Recruiting for

Small Business:
The Ultimate LinkedIn Guide

03 Every business starts small

04 LinkedIn levels the playing field
06 Premium tools for small businesses

07

It all starts with your story: How to make

your profile and company page stand out

20 Sourcing for small businesses: 5 steps

Table of Contents

34

Beyond post and pray: The art and science

of successful job listings

42

Amplify your talent brand: Position your

company as an employer of choice

57

LinkedIn tools at a glance: A summary of

free and premium solutions

58

Common recruiting problems and how to

address them

59 Recruiting Hall of Fame

Dont have time to read everything?
Skip to Summary Checklist on page 53 for key
recommendations.

60 Additional resources

Every business starts small

Every businesseven the most recognized brands in the worldstarts small. No matter what
your growth plans, the number one thing you can do to succeed is hire the right talent.
But being small is tough. Compared to bigger competitors, small businesses have tiny
recruiting budgets and little or no name recognition, so its hard to recruit top people. One
person has a big impact on a small workforce too, so hiring mistakes hurt you. And if youre
really small, one important hire can make or break the success of your company.

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LinkedIn levels the

playing field
Luckily for you, size doesnt matter as much as you
think, especially when it comes to social recruiting.
You may have to learn some new technologies
(read on), but social media as a recruiting tool is
the ultimate equalizer.

LinkedIn: A key tool for

small business recruiting

As the worlds largest professional* network

with over 300 million members, LinkedIn gives
you access to the same pool of talent as bigger
companies on one centralized platform. It gives
you the ability to distinguish yourself as an
employer of choice without a large staff or budget.
LinkedIn has hiring solutions specifically for your
size company, many of which are free or low cost.

*Learn more about the mindset differences between professional and

personal networkers (http://linkd.in/1hko0mg)
**http://press.linkedin.com/about

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Were here to help

Chances are you wear more than one hat at
work, or recruiting isnt your only job. That
can be daunting, and thats why we wrote this
book. This guide contains our most up-to-date
tips and tricks for hiring talent with limited time
and money. Weve also included best practices
from fellow small business professionals. Even
if you dont sit in recruiting, these tips will help
you make the most out of LinkedIn.

Who this book is for:

If you work at a company with fewer than 500 employees
and are involved in finding and hiring talent, then this book
is for you. (Is your company bigger? Check out LinkedIn
Essentials: The Modern Recruiters Guide)

Ready to start putting LinkedIn to work for your small

business? Lets go!

LinkedIn can help with more than just hiring. Check out
our Small Business Resource Center (smallbusiness.
linkedin.com) for tips on leveraging LinkedIn for
marketing, sales, and more.
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Premium tools for

Small Businesses
You can get a lot from LinkedInwhich well
cover in this bookbut thousands of small
businesses use one of our premium sourcing
tools, Recruiter Lite or LinkedIn Recruiter, to
save time and money.

Which is right for you?

LinkedIn Recruiter: Consider this if you are growing or

plan to have more frequent hiring needs.
LinkedIn Recruiter lets you:
Expand your access to candidates by viewing the full
profiles of any of LinkedIns 300M professionalseven
those not in your own network
Contact any candidate with 50 inMails/month
Precisely target candidates with 16+ search filters,
including talent specific filters
Work smarter with team collaboration tools

Recruiter Lite: Consider this if you are an individual or

small organization that has only sporadic or low volume

hiring needs.

Build a pipeline of warm candidates with Talent Pipeline

And more (http://linkd.in/1eclJtw)

Recruiter Lite lets you:

Expand your access to candidates by viewing the full
profiles of 3rd degree connections
Contact any candidate directly with 25 inMails/month
Target candidates with 7 premium search filters

And more (http://linkd.in/1oqw7Yc)

Special note for LinkedIn Recruiter users

Indicates a tip for using LinkedIn Recruiter
Bookmark lnkd.in/productupdates to stay informed
on the latest updates and new features in LinkedIn
Recruiter
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Everything starts with your story

How to make your profile and Company Page stand out

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5 steps to a dazzling
new profile
01 Craft a killer opening
02 Dress it up with rich media
03 Add certifications
04 Showcase your volunteer
activities
05 Make your updates more
interactive

Your next great hire starts

with you
Think about the organization you are helping to build and the reasons why
you joined itdoes your profile reflect your passion? If not, youre missing a
huge opportunity to make you and your company stand out.
45 million profile views* take place on LinkedIn every dayit is the #1
activity on the network.** Your profile is often candidates first interaction
with your company so it should be inspiring. The more you can show about
who you are and what your company does, the easier it is for candidates to
engage with you and determine whether or not your company might be a
great fit for them.

*Brad Mauney, Five Simple Ways to Boost

Your Professional Brand on LinkedIn (http://
linkd.in/1fKrxuD), (July 29, 2013)
**Parker Barrile, LinkedIn Further Mobilizes
Candidates and Recruiters Meet Mobile
Work With Us and Recruiter Mobile (http://
linkd.in/1iW7PQt), (October 16, 2013)

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01 Craft a killer opening

Over-invest in your headline and summary. For a more
approachable feel use the first person (Iwe). Write
like you want to hire, not like you want to be hired.

02 Dress it up with rich media

5 steps to a dazzling
new profile

Showcase your work by uploading/linking to pictures,

videos, blogs, SlideShare presentations, and
websites.

03 Add certifications
Build credibility by sharing certifications or clearances
youve attained.

04 Showcase your volunteer activities

Paint a complete picture by sharing volunteer work or
causes you care about.

05 Make your updates more interactive

Engage with your network by mentioning connections
and companies in LinkedIn updates. When they
comment, respond in real-time.

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4 Profiles That
Inspire
Larry Hernandez of Zappos

Inspired opening: Self summary or

employer brand ad for Zappos? Larrys
d
summary is written to inspire candidates.
Listing Zappos core values helps
candidates self-select, saving him and
them time!
Show vs. tell: The Zappos Family Music
Video demonstrates the companys
adventurous culture more than a block of
text ever could.

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4 Profiles That
Inspire
Aaron Neale of Improbable

Know your audience: Aaron establishes

d
credibility with engineering candidates
for Improbable, a UK based technology
startup, by describing the first machine he
built.
Use their language: Language like enjoy
voiding warranties! shows tech talent he
understands what makes them tick.

