker App allows you to check how much a typical contract daily rate or salary range is for a selection of job roles and seniority levels. It does not contain every country or job profile, it only covers the markets in which Robert Walters operate, but it does provide an useful quick (global) overview of salary trends and levels.
The Salary Checker App – a global overview of salary trends and levels
In LinkedIn you have the possibility to share short news updates, web articles and (YouTube) videos via your own profile with your network. This function was called ‘Status Update‘ in the past, now ‘Share‘, and… Tip: easy sharing of information on LinkedIn
Widgets are basic visual building blocks which, combined in an application, hold all the data processed by the application and the available interactions on this data. small software programs or code that can be integrated into websites or blogs (source: Wikipedia]. LinkedIn offers such a plugin, in javascript code, which can be used to display a short personal profile when you click on the IN-logo:
If you are living in the USA you are probably aware of Monster new semantic search engine called 6Sense aka Power Resume Search for Recruiters or Job Search for candidates. This new way of searching through the Monster database will be available in other countries soon. It’s a new concept-matching technology that helps you find candidates. It thinks like you do and can understand content and context, unlike keyword searches. Most importantly, 6Sense understands 15 million job term combinations.
The following videos explain 6Sense in more detail:
Without a doubt, a positive online brand experience creates loyal customers and potential candidates. As several studies have discovered, the majority of consumers who engage with a brand in the digital space – whether by… What makes people want to follow a brand? [Infographic]
What are the current hot topics in Recruitment? What’s being discussed by HR Managers and Recruitment Consultants? We’ve made a selection from the most popular discussions within the LinkedIn group Recruitment Consultants and Staffing Professionals.… Now on LinkedIn: the most discussed recruitment topics
A question often asked to me is “when is the best time to post on social media?“. Data suggests that there are distinct windows in which to share content if you want to achieve to get maximum exposure. It’s important to know when the highest percentage of your audience is retweeting/sharing, clicking and reading your messages on your social networks. Use the data in the infographic below to learn when your audience is most likely to act on it via Facebook and Twitter. But remember, your own data is the best source for this kind of information!When to post on Facebook and Twitter? Science tells us
The Referral Engine from LinkedIn will be available end of 2011 and promises to ‘Unlock the Power of Your Employees’ Networks. It was first announced on 3rd of November 2010 and is solution that has been developed in partnership with Accenture to pilot the product and get the final details right. A few more details are available now.
Referral Engine taps into the power of the world’s largest professional network by:
– Recommending the best candidates for open jobs. A powerful algorithm recommends the best candidates by looking at all your employees’ contacts through the lens of your open jobs. Employees then apply their own judgment to refer only the best of the best.
– Simplifying the referral process. Recommendations are delivered to employees via email or the LinkedIn homepage, and they can contact a candidate or make a referral in just a few clicks.
– Keeping referrals top-of-mind. Periodic reminders with specific suggestions make sure employees are thinking about referrals consistently.LinkedIn Referral Engine
It’s no secret that LinkedIn is developing more Recruitment and Talent Management solutions to strenghten their portfolio in this important, revenue making, market. One company that’s making use of this is Korn/Ferry, who developed a leadership assessment tool which is now available if you have a LinkedIn profile. You can take a free assessment and discover your Top 5 Leadership Characteristics in about 10 minutes in 3 easy steps:
The result is a summary and 12-page report of your 5 strongest Leadership Characteristics, blind spots (characteristics that you overestimate), Hidden strengths (characteristics that you underestimate) and potential problem areas.