How to Attract High Quality Talent Using LinkedIn
LinkedIn, the premier social media site for business professionals, has increasingly become an important resource for human resources professionals. LinkedIn provides a distinct advantage over traditional job posting sites in that human resources professionals have the ability to better screen candidates.
In addition, LinkedIn provides human resources professionals with the opportunity to tap into professional networks to deliver higher quality candidates. But the question still remains, exactly how can LinkedIn be used to attract only high quality candidates? Here are some tips for improving your company’s talent pool.
Review Candidates in Real Time
LinkedIn has thrived as a job site in recent years because of the fact that it is essentially a free database of job seekers looking to connect with employers. However employers must think of the job search as trying to find the employee that is the most skilled for the particular job and can work with high efficiency. LinkedIn offers you the opportunity to recognise candidates with these particular features.
LinkedIn has several features that allow its members to indicate which members of their professional network are the most skilled for a particular profession. In addition, since LinkedIn is a social network, human resources professionals have the opportunity to review candidates’ interaction on the site in real time, without the overly positive spin typically present in most job applications.
Member Ratings
LinkedIn allows its members to rate each other in terms of credibility. When candidates are recommended by their peers for certain skills, this allows HR professionals the ability to identify which candidates are at the top of their game and consider those candidates first.
View Candidates’ Social Interaction
Human resources professionals also have the opportunity to review LinkedIn members’ preferences. By reviewing what discussions they choose to participate in, which companies and individuals are in their network, human resources professionals can get a much clearer sense of the individual’s professional world view.
Screening candidates for interest in the job position via LinkedIn provides a much clearer idea on how the candidate might actually perform once hired. The detail provided by examining a candidate’s LinkedIn profile provides much more information than the potential employee’s one-dimensional view as explained by his or her CV and can help to improve the company’s talent pool.
Contact See All Media today and learn how you can better utilise LinkedIn to meet your company’s needs.