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4 Profiles That
Inspire
Daoud Edris of Lion Co

Leverage rich media and video:

Under his current role, Daoud has
d
videos, infographics, and presentations
highlighting the culture and mission of
Lion, a beverage and food company in
Australia and New Zealand.
Highlight individual employees: Daoud
posted two videos highlighting the career
transformation of two Lion employees,
Scott and Roy. The message: You can
transform your career at Lion.

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4 Profiles That
Inspire
Deborah Glynn of
The Integer Group
Describes impact: By talking about the
industry giants employees will be working
with, Deborah sends the message, Youll
be at a medium-sized company, but your
impact will be HUGE.
Links to blog: Deborah refers candidates
to Integers blog, Shopper Culture, to
think about who you want to be, to keep
them engaged beyond her profile. The
blog itself is not just company updates,
its engaging and chock-full of thought
leadership.

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Your Company Page

is key
Heres how to make the most of it
While your profile is often the first impression candidates
have of you, your Company Page is the the first impression
they have of your company. Whether its the culture,
mission, or products your company offers, think about why
YOU joined your organization. Does your Company Page
reflect it?
More than 3 million organizations leverage their Company
Page to make it easy for talent to find them and learn what
they are all about.* On average, 71% of your followers are
interested in careers at your company.** Showing your
culture and opportunities is a scalable way to turn your
followers into candidates and help you foster meaningful
relationships.

Larger corporations are sometimes hamstrung by more

formalized processes, and their approach can come off as
generic or machine-like. Small businesses tend to have the
freedom to inject authentic company personality into their
pagesmaking them more relatable to audiences. Use this
freedom to your advantage!

4 ways to amp up your Company Page

01

Use video and rich media.

02

Grow your followers.

03

Engage followers with targeted status updates.

04

Extend your reach by sponsoring content.

3 essential Company Page resources

Did you know? You can target any update to your
followers for free based on geography, industry,
title and more.
LinkedIn Company Pages are now optimized for mobile devices!
41% of LinkedIns unique monthly visitors come through mobile.***
*http://press.linkedin.com/about
**Sam Gager, The Truth About Followers and Connections: Key Reasons to
Cultivate Yours (http://linkd.in/1jwnYgt), (January 15, 2013)
***http://press.linkedin.com/about

Company Page resource list (http://linkd.in/1nqmC79)

How-to videos and guides, success stories, testimonials
Company Page playbook (http://linkd.in/1t9Znma)
5 steps to engaging followers on LinkedIn
Status update best practices (http://linkd.in/1eJ8czz)
10 tips

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Amp up your Company Page in

4 easy steps
Remember that your Company Page should reflect your overall brand and provide a unified
experience for your audienceif you have any marketing pals in your company, be sure to get
their input!

01 Use video and rich media.

02 Grow your followers

Followers are twice as likely

to amplify a post via likes,
shares, and comments if it
contains video. No videos? Try
SlideShare, PDFs, images, and
links.

Embed Follow buttons in

your website, candidate
communications, and
employee email signatures,
and profiles.
Download at
http://linkd.in/1hg1dbX

03 Engage followers with

04 Extend your reach by

Post interesting facts,

expert tips, Top 10 lists, and
questions to interact with key
talent pools. Here you can
play up your size, highlight
your growth, and share
your exciting vision for the
future.

Sponsored Updates let you

target talent outside of your
followers.

targeted status updates

sponsoring content

Need inspiration? Check out

this gallery of great status

updates (http://slidesha.re/Pevxxf)

For inspiration, check out LinkedIns top Company Pages of 2013 (http://linkd.in/1mxslYl).

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3 Company
Pages We Love
Greenpeace

Greenpeace shares industry news:

d
Dont make all of your updates about
your company. Greenpeace knows
that its followers are interested in the
environment, so it shared this BBC article
showing the link between green spaces
and mental health.
A good mix of external AND company
focused content will keep followers
coming back for more.

Greenpeace In Japanese it is called shinrin-yoku, which literally means forest bathing. In

English, its just a walk in the park. Either way, being out in the green is great for you - an it is
now scientifically proven.

Green spaces improve mental health

bbk.co.uk
11 January 2014 Last updated 22:10 ET
by Mark Kinver Environment reporter, BBC News There is a
growing body of evidence that suggests urban green spaces
are good for peoples well-being Linving in an urban area
with green spaces has a...
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8 days ago

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3 Company
Pages We Love
Marketplace Home Mortgage

Provide expert tips and insights: Marketplace

Home Mortgage, a small mortgage solutions
firm, shares quick tips and insights that are
relevant for their home buyer audience. Post
updates that spotlight your industry expertise.

Marketplace Home Mortgage Bipartisan Housing Reform bill said ready for Senate
Bipartisan Housing Reform Bill said ready
for Senate

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mortgagenewdaily.com

Reuters andBloomberg
are reporting that the Chair and the Ranking Member of the
Senate Banking Committee have agreed on the outline of a
plan to wind down Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac . Senators
Tim Johnson (D-SD) and Mike Crapo (R-ID) said the...
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3 Company
Pages We Love
Mashable

Share snackable, valuable content:

Mashable, a British-American news website,
hits the sweet spot by sharing content that
is both high quality, and quick to consume.
Keep your posts bite-sized to drive high
engagement.

Mashable See how quickly your country adopted the internet

How Quickly Did Your Country Adopt the Internet?

[MAP]

mashable.com

As of 2012, 203 countries had
access to the Internet, and nearly 80 were more than 50%
connected. How the web spread like wildfire, 1993 to present
day.

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Share

8 days ago

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Profile and Company Page performance:

Metrics that matter
If you cant measure it, you cant manage it. These free analytics tools will help you build your
personal and employer brand more efficiently.

Measure your profile power

Track your Company Page

01 Whos viewed your profile

01 Status update engagement

Are these increasing: profile views, how often you turn

up in searches, endorsements?

See real-time engagement analytics directly under

each post. Know which updates drive the most clicks,
likes, comments, shares, and engagement.

02 Whos viewed your updates

Are more people viewing, liking, sharing, and
commenting on your content?

03 Networks statistics
Is your network growing? By how much are you
expanding your reach to 2nd and 3rd degree
connections?

Dont forget the soft stuff: Read comments for qualitative feedback

02 Company Page engagement

See engagement trends by type and time period.

03 Follower demographics
Determine if youre attracting the right type of people.

04 How you compare

Benchmark your follower growth against similar
organizations and competitors.

