Finding and Recruiting Top Engineers with LinkedIn

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MENA 12+ Million

GLOBALLY

5.2M are located in MENA

10%

Members in Construction and Engineering, Oil & Gas, and

engineering

Who are they?

Construction & Engineering Oil & Gas

Where should you look for talent?

Top Employers in the Building Materials &

Construction Industry

What do they look for in a job in the Building

Materials & Construction Industry?

A selection of Oil & Gas clients in MENA and Globally

A selection of Construction and Engineering clients in MENA

About CCC

• Consolidated Contractors International Company (CCC) was

originally formed in 1952 in Lebanon

• CCC, with it’s managing office based in Athens - Greece, currently

employs approximately 114,000 people in its worldwide operations

• CCC is predominately a construction company, providing project

management, engineering, procurement and construction services to

the industry

• Currently ranked 24th in ENR Top International Contractors (2014)

CCC Manpower Development

Challenges in the Construction and Engineering

1. Attracting top talent in a highly competitive industry

2. Headhunting critical roles with niche skill sets

3. Responding to massive workforce requirements

4. Reducing dependency on agencies

CCC Strategy : iRecruit

• Proactively headhunt professionals: Build CCC CV

Intranet

• Automate the full process from sourcing, candidacy,

review until offer

• Lead the era of social recruitment

• Develop Brand Awareness

iRecruit Careers portal

iRecruit’s Power search on top of CCC CV Intranet

LinkedIn at the heart of iRecruit

• Target Active Candidates

• Utilize Job Posting

• Targeted Ads

• Warm up Passive Candidates

• Engage and build relationships

with prospective hires

• Utilize LinkedIn inMails

• Branding

• Show what it takes to join our family

• Direct candidates to build their profiles on our careers

portal

Facts to Bear in Mind

• Professionals join LinkedIn to develop their careers not

only to search for jobs

• Talent Acquisition is an ongoing process

• LinkedIn is not simply a Search Engine!

• Your employees are your brand ambassadors

Using the LinkedIn Career Page to showcase our

employer brand

Targeting the right candidate with Recruitment ads

Engaging members every time they network with

company employees

• Warm Up passive candidates

The Results

• 78K Followers: 45K increase in the

past 12 months

• Off-the-rack CV Intranet of 200K

profiles!

• 140 applicants per Job Post on

average

• High inMail Response Rates: 42%

• Time to hire reduced by around 40%

• Reduce dependency on agencies

If a company wants to survive in the war for talent

today, it must delve into the realm of social

recruitment not only to attract new hires but also to

retain its existing employees and maintain a

competitive edge. Hence, investing in the number

one professional network, LinkedIn is vital and we

continue to realize the benefits from this!

Aref Boualwan, Manager & Business Process Re-engineering

Build Build your brand with

Clients, Candidates

and potential

Consultants

Recruit Do what you do best!

Engage Engage with them to

position yourselves

front of mind and as a

thought leader

Questions?