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Comment on LinkedIn Twitter App Review… Maybe or Maybe Not! by Jonathan

Jonathan — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 21:41:45 +0000

Hi Tony,
Sorry for the delayed response.
I’ve never found a solution.

Comment on LinkedIn Profile Optimization with Reid Hoffman, LinkedIn Founder by Glenn

Glenn — Sun, 18 Dec 2011 07:25:30 +0000

Interesting insights. Have tried optimising my profile and I can see the results.

Comment on LinkedIn Twitter App Review… Maybe or Maybe Not! by Tony

Tony — Fri, 04 Nov 2011 00:48:55 +0000

I am seeing this same error. Did you ever find a solution?

Comment on 10 Reasons LinkedIn is the New Monster by MonsterBeef

MonsterBeef — Fri, 02 Sep 2011 16:15:30 +0000

Great Post… could you re-post it on HR.com site in the MonsterBeef Community Group. Our members would appreciate your insight.

Thanks for sharing

Comment on LinkedIn Separates Orange County from Greater Los Angeles Area by Van Schwaller

Van Schwaller — Tue, 07 Jun 2011 13:43:16 +0000

Appreciating the persistence you put into your website and in depth information you present. It’s good to come across a blog every once in a while that isn’t the same outdated rehashed material. Excellent read! I’ve bookmarked your site and I’m adding your RSS feeds to my Google account.

Comment on How to ruin your LinkedIn Personal Brand? Spamming your Network! by D. Montano

D. Montano — Sun, 15 May 2011 00:46:23 +0000

Jonathan, I saw an article somewhere saying that it’s a good idea to post your “contact policy” somewhere on Linkedin where it’s easy to find. Maybe this will help.

Comment on 10 Reasons LinkedIn is the New Monster by Jonathan

Jonathan — Fri, 28 Jan 2011 20:52:38 +0000

Hi Peter,
Thanks for the comment.
First off, let’s define “recruiters”, because it makes a big difference.
There are 3 types of recruiters:
* Corporate Recruiters, who are paid employees, or contractors, who work specifically for the employer.
* Executive Recruiters, who are usually paid on commission to find Executive Level people.
* Staffing Professional, who work for 3rd party companies (staffing firms) and either help employers find and hire the right candidates, for which they are mostly paid a “placement fee”, which is anywhere from 10-30% of the first year annual salary.

No, back to your question.
#1 It’s important to build a solid network in your niche. This includes networking with all types of recruiters, corporate, executive, and staffing professionals, as well as employees in the companies. Recruiters in general are highly connected people. Kind of like sales people. They get paid to find employees for employers. Notice: they get paid to “find candidates for employers” not the other way around “jobs for candidates”. So, to your point, you are right on.
The problem is you have to be “found”. And the best way to be found is to know the recruiters. If you have an existing relationship with them they might know your personality, your skills, and how it would fit for the company that is looking. A resume by itself doesn’t help when it comes to “culture fit”. So, having a relationship with the recruiters, is very important.

#2 Recruiter have a lot of connections, not just “online connections”, but real relationships within companies and industries. Getting to know recruiters, and trying to help them, helps you, because some day, you might need their help, and even if they are not working a specific job opening, they might be willing to connect you to someone who can help you.

#3 Connecting with corporate recruiters is a very smart idea, because they are connected to hiring managers in their current company, as well as hiring managers in their previous companies. So, those relationships might help you as well.

#4 Connecting to Recruiters on sites like LinkedIn is Really a good idea, and here’s why… The LinkedIn search engine only returns the results of the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd degree connections of the person doing the search. If you have built connections to recruiters, and they are connected to the hiring manager in their former company, you would show up in the hiring managers search results as a 2nd degree connection. If you didn’t have that connection, or a similar connection, the hiring manager doing a search on LinkedIn would never see your profile. (This is a short version, Here’s a video that describes it the LinkedIn Search Engine.

I hope this helps

Comment on 10 Reasons LinkedIn is the New Monster by Peter

Peter — Fri, 28 Jan 2011 19:28:24 +0000

So, why I do care to search for recuriters? As a Job seeker, I want all the recuriters to contact me instead me to finding a recuriter to help me to find a job. Am I missing something here?

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Comment on Is Is Facebook affecting your job search? You’d better believe it! by Diane

Diane — Wed, 16 Jun 2010 20:34:19 +0000

I believe that All Americans have a right to their privacy. When their privacy is invaded by social networks or interactions on the internet, it gives criminals a “carte blanch” to identity thief and endangers children to pedophiles, etc.
I believe that the U.S. Constitution and the Amendments were made to protect Americans, not expose or exploit them.