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Sourcing for small businesses

5 steps

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Passive what?
Why passive talent matters for
small business
To fuel your businesss growth, you need to
engage the best talent, not only those actively
looking. The reason is that the vast majority of
professionals are passive candidates, theyre
not actively job seeking but would consider the
life-changing role you have for them.
Passive candidates typically dont visit
job boards or career sites or have current
resumesthey are too busy exceling at their
current company. Heres where your size can
be a huge advantage. Passive candidates
want to make a big impact, and they want
challenging work. Compared to slower-moving
corporate giants, you can offer them greater
responsibility, flexibility, and/or access to
leadership.
In this section, well cover need-to-know tricks
for sourcing on LinkedInthe worlds largest
source of passive candidates.
What motivates passive candidates to switch jobs?
Check out the infographic (http://linkd.in/PeNWKa).
*Sam Gager, What Motivates Professionals to Switch
Jobs (http://linkd.in/PeNWKa), (February 13, 2014).

Good news: Most professionals will consider

a career change when approached.
Passive candidates
Active candidates

25%

are actively looking

for opportunities

45%

Say they are not

looking for a job, but
are open to talking
to recruiters about
career opportunities

15%

are not looking, but are

chatting with their close
personal network about
opportunities

15%

are completely
satisfied with their
current role and
dont want to move

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5 steps for smart

sourcing
You now have access to more candidate
information than ever before. Heres our
recommended approach for zeroing in
on the perfect candidate.

5 steps to sourcing like a pro on LinkedIn

01

Get smart on the talent pool

02

Master Boolean and other search techniques

03

Contact candidates directly with InMail

04

Build your bench with Talent Pipeline

05

Measure your success

Be a sourcing ninja and get certified! Now you can showcase

your LinkedIn Recruiter skills, and ensure that you are getting the
most out of your LinkedIn investment.
Learn more at certification.linkedin.com/

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1. Get smart on the

talent pool
Whether youre hiring 2 or 200 people, get a birds-eye
view of the talent pool before diving into your search.
Knowing what youre dealing with helps you:

Prioritize your outreach. Better understand the

supply and demand for specific professional skill
sets.
Set expectations with your hiring managers. If
youre working with a hiring manager and are asked
to find a purple squirrel, you can back up your
search outcome with data.

Heres how to get to know your talent

pool:
01

Run live searches in LinkedIn Recruiter.

You can uncover the size and dynamics of
your addressable market for each set of
criteria.

02

Consult our free Talent Pool Reports.

These insightsavailable for select regions
and high demand professionsarm you
with information on the supply and demand,
location, background, and interests of your
target candidates.

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2. Calling all
sourcing ninjas:
Master Boolean search
Boolean searches allow you to combine words and
phrases using the words AND, OR, and NOT, to limit,
widen, or define your search. They are what most
search engines use and theyre your keys to better
candidate searches.

Enter one or more terms in the Keywords, Title, Name,

and Company fields in LinkedIns advanced search
engine and youll get a list of profiles. But, to find the
most relevant profiles, youll need to use the following
modifiers:
Quotation marks. For an exact phrase, enclose
it in quotation marks (e.g. product manager).
QUOTES narrow your search.
NOT. To exclude a particular term, type NOT
before it (e.g. manager NOT director). Narrows
search.
AND. To get results that must include 2 or more
terms in a list, use AND as a separator (e.g.
programmer AND manager). Narrows search.

Advanced Search

OR. To include at least 1 term, separate 2 or

more with OR (e.g. sales OR marketing). Great
for common spellings or synonyms of a word.
Broadens search.
Parentheses. To do a complex search, combine
terms using parentheses. For example, to find
people who have VP in their profiles, or have both
director AND division in their profiles, type: VP OR
(director AND division). Narrows search.

Go deeper: To narrow your results further, use search facets such as

location, industry, current company, experience and seniority level.
And dont make these 3 common Boolean mistakes (http://linkd.
in/1dKRe39)!

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4 ways to source
beyond the search bar

01

Leverage your own network. Connect to coworkers,

classmates, and all of your professional contacts on
LinkedIn to maximize your network and increase the
chances of finding a candidate through people you know.
Solicit referrals and cherry-pick from their networks.

02

Join LinkedIn groups. Scout candidates in a non-intrusive

way by conversing with them in LinkedIn Groups. Stand out
from bigger companies by being responsive and real.

03

04

If you are working with a hiring manager,

follow these quick tips:

Engage your profile viewers. Reach out to the people who

view your profilethey often work in the right industry and
share connections.
Put every employee to work. Pull up LinkedIn with fellow
employees and ask them to refer star performers. Tapping
your colleagues networks is particularly critical for small
businesses without a household name.

Set expectations together: Save yourself headaches later by

outlining the skills and personality requirements using sample
profiles. Use data to set expectations: Talent Pool reports and
LinkedIn Recruiter will help you size the talent pool so you can
adjust job criteria if needed.

Gather feedback directly with free hiring manager seats in

Recruiter. You can send them batches of profiles and they can
give one-click feedbackgreat, good, or not right for this
rolealong with notes if they choose.

For more tips on working with hiring managers check out these
10 Tips for a Knockout Relationship (http://linkd.in/Pd4C4w)

One tactic that has worked well for us is

profiling the hiring managers, putting the
spotlight on why they love the company and
the geographic area. Its a more creative
way to advertise.
Miki Furnish, Talent Acquisition Manager at Carharrt
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Opower activates referrals with

Talent Tuesdays
Opower is a 354 person software company that helps utility customers save on energy bills.
Each week, the recruiting department hosts Talent Tuesday, in which Opower employees bring
their laptops and fueled by free pizza and blaring iTunes, comb through their personal LinkedIn
networks for friends and former colleagues matching Opower openings. If a referral ends up
being hired, the referring employees receives $1,000. Of the 165 jobs the company listed last
year, only one was filled externallyand that was an executive level search.*

*Source: http://nyti.ms/1hAQdd9

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3. Contact candidates
directly with InMail
InMails allow you to you contact anyone on LinkedIn directly.
But, eliciting a response takes sophistication and skill (thats
right were looking at you). Heres where you can really set
yourself apart from the big guys and give your InMails a more
personal touch.
The key to getting an inMail response is to have a
personalized message, but that can be difficult when
youre strapped for time. Heres how to craft a personalized
message thats still broad enough to elicit responses from
multiple people. Especially for small businesses, the key is
focusing on the right candidatesquality matters more than
quantity!
On average, InMail response rates are 3x higher than email.*

9 golden rules of InMail

01

02

Grab attention. Mention mutual connections.

