Recruiting with LinkedIn Blog

Learn how eBay used LinkedIn Recruiter to cut cost per hire by half

Matt Warburton — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 23:21:49 +0000

John Curran, Global Staffing Programs Manager at eBay, shares his experience with Recruiter, LinkedIn’s advanced recruitment solution. He explains eBay’s decision to equip all of their senior recruiters with a LinkedIn Recruiter seat: Finding passive applicants who never look for a job and never post their resume on traditional job boards Getting a 50% response rate on [...]

New features in LinkedIn Recruiter help you find the right talent

Prasad Gune — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 17:04:51 +0000

We continue to add new features to LinkedIn Recruiter to help you zero-in on the best talent. The latest enhancements include 4 new Search Refinement Filters and a new way to find profiles that may not have appeared in your search results 4 New Search Refinement Filters help you find the right talent Have you ever wanted [...]

Learn why Logitech uses the LinkedIn Jobs Network to attract top talent

Matt Warburton — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 19:07:14 +0000

Logitech’s Worldwide Staffing Director, John Zwieg, explains how job forwarding helps them find top talent on LinkedIn Logitech’s Worldwide Staffing Director, John Zwieg, describes how his recruiters receive qualified applications through the LinkedIn Jobs Network. LinkedIn members forward jobs to their relevant connections Quality professionals who may not publish their resume anywhere else

Announcing LinkedIn Recruiter for Agency and Executive Search Recruiters

Prasad Gune — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 10:00:34 +0000

We’re really excited to announce the launch of LinkedIn Recruiter – Professional Services Edition - a recruitment solution for recruiting agency and executive search firm professionals. This latest addition to LinkedIn Talent Advantage significantly boosts recruiter, researcher and consultant productivity when sourcing on LinkedIn, with advanced talent search, enhanced messaging and collaboration features. With the pressure to [...]

6 Tips to Boost your InMail Response Rates

Kevin DuBay — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 17:03:45 +0000

Learn how to boost your InMail response rates with 6 easy steps As I’ve mentioned in previous entries, the key to boosting your InMail response rates is writing a message which is targeted as closely to the recipient as possible. This can be difficult when sending the same InMail template to 20 members simultaneously. But by [...]

Update: Slides from October 29th webcast now available - Creating a talent brand with Libby Sartain

Tejal Patel — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 17:31:20 +0000

Update: The slides from Libby Sartain’s talent brand webcast are now available Click Here to see the slides Also, check out Libby’s Brand for Talent blog to learn more about building a talent brand. Guest speaker Libby Sartain shares how to create a talent brand to get the right people at the right time Join us at 9:00 [...]

LinkedIn Survey Results - Preparing for the Recovery

Matt Warburton — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 06:18:21 +0000

Gain insights into recruiting trends and learn how corporate recruiters have been preparing for better days A recent LinkedIn report on recruiting details how corporate recruiting professionals are doing business in tough economic times and preparing for the recovery. The recession, the rise of social networking, and an increase in the use of technology are [...]

Post your Jobs Faster on LinkedIn with eQuest

Parker Barrile — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 15:31:03 +0000

We cover the eQuest distribution fees when you post your jobs from your ATS to LinkedIn At LinkedIn, we know that, even in this economy, recruiters are busy people. Posting jobs online can get repetitive and time-consuming. Since our goal is to make our members jobs easier and to make them more productive, we wanted to simplify [...]

Manage key contacts with LinkedIn Profile Organizer

Prasad Gune — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 16:15:06 +0000

A new LinkedIn premium feature lets you manage your pipeline and more. Have you ever come across interesting individuals on LinkedIn and either bookmarked their profiles in your browser or saved their names in Outlook or on a piece of paper? Introducing Profile Organizer Profile Organizer is a new feature, available on individual Premium accounts, that helps you [...]

Learn how Trimble saved over $800k using LinkedIn Recruiter

Matt Warburton — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 17:58:23 +0000

Learn how Bob Spoer from Trimble saved his company over $800k by using LinkedIn Recruiter to source executives. In the video below, Trimble’s Director of Staffing, Bob Spoer, details how LinkedIn Recruiter helps him find senior executives and other staff worldwide, saving his company around $800,000 in the first 17 months of use. With this LinkedIn [...]