What is LinkedIn?
LinkedIn is a media platform allowing users to display their professional works and interests and share them with colleagues and recruiters. LinkedIn has a page to look for jobs making it very easy to find current openings across the globe. It also makes it convenient for recruiters to find candidates according to their interests and work since it’s already displayed, making LinkedIn a great platform to find employees. Whilst there are many other platforms to look for jobs, LinkedIn is unique because it works as a recruitment platform as well as a media platform to share your work, interests, achievements and so on. You can converse with people you share mutual interests with, connect with recruiters, and follow major companies to stay up to date on the current happenings in the industry. It is a vast platform with so many features, becoming most valuable to the recruiting industry.
Benefits of using LinkedIn as a candidate.
- A good way to display your work experiences and interests.
- Connect with people from various industries.
- Learn about current openings.
- See what your connections are doing and working on.
- Talk about projects and achievements.
- Share your new job role with your connections.
- Find new jobs that fit your interests.
Benefits of using LinkedIn as a recruiter.
- Linkedin provides a vast platform to find potential candidates.
- Gives a platform to post a current job opening in your company.
- Helps build your company’s profile by displaying your company works etc.
- Helps find the right candidate by being able to see their work experiences and interests.
- Helps connect with other companies and professionals in the industry.
One of LinkedIn’s most valuable tools is that you can search for jobs right on the platform itself. It provides features like choosing the type of job you are looking for, the industry or even filtering it by the skills you have and what people are looking for. LinkedIn has millions of users and the possibilities for making connections and finding new jobs are endless. LinkedIn is also a great way to network with others especially in the recruiting industry.
As a recruiter, making connections on LinkedIn is one of the fastest and most effective ways to source good candidates. It gives managers and recruiters or recruitment agencies a vast platform to look for potential candidates. For example, a recruiter may be looking for a digital marketing executive and comes across a shared post where a person specialising in digital marketing shared it and is looking for a new job. This person could be a good candidate and therefore can be further interviewed and could end up being a perfect candidate. This shows how effective and fast LinkedIn can be when it comes to recruitment today.
As a candidate, LinkedIn is the best platform to show your expertise, knowledge, work experiences, achievements, projects, credibility and all your great skills. Recruiters look for candidates that fit their job role and displaying all your talents on LinkedIn is basically like an online version of your resume, but can be much more detailed. This is perfect for recruitment and makes it a lot easier to hire candidates.
Why is LinkedIn priceless in today’s recruitment world?
Linkedin has become such an important and useful tool for recruiters as well as for candidates in the recruiting industry. Everyone builds up their portfolio/resume through LinkedIn. The way you can display all your work and interests and other talents makes it so convenient for recruiters that it’s like a cheat way to find potential candidates. LinkedIn is unlike any other platform and is there to connect recruiters with candidates. LinkedIn also has groups of recruiters or candidates looking for jobs, making it easier to connect with people and find people as well. The benefits that come from using LinkedIn as a recruiter or as a candidate, LinkedIn is useful and resourceful and can help immensely.
