We recently released a few major enhancements to LinkedIn Recruiter. As a former recruiting manager who talks with talent acquisition professionals daily, I wanted to highlight three new features designed to help you be better at what you do.
1. Inside Opinion
When it comes to talent acquisition, as with many other things in life, timing is everything.
In my 13 years spent recruiting throughout Europe, I missed out on my fair share of candidates. There’s nothing more frustrating than losing the perfect hire because headcount plans aren’t cemented yet or a requisition isn’t approved.
Dr. Seuss and LinkedIn as a pair prove astute
As a new way to think about how you recruit.
Chicago is fast becoming a hub for tech companies: according to Built In Chicago, 193 digital tech startups launched in Chicago in 2011. Table XI is a ten-year-old digital consultancy that builds web and mobile apps in Chicago, and we love this trend. But it also creates a challenge, at least for development shops like us—while our industry may be booming, there’s a shortage of high-quality talent. The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics projects that software development-related roles and jobs will increase at double the national average through 2020. But Manpower Group’s annual Talent Shortage Survey ranks IT third among industries with unfilled jobs.
It’s been a busy year on the LinkedIn talent blog. Here are our most talked-about blog posts of 2012, as measured by number of shares through December 13th:
1. Secrets of employer branding leaders: Unilever (901 shares)
Paul Maxin shares useful insights on how a leading organization approaches the branding opportunity, hand in hand with employees
LinkedIn Talent Connect 2012, the recruiting event of the year for our corporate customers, is about to sell out. Register by end of day tomorrow, Friday Oct. 5th, to attend in person. Don’t miss this opportunity to network with and learn from more than 2,000 talent acquisition professionals from around the world, including progressive recruiting leaders from Comcast, EMC, Genentech, J.P. Morgan, Johnson Controls, Microsoft, Mozilla, Tim Hortons, Walmart, and many more leading organizations.
For those unable to make the trip to Las Vegas, we will live stream key sessions (details below).