LinkedIn suggests them for you.

03

Show you are selective. Highlight what makes them

appealing. Compliment them sincerely.

04

Be conversational and brief. Write as if you were

speaking. DO NOT paste the job description.

05

Listen well. Ask about goals and interest level in new

opportunities.

06

Focus on goals, not the job. Frame your message

around whats in it for them.

07

Leverage content. Consider including useful

information such as a relevant whitepaper.

08

Be patient. Dont hound. Use status updates to stay

visible while you wait for responses.

09

Include a call to action. Ask to continue the dialogue,

not necessarily for them to apply off the bat.

All InMails are response guaranteed. If you dont get a response in 7

days, youll get credit for another inMail.

The InMail said, Were looking for

great public speakers who have your
background. I was flattered that
someone saw my profile and took the
time to write just to me. Turns out the
message wasnt sent just to me, but it
sure felt like it was.

LinkedIn member

*Personal Branding Checklist (http://linkd.in/QCUIKI)

Review profile. Let the recipient know what on

their profile caught your eye. Personalization is
flattering.

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4. Build your bench

with LinkedIn
Recruiters Talent
Pipeline
The holy grail of sourcing is building a stunning talent
pipelinea steady stream of warm candidates so you
dont have to start from scratch with every new job
opening. A healthy pipeline will slash your time to hire
and improve quality of hire.
Instead of maintaining records manually, you can use
talent pipeline in LinkedIn Recruiter to aggregate,
track, contact, and nurture talent leads. The key is
to prioritize: focus on skills you need repeatedly and
hard-to-fill roles. Here are 6 pipelining tips for LinkedIn
recruiter users:

01

02

03

04

05

06
For general pipelining tips, check out 12 Tips For a
Stunning Talent Pipeline (http://linkd.in/1llPkpx).

Search and tag. Use tags to make candidates

easily searchable. Start with a broad search and
create a pipeline folder for it, (e.g., all computer
science students @ University of Washington).
Then create folders for more specific criteria
(e.g., cloud computing AND Computer Science
@ University of Washington).
Accelerate pre-screening with inside opinion.
Recruiter tells you with whom the candidate is
connected at your companyreach out to your
colleague for a candid read on skills and culture fit.
Use smart-to-do lists to keep the conversation going.
Tag reminders to specific candidates, projects, and
team members so you stay connected and deliver on
follow-up promises.
Stay on track with projects. Send actionable reports
to your team to monitor and communicate the health
of your pipelining projects.
Save searches to retain your Boolean strings and
filter selections. Recruiter will continue to run in the
background and notify you of any new candidates
you dont have to do anything.
Use update me to keep track of a members profile.
Recruiter will alert you if changes are made so that
you can monitor their career progress.
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Fueling your growth

how to recruit
students on LinkedIn
The largest concentration of small business
employees on LinkedIn are 25 years old,
and just over 50% are 18-31.* Younger
candidates tend to be more entrepreneurial
and attracted to smaller companies.
Take advantage of this by doing some
university recruiting. Plus, when you build
relationships with students, you invest in the
future of your company.

Over 39 million students and recent graduates are on

LinkedIn,* making it our fastest growing demographic.
Here are 7 tools to help you engage your companys next
generation of leaders:

01

New graduate jobs. Post student jobs and

internships for free on LinkedIn.

02

Student talent pool reports. Find out where students

are concentrated, how to engage, and what makes
them tick.

03

04

05

Intel Leverages LinkedIn Groups to engage students

Intels Student Lounge Group is a place where students can go for
news and updates about the Intel College Recruiting Organization.
There, they can connect with other students and find late-breaking
job openings.

06

07
*Source: http://linkd.in/1hAS3uu

Education search facets in LinkedIn Recruiter. Target

students based on geography, school, degree, field of
study, graduation dates, Groups, and more.
Targeted status updates. Engage students, e.g.
Students, what do you care most about in a career?
LinkedIn University Pages. Over 24K higher education
outlets now have pages on LinkedIn. Deepen
relationships with schools and stay informed.
LinkedIn Alumni Tool. Discover where alumni work
and what they do. Filter with facets such as What
they studied to find top candidates.
LinkedIn CheckIn (http://linkd.in/1er9h9l). Collect and
organize candidate information at live events in
seconds.
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5. Measure your sourcing performance

Know your numbers. Here are the key sourcing metrics you should be measuring
in general and on LinkedIn.

i n d u st ry
Sourcing Metrics

Quality
of hire

Source
of hire

Time
to hire

Cost
per hire

Profiles
viewed

Searches
performed

InMails
sent

InMail
response rate

lin ke din r e c r ui ter

Sourcing Metrics

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Sophisticated sourcing on a tight budget:

in-depth with TIM Group
When Lewis Turner joined TIM Group three years ago, the rapidly growing UK-based company was relying heavily on agencies to hire about
20 people per year. Lewis was simultaneously burdened with hundreds of unqualified resumes that poured in from job boards. As a one-man
recruiting show, he had to devote time to other HR areas too, such as training. Strapped for time and resources, Lewis had to source smarter.

What worked:

RESULTS

1. Switching to a proactive sourcing strategy: Lewis began transitioning TIM

Group away from agencies and general job boards and took on the role of
in-house headhunter. He started mapping and reaching out to talent using a
combination of LinkedIn, Google+, Twitter, and for certain roles, Github. He
started to invest half of his time nurturing contacts and growing his network
via InMail, email, phone calls, and in-person meetings.

Saved 50K for most recent

five hires. 60% of hires now
sourced through LinkedIn.
Lewis is handling fewer but
more qualified CVs for each
position.

2. Changing his InMail approach: Lewis stopped including job specs in his
InMails, and started listening to candidates more attentively. Hed write, Im
looking to help my sales team with x. Id love to understand what makes you
happy at workwhat gets you up in the morning. Because if we can offer
that to you now, great. And if we cant, Id like to know so we can pick up in
the future when it makes sense.

Lewis has seen a 3x

increase in his InMail
response rate with this new
approach.

3. Involving his entire organization: Lewis recognized that he couldnt

shoulder sourcing entirely on his own. He saw his colleagues LinkedIn
profiles as a huge opportunity to advertise TIM Group to the world. To help
encourage them to build up their LinkedIn identities, Lewis started with one
team and used its success to demonstrate the win-win value to others in the
company. He also provided sample language to help them take action.

Over 80% of TIM Group

employees have an active
LinkedIn presence.

