From the desk of the Employment Committee:
"Social networking technology is absolutely
the best thing to happen to recruiting -- ever."
One of our favorite sites is Linkedin, a network of 8 million
professionals spread across the world. Linkedin says users
include executives from all of the Fortune 500 companies.
Typing keywords into a search engine, you can scrape the entire
network to dig out high-quality candidates that she can't
find elsewhere.
This site can also help job hunters market themselves online
by setting up profiles, listing work history and specific
skills.
Linkedin started in 2003, and posted its first profit in
March. It's among a number of business networking sites.
Like social networking sites, Linkedin has privacy controls.
You can decide how much of your profile people see. Company
co-founder Konstantin Guericke says users can also set the
rules of engagement.
"We have a setting when you sign up for the site that
says, Are you open to being contacted about job opportunities?"
Guericke says. "And a fairly large percentage of the
user base checks that. It doesn't mean they are now actively
looking for a job. I think they are just being realistic.
There is virtually, for everyone, there is a job that maybe
pays more, is closer to your home, with a more prestigious
company. And we have 130,000 recruiters on LinkedIn. So I
think people feel it doesn't hurt to have a profile there."
But what really makes Linkedin helpful is that it allows
users to share their online Rolodexes. Shally Steckerl used
to hunt talent for Microsoft and is a leader in online recruiting.
With Linkedin, he can find people faster using a vastly increased
network of contacts.
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