Archive for January, 2011
18 LinkedIn Apps, Tools, and Resources
Tweet I tweeted the other day about LinkedIn’s Resume Builder and I got a number of surprising responses from people I would have assumed would already know that LinkedIn had a resume builder. LinkedIn has been cranking out new features and tools, and I realize that it’s too easy for me to assume that everyone [...]
Does LinkedIn Offer Recruiters Any Competitive Advantage?
Tweet When I spoke at the LinkedIn Talent Connect event last year, I dropped a big question on the 500+ audience: “What’s your informational and competitive advantage when you all have access to the same people?” Think about it. If you have a LinkedIn Recruiter account (over 55% of the Fortune 100 do!), you have [...]
Have You Analyzed the Value of Your LinkedIn Network?
Tweet When someone connects to you on LinkedIn, they gain the benefit of any non-overlapping network connections from your first and second degree network. Your first degree connections become their second, and your second degree connections become their third. Have you ever taken a look at your LinkedIn network at the first and second to [...]
Will 2011 be a Big Year for Recruiters and Social Media?
Tweet I read a brief sidebar article in the November 1, 2010 Fortune magazine that detailed the hottest jobs of 2010 and I was pleased with what I saw, and I thought you would be too. Apparently, Fortune worked with “LinkedIn’s top data crunchers” to pull some exclusive information about the job titles that saw [...]
Boolean Search String Experiment #2
Tweet Back in November, I posted a Boolean search challenge to demonstrate that when you give a number of sourcers and recruiters the same job description/hiring profile to search for, you will get as many different searches and search strategies as you have sourcers and recruiters. As I have said many times before, every search [...]
Do You Really Know the Size of Your LinkedIn Network?
Tweet When people talk about the size of their LinkedIn network, many make reference to the “Total users you can contact through an Introduction” number, which is the total of the 1st, 2nd and 3rd degree connections. However, many people don’t know that the number representing LinkedIn users three degrees away from you is [...]