4. Maintaining TIM Groups presence at conferences and live events. The

companys leadership participates in speaking engagements on a consistent
basis, showcasing thought leadership and the companys talent brand.

1/3 of TIM Groupss engineers

are sourced through contacts
made at conferences.

I make notes to
follow up with my
prospects at key
timessix months into
a candidates new role,
when the honeymoon
is over, is a great time
to reconnect. Mondays
and the month of
January are other
natural dipping points
when I like to strike.
Lewis Turner, Head of Talent
Acquisition at TIM Group

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Beyond post and pray

The art and science of successful job listings

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3 steps to success
with LinkedIn jobs
Have you ever posted a job to a job board only to get
inundated with hundreds of unqualified resumes? Youre
not alone, many small businesses struggle with the
same burden.

How do LinkedIn Jobs work?

Instead of sitting on a web page waiting to be found by
active jobseekers, Jobs on LinkedIn are distributed to
relevant potential candidates through automatic matching
algorithms and via professional communities sharing them.
Our members see personalized job listings when they visit
their home page, an employee profile, or Career Pages.

The road to job success

01

Craft an irresistible job description.

02

Post and promote to just the right candidates.

03

Use real-time feedback to measure your performance.

Over 277M LinkedIn members can see your Job.
On average each paid job gets 500+ views and 50+
applications.*
Over 50% of all applicants discover jobs through
recommendations** delivered through email and the
Jobs You May Be Interested In module on LinkedIn.
These recommendations help passive and active
talent alike find opportunities based on information in
their LinkedIn profiles.

Need more help with Jobs?

Create a Great Job Post (http://slidesha.re/1pVosN1)
More information about jobs http://lnkd.in/aboutjobs
*2012 average figures; individual results may vary
**Dan Shapero, Bringing the New Playbook of Marketing to Recruiting
(http://linkd.in/ObJ5bs), (October 11, 2012)

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Here are 4 tips for an irresistible job

description:

1. Craft an irresistible
job description
Heres your chance to stand out from bigger
competitors whose job descriptions often suffer from a
bad case of boring. Create stand-out descriptions to
make it easy for candidates to assess if they have the
skills and personality for the job. In doing so youll get
better-matched candidates and will save everyone
time. Here are 4 tips for an irresistible job description:

Sponsored Jobs can be a good way to get more eyeballs

on your hardest-to-fill roles. By sponsoring a job on
LinkedIn, you typically get 30-50% more applicants.**
Heres how it works:

01 Identify your high priority jobs to sponsor

02 Choose how much you want to pay per click
See your job appear at the top of LinkedIns

03 personalized recommendations

Increase or decrease the amount you want tospend on

04 each job at any time

01

Save the creativity for the description, NOT the

title. 50% of job applications on our site come
from passive candidates who see the job via our
matchmaking techniques.* If your title is overly
creative, our matching algorithms will have a
harder time picking it up and distributing it to the
right people.

02

Promote your talent brand. Share specifics that

make your company a great place to work. Consider
linking to a day in the life video to better convey your
culture.

03

Highlight the positions impact. Excite candidates

with specific project examples.

04

Give high-priority positions extra oomph. Sponsor

jobs for top placement with the right audience.

For more tips and job description Dos and Donts check out:
7 Tricks for an Irresistible Job Description (http://linkd.
in/1jBtCxG)

*Dan Shapero, Bringing the New Playbook of Marketing to Recruiting

(http://linkd.in/ObJ5bs), (October 11, 2012)
**Sponsored Jobs (http://linkd.in/1s3Yue9)
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Lululemon shows
how #joblove Is
done
Lululemon attracts candidates by
highlighting the positions impact: Growing
a young brand in a big market and
Sparking enthusiasm for athletics in young
girls elevates the role above day-to-day
responsibilities.

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Ubiwhere helps
candidates
visualize their
future lives
Ubiwhere, a small Portuguese company
competing for big talent, used a set of
infographics on SlideShare to stand out from
the pack.
The infographics included pictures of desks
and colleagues, as well as beautiful views
from the job location cities. Embed SlideShare
infographics on your Career Page and link to
them in job posts.

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2. Post and promote

your jobs to just the
right candidates
How to get more out of LinkedIn Jobs
When you post a job on LinkedIn, there are a few
additional steps you can take to maximize your
chances of finding the right hire:
Follow up with top matches. When you post a job,
we recommend 24 LinkedIn members who best
match your requirements. Contact them directly via
InMail to start the dialogue.
Amplify your job. Broadcast the position on your
personal LinkedIn feed, Company Page updates,
LinkedIn Groups, and other social media.
Target your outreach. Share your job post with
members who fit the role based on industry,
experience, location, etc.

Did you know?

1. 7.5% of job posters on LinkedIn are
managers, not professional recruiters.

Generate a short list. If you accept applications on

LinkedIn, use one-click filters to narrow your list.

2. 50% of job posters are at companies with

fewer than 50 employees.

Promote your talent brand. When viewing jobs

from your Career Pages, job seekers see your
rich media (such as SlideShare presentations and
videos) along with company updates.

What does this mean? You dont need to be

a pro! (Source: http://slidesha.re/1pRIk3D)

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Job Posts:
You can purchase a single post or a bundle of posts
at a discounted price. All student jobs, including
internships and entry level positions, are free.

2. Post and promote

your jobs to just the
right candidates
Job Posts vs. Job Slots:
Whats the difference?
On LinkedIn, you can purchase either Job Posts or
Job Slots. Confused? Job Slots are priced so that
companies that usually have openings can post more
flexibly and at a lower price. Job Posts cost more on a
per-post basis, but are better for companies with less
frequent hiring needs.

Job Slots:
If you regularly have open positions, annual Job Slots
make sense. In addition to lowering your cost over the
course of a year, Job Slots let you:
Manage your job posts via the LinkedIn Recruiter
platform
Change your job posting as often as you like and
keep a position open for over 30 days
Streamline posts with 3rd party job distributors and
pull jobs from your careers site automatically
Send applicants straight to your ATS and add a 3rd
party tracking URL to your post

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3. Use real-time feedback to

measure and improve job post
performance
The only way to know whether your Jobs activity is working is to measure it. Use applicant
analytics to understand:

Whos interacting with your job? You can see

exactly which types of professionals are engaging
with your jobs online. If they arent your target
audience, use this information to modify your job
listing in real time.
How and when are they interacting with your job?
LinkedIn shows you how often your job has been
viewed, applied to, searched for, and shared with
others. Each metric includes an anonymous list of
viewers with detailed data.
Whos viewed your profile once youve posted a
job? Once youve posted a job, members who view
it may visit your profile to find out more about you
or your company. This gives you a valuable list of
interested candidates to whom you can reach out
directly via InMail.

