loyola 10 9 13

©2013 LinkedIn Corporation. All Rights Reserved. ORGANIZATION NAME

©2013 LinkedIn Corporation. All Rights Reserved.

Quinlan School of Business, Loyola University Chicago

Wednesday, October 9th, 2013

How Does the Company That KeepsEveryone Else Employed Find Talent?

& Building your Professional Brand


Case Study (LinkedIn): – What do companies like look for in talent– How do companies short list prospects– How do companies make hiring decisions

Talent Acquisition is changing Build your professional brand Grow your network Find your dream job What else do you want to learn?

Objectives


Growing Global Network

Members Worldwide

>2 newMembers Per Second

170M+Monthly Unique Visitors

238M+*238M members & >2 member per second rate of growth as of 5/2/13 | 170m unique visitors using comScore average for Q1‘13 using LinkedIn + SlideShare

“Talent is our number one priority.”

Jeff Weiner, LinkedIn CEO

Its all about Talent Pipeline –development and nurturing


Talent Acquisition is becoming more strategic as organizations learn how to engage passive talent

Strategic:Low costEfficient

Quality of hire focus Proactive pipeline-based process

Reactive:High cost

Labor-intensiveApplicant quantity focus

Req to req process

Developing

Foundational

Strategic

Traditional


80% of professionals today are passive candidates

Active CandidatesWork on their job search- Search job boards- Seek out many opportunities

Passive CandidatesWork on doing their jobs better- Develop networks- Only listen to the right

opportunities

©2013 LinkedIn Corporation. All Rights Reserved. 7

20%Active

80% Passive

238m+Members worldwide


Areas of focus when reviewing a Profile…

3 Key areas of focus: Look for Gaps – strange career choices, job hopping Is there clear and visible career progression? Specific actions/achievements

Apply Competency Based/Behavioural interviewing to explore: Outputs or deliverables Behaviours Performance characteristics

24% of companies surveyed suggest the cost of a bad hire exceeds $50k

-The Hiringsite 2012


Leadership

Leverage

Results

Culture

LinkedIn Fit

Enhancing Your Profile


Social Media Pop Quiz

What percentage of companies currently use or plan to use

Social Networking to recruit?

94.5%


Pop Your Profile

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B8WZxYFaSmI


You on LinkedIn

1. Professional Picture

2. Creative Headline

3. Custom URL

4. Summary | Elevator Pitch

5. All Work and Course Experience

6. Think About Keywords

Six steps to optimizing your profile


1. What you do

2. The value you provide

3. Something personal

What makes a Well-Branded Summary?


Upload Media to your Summary & Experience

Do Your Research!

Connect & Build Your Network


Connect

Follow & Engage


Search for jobs

View jobs you may be interested in

Check out similar jobs

Manage your jobs that you’ve applied for

loyola 10 9 13

Education