To be on the cutting edge, recruiters may consider LinkedIn's talent solutions products and should be familiar with LinkedIn's many useful features. In order to compete, employers must ensure company profiles are up to scratch. In this new transparent climate in which everyone is looking at everybody, companies can no longer afford to slack on maintaining their online presence on LinkedIn. Every single one.” The New Normal: Companies Must Maintain Quality LinkedIn Profiles Halzack quotes Josh Bersin, founder of Talent Consulting Firm Bersin by Deloitteexplaining how companies are “at a point now where all of your employees are vulnerable to being poached. Those individuals who are not looking for new jobs but might be receptive to compelling offers have become primary targets for recruiters. While some LinkedIn users actively seek new jobs and others have no intention of leaving their happy professional homes, the majority of networkers fall into the category of “passive job seekers.” Powered by LinkedIn's growing user base and advanced search capabilities, the hunt is on.Īs LinkedIn offers new recruitment strategies, it also presents new challenges for employers, especially with regard to employee retention. No longer do recruiters “post and pray,” hoping desirable candidates come out of the woodwork to respond to job listings. LinkedIn's explosive growth has changed the way companies find employees, observes Sarah Halzack, who covers “the business of talent and hiring” for the Washington Post. Today, the service boasts over 300 million members, claiming the title of “World's Largest Professional Network.” In 2006, after just three years of existence, LinkedIn had grown its following to 20 million. The massive expansion of the business-oriented social service has been hard to ignore. Now that the professional social network has 300 million+ users, what is required of companies who want to compete and how can recruiters make the most of the platform?

LinkedIn transforms the landscape of recruiting with access to an unprecedentedly large, indexed talent pool. Industry leaders agree that LinkedIn has revolutionised recruiting, but how can you use it to your advantage?

Using linkedin for recruiting