Recruiting for Small Business 39

Channel your inner marketer

Promoting your talent brand on LinkedIn

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6 steps to a stronger talent

brand on LinkedIn
By now youve polished your profiles, posted killer job decsriptions, and
built a stunning pipeline of talent. But are candidates excited? Your job
becomes easier if you can leverage your talent brand to do some of the
recruiting heavy lifting. To stand out from the brands and perks of your
bigger competitors, share your passion, your vision, and your energy.
82% of talent acquisition leaders believe employer brand has a significant
impact on ability to hire great talent,* and top talent is 56% more likely to
care about finding the right culture.
Strong brands enjoy higher response rates from candidates and yield cost
savings of up to 50% per hire, as well as up to 28% lower turnover rate.**

01 Maximize your presence, involve

your entire organization
02 Reach your employees
networks (automatically!)
03 Nurture talent by sharing
content
04 Increase awareness with free
tools
05 Brand at scale with LinkedIn
Career Page
06 Measure your brand
performance with Talent Brand
Index

*2013 Global Recruiting Trends survey (http://slidesha.re/ObKsqP)

**Eda Gultekin, Whats the Value of Your Employment Brand? (http://lnkd.in/valueofEB), (December
1, 2011).

Want a more in-depth view? Download The Employer Brand Playbook: 5 Steps to a Highly
Social Talent Brand (http://linkd.in/1hkoB7y)

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1. Maximize your presence,

involve your entire organization
Dont go it alonebe sure to tap into these two critical groups:

Your employee base. Your own employees are your most valuable
assets when it comes to promoting your brand. Coach them to make
the most of their profiles, and encourage them to add their current
position at your company. Consider brown bag lunches to discuss
profile ideasthere may be unwarranted anxiety about what to do and
not do.
Your leadership. Compared to larger companies, your employees
have better access to leadership, so show that in the hiring process.
Enlist the help of senior executives to help spread your messages and
connect with candidates.

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2. Reach your employees network

(automatically!)
People looking at the LinkedIn profiles of your employees often meet the criteria youre looking for in a candidate.
Since they already know someone, they tend to be more open to a career discussion.
Work With Us Ads allow you to reach and influence the networks of your employees, a fertile ground for perspective
candidates, by purchasing ad space on their profiles. These ads offer personalized, dynamic content that is 10x to
15x more engaging than the industry standard and they save you time by automatically turning your employees into
brand ambassadors. Moreover, there is no creative work required. Choose from these 5 styles:

Work with us
at Company X

Picture yourself
at Company X

Grow your career by

following Company X

YOUR
CREATIVE
HERE
Apply Now

View Jobs

Follow Company X

Work With Us

Picture Yourself

Follow Us

Internal Hiring

Custom Ads

Display a targeted set

of job openings every
time someone looks at
one of your employees.

Invite the viewer to picture themselves at the

companycomplete with
targeted job function, their
picture, and the option to
follow your company.

Encourage the viewer to

follow your company so
they can stay informed
via company status
updates.

Many employees
look at their coworkers
profiles. Get branded
company messages in
front of your own people
for internal hiring.

Show a branded ad with

your look and feel, that
directs people back to
your corporate career
site or LinkedIn Career
Page.
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Tips for Targeted Status Updates

3. Nurture talent by
sharing content
Reach key talent pools with Targeted
Status Updates
Company Page followers have a strong interest in career
opportunities, making targeted status updates a great,
free way for interested professionals to engage with your
talent brand.

Mix it up
Dont bombard your followers with links to job
openings. Share relevant news, stories about your
company, employee interviews from your blog, and
more. Aim for 2-3 status upates per week to start.

Have a plan
Sketch out what youll say in advance and build a
dialogue with your followers.

Stay on brand
Remember the messaging youre trying to get across
and think about how to incorporate it into your
updates.

71% of company followers on LinkedIn are interested in

career opportunities at companies they follow.*
*Sam Gager, The Truth About Followers and Connections: Key Reasons to Cultivate
Yours (http://bit.ly/1e9VGTD), (January 15, 2013).

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Grow your base with Follow buttons

4. Increase awareness
with free tools
Todays candidates expect a twoway conversation, with context and
personalization.
These free LinkedIn tools will help you
get there.
To download the Follow button and Company Insider
widget go to http://linkd.in/1hg1dbX

Embed Follow buttons in these places to expand

your audience and drive social interaction:
- Your website
- All candidate communications
- Email signatures and profiles

Show talent who they know with

Company Insider
Visitors to Disneys corporate careers site instantly
see any employees in their LinkedIn network,
providing a more welcoming path into the
organization. A friendly face may be just the thing
you need to drive applications.

Hang out with target talent in LinkedIn Groups

Join industry groups and associations on LinkedIn
and other social media. Be proactive and
thoughtful, ask questions, offer advice, and share
stories.

Embedding Follow buttons in smart places helped

Unilever grow its LinkedIn follower base from 40k to 235k
in just 10 months.*
*Leela Srinivasan, Secrets of Employer Branding Leaders: Unilever (http://linkd.
in/1hfj6a5), (August 21, 2012).

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5. Build your talent brand at scale with

LinkedIn Career Pages
Career Pages are a place where you can showcase your talent brand and engage candidates with personalized,
and relevant content. Use videos, banners, and employee spotlights to showcase your culture and what it means to
work there.

Think visually.

Think digitally.

Think video.

Use images to give a real-world glimpse into your organization.

Whatever you say, keep it brief. Attention spans are shorter online so be
punchy and to the point.

Youll be able to engage candidates more deeply if they hear real

people tell their own stories, so make video a core part of your strategy.

Think customized.

Adapt your content to viewers based on their LinkedIn profiles. You can
target your Career Pages based on a candidates job function, industry,
geography, and more.
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The anatomy of a successful Career Page

For more inspiration, visit our gallery of best-in-class Career Pages (http://slidesha.re/1k3pB7Z).

Expedia Careers
Home

Careers

36,894 followers

Products

Follow

Insights

Bold, memorable visuals

with lively colors

Arresting copy
that grabs the reader

Where will you go with Expedia?

Connect with us to start today.
PEOPLE AT EXPEDIA

Focus on employees
through videos
and quotes that
emphasize culture

View all employees

JOBS AT EXPEDIA

See more jobs at Expedia

Multiple page versions

highly targeted to
visiting talent

Custom Ads
with a branded look

WORK AT EXPEDIA

At Expedia, we have the freedom to be

ourselves and let our personalities come
outand thats what San Francisco is all
about. We are a quick moving company
where anyones idea can become the

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Show, dont tell:

Use SlideShare to show off
your company culture
Rather than just talking about company
culture, HubSpot posted their companies
culture code (part manifesto, part
employee handbook) on SlideShare.
Showing candidates what you are (and
arent) about helps them self-select and
saves you time weeding out bad culture
fits. http://slidesha.re/1pNFqPb

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6. Measure your brand

performance with
Talent Brand Index
Talent Brand Index allows you to understand how well
youre reaching and engaging professionals with your
talent brand on LinkedIn. The index is based on the
billions of interactions that take place on our platform
each year. Use it to educate your leadership and justify
investment in your talent brand.

2 ways you can use the Talent Brand Index

to measure the success of your branding
effort:
Over time
14%
13%
12%
11%
10%

Versus key peers

Because we developed a Career Page

content calendar and have a daily focus
on growing our talent brand via LinkedIn
through our Associates, our Talent Brand
index and Career Page followers are rising
daily!
Miki Furnish, Talent Acquisition Manager at Carhartt

Competitor #1

15%

Your Company

14%

Competitor #2

11%

Competitor #3

9%

For more information on how the Talent Brand Index works click here (http://
linkd.in/1gZdMh6). To learn more about your Talent Brand Index Score,
contact us (http://linkd.in/1kr6N2I).

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How a small company

won big talent with its
employer brand

02

Played up their scrappy personality: The team developed

edgy and authentic messages to reflect their uniquely
scrappy culture. Then they created fun homemade videos
that gave candidates a taste of life at the company. Rather
than trying to be everything to everyone, the goal was
to have candidates self-select for culture fit early in the
process.

The Challenges: When Ed Nathanson joined Rapid7 as Head of

Talent Acquisition, the companys hiring process was uncoordinated,
recruiters had a post and pray mentality, relying heavily on legacy
job boards for applicants, and there was no applicant tracking
system in place. However, in a white-hot industry like software
security, Ed had to meet an aggressive goal of making 100 highcaliber hires per year.

What worked for Ed and team:

01

Adopted a talent scout recruiting model: Ed first

aligned his recruiters to business lines so that they lived
and breathed the goals and preferences of their hiring
managers. He then developed a sales-like bonus system
based on the metrics most essential to a good hire:
hiring source, employee referrals, seniority level of the
requisition, and the objectives of their business line.

Ed Nathanson at Talent Connect Vegas 2013

Some people will see our video and say what the heck is that crap and not
apply. We think thats great. Because that means others will see it, LOVE it, and
apply. Well get better candidates for us.
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What worked for Ed and team:

03

Leveraged media outreach: Ed Partnered closely with

his PR colleagues and leveraged Rapid7s spunky
messaging to secure coverage in The Boston Globe,
WIRED, CNBC, and CIO.

Results
Ed far surpassed his 100-employee hiring goal,
hiring 350+ employees.
Achieved 493% LinkedIn follower growth in 2013.
Reduced time to fill from 100+ to 54 days.
Improved employee referrals from approximately
30% to 48%.
Was voted a Top Place to Work in 2013, 2012
and 2011 by the Boston Globe.

Not letting a limited recruiting budget get in their way, Rapid7 sent video
cards like this one to stand out to students at university fairs.

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Appendix

Summary Checklist
If you manage a team of talent
acquisition professionals or just
want a quick overview of this
book, here are the must-knows:

The Fundamentals
Create a dazzling profile. Be sure to craft a killer opening, use rich
media, and certifications and volunteer activities, and make your
updates interactive. Use Whos Viewed Your Profile, Whos Viewed
Your Updates, and network statistics to measure your efforts, and
encourage your employees to do so too.
Amp up your company page. Your free Company Page is your
home base on LinkedIn, so make it engaging with rich media and
videos. Grow your Followers by embedding the Follow button,
engage them with targeted status updates, and extend the
reach of your posts with Sponsored Content. Monitor your status
updates and Company Page engagement, Follower demographics
and Follower benchmarking using Company Page Analytics.

*Personal Branding Checklist (http://linkd.in/QCUIKI)

Sourcing
Get smart on talent pools. Run live searches in LinkedIn Recruiter
to uncover the size and dynamics of your addressable markets.
Consult free Talent Pool Reports to get information on the location,
background, and interests of your target candidates.
Master Boolean and other search techniques. Use AND, OR, NOT,
parentheses and quotes to define, limit, and widen your searches
in LinkedIn Recruiter. Dont forget to leverage LinkedIn Groups,
your own network, and your employees and hiring managers
networks.
Contact candidates directly with InMail. Contact anyone on
LinkedIn with InMail, and enjoy a response rate 3x that of email
on average.* Be sure to grab your candidates attention and show
youre being selective. Be brief and conversational, listen well,
focus on goals, and leverage content. Dont forget to be patient
and ask to continue the dialogue.
Manage prospects with Talent Pipeline. Use Talent Pipeline in
LinkedIn Recruiter to aggregate, track, contact, and nurture talent
leads. Search and tag to make candidates easily searchable, use
Inside Opinion to leverage employee connections, use Smart-ToDo lists to keep the conversations going, stay on track with Project
Overview, save your searches so Recruiter sources automatically,
and use Update Me to keep track of members profiles.
Measure your success. Consider tracking quality of hire, source
of hire, time to hire, and cost per hire. LinkedIn Recruiter metrics
include Profiles viewed, searches performed, InMails sent, and
InMail response rate.
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Jobs

Branding
Create a stand-out job description. Gives candidates what they
need to assess if they have the skills and personality for the job.
Use standard terms for the title, highlight the positions impact, and
sponsor your most important jobs to get top placement.

Post and promote to just the right audience. Purchase Job posts
and/or Job Slots depending on your opening frequency. Follow
up with your best matches, broadcast the post on LinkedIn and
other social media, and target your outreach to the most relevant
members. Give your highest priority roles a boost by sponsoring
them.
Use real-time feedback to measure your performance. Use
Applicant Analytics to see which types of professionals are
interacting with your jobs, how and when they are engaging with
them, and whos viewed your profile once youve posted a job.

Maximize your presence. Involve your entire organization. Partner

with your leadership team and employee base to brand your
company as a great place to work.
Reach your employees networks (automatically!). Purchase Work
with Us ads on your employees LinkedIn profilesclick-through
rates are typically 20x the industry average.** Choose from a
number of styles or use your own creative. Send targeted status
updates. Vary the content, develop a content calendar, and be
engaging while staying on-brand.
Nurture talent by sharing content. Vary the content, be engaging
and authentic.
Increase awareness with free tools. Use APIs and Groups to create
a two-way conversation with candidates with less effort.
Brand at scale with Career Pages. Think visually. Think digitally.
Think video. Think customized. Buy the ad space on your
Company Page to drive traffic.
Measure your brand performance with Talent Brand Index (TBI).
See how well youre reaching and engaging professionals with
your talent brand on LinkedIn by tracking your TBI score over time,
against competitors, across geographies, and across functions.

**Employer Brand Playbook, page 34 (http://linkd.in/1pF6kca)

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LinkedIn tools at a glance

Strategic Sourcing

Job Targeting

Talent Brand
Development
Personal Profile

Personal Profile
Free LinkedIn Tools

Basic search
Groups (http://linkd.
in/1erqnnD)

LinkedIn Talent
Solutions

Recruiter Lite
(for individuals or
organizations with low
volume hiring needs)
(http://linkd.in/1g8GYAC)
LinkedIn Recruiter (For
more frequent hiring
needs, teams, or growing)
(http://linkd.in/QD8TQ5)
Talent Pipeline (a tool in
LinkedIn Recruiter)

Student jobs and

internships (http://
linkd.in/1el5mAu)

Company Page (http://

linkd.in/1hhAMXV)
Targeted Status Updates
(http://linkd.in/1el6Z0W)
APIs (http://linkd.
in/1g7CJSb)

Job Postings (http://

linkd.in/1mY3WOT)

Career Pages (http://

linkd.in/OE94sg)

Job Slots (http://

linkd.in/1hBQTKN)

Work with Us (http://

linkd.in/1g8KdI5)

Sponsored Jobs
(http://linkd.in/1hBQTKN)

Video Ads
Sponsored Groups

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We feel your pain

10 common recruiting problems and how LinkedIn can help
Problem

LinkedIn Solution(s)

You dont have a budget to invest [more] in social

recruiting.

Use a number of free LinkedIn tools including Profiles, Company Pages (Pg 7-19, 55),
Targeted Status Updates (Pg 46), APIs (Pg 56), and Groups (Pg 25, 47, 56).

Your hiring managers sometimes make unrealistic

talent requests.

Refer to Talent Pool Reports (Pg 23, 29) and conduct high-level LinkedIn Recruiter
searches (Pg 22 - 33) to help set expectations.

You have a critical role that you need to fill FAST.

Sponsor your most pressing jobs to get to the top of the list (Pg 34 - 41).

You want to extend the reach of a key message.

Sponsor your best content (Pg 46, 50, 52 - 53) to reach non-Company
Followers.

You keep notes on candidates manually and in

several different systems.

Use Talent Pipeline (Pg 28) to aggregate, track and contact prospects.

Your LinkedIn Recruiter searches produce too many/

too few results.

Experiment with different Boolean search techniques (Pg 24) to broaden or narrow
your results.

Your InMail response rate is low.

Stick to the 9 Golden Rules of InMail (Pg 27).

You need to ramp up new graduate recruiting or

other specialty populations.

Use student-related tools such as CheckIn and University Pages (Pg 29).

Youre not sure if your LinkedIn efforts are having an

impact.

Set goals up front and measure your impact with Profile and Company Page analytics
(Pg 19) Recruiter sourcing metrics (Pg 30) Jobs performance/Applicant Analytics
(Pg 41) and Talent Brand Index (Pg 51).

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People

Companies

Larry Hernandez

Zappos
Improbable
Lion Co.
The Integer Group
Unilever
Greenpeace
Marketplace
Mashable
Air New Zealand
Intel
Lululemon
Ubiwhere
Carhartt
Disney
Zappos
BP
Expedia

Aaron Neale
Daoud Edris

LinkedIn Hall of Fame

Deborah Glynn
Angela Farrelly
Sejal Patel
Jim Cochran
Amanda Smith
Miki Furnish
Stacy Donovan Zapar
Naveen Narayanan

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Additional Resources
Getting Started

Sourcing

Jobs

Brand

Talent Pipelining Best

Practices (http://linkd.
in/1e9H7zD)

Create a Great Job

Post (http://slidesha.
re/1pVosN1)

Talent Brand Index (TBI)

(http://linkd.in/1gZdMh6)

Global Recruiting Trends

Survey (http://linkd.
in/1glW0P4)

The Diversity Hiring

Playbook (http://linkd.
in/1omD8JA)

7 Tricks to an Irresistible
Job Description (http://
linkd.in/1jxjjux)

The Employer Brand

Playbook: 5 Steps to
a Highly Social Talent
Brand (http://linkd.
in/1mIJ9yv)

Talent Trends 2014:

Whats on the Mind
of the Professional
Workforce (http://linkd.
in/1lmdf89)

Your 3-Step Recruiting

Team Makeover (http://
linkd.in/1lAwFsD)

Personal Branding
Checklist (http://bit.
ly/1h7VpGH)

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About the authors

Mckenzie Lock
Senior Marketing Manager
LinkedIn Talent Solutions
Mckenzie is a Senior
Marketing Manager at
LinkedIn. Having hired for
several small organizations,
she works to help small
businesses save time,
money, and headaches,
finding the talent they need
to thrive.

http://linkd.in/1h5YC8l

Kate Reilly
Marketing Consultant
Kate is a freelance
marketing consultant. She
creates insightful content
for the LinkedIn Talent
Solutions team and is a
regular contributor to the
Talent Blog.

http://linkd.in/1lu0mZ1

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Questions?
Contact the LinkedIn Talent Solutions
Team at [email protected]
Founded in 2003, LinkedIn connects the worlds
professionals to make them more productive and
successful. With over 300 million members worldwide,
including executives from every Fortune 500 company,
LinkedIn is the worlds largest professional network.
LinkedIn Talent Solutions offers a full range of
recruiting solutions to help organizations of all sizes
find, engage and attract the best talent. We are
committed to giving our members the best possible
hiring experience.
See more details on our solutions
talent.linkedin.com
Stay on the cutting edge with our blog
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