LinkedIn’s database includes over 950 million professionals, and smart companies are capitalizing on this massive database. However, LinkedIn is not very user-friendly when it comes to searching for great new employees.
LinkedIn’s simple solution is to purchase their Recruiter product—but Recruiter licenses come at an annual cost of $6,000 to $8,000 per user.
Well, as a past CFO myself, I never really thought much of one-size-fits-all solutions—especially those with hefty price tags.
So, as your trusted LinkedIn advisor, I have some simple ideas to help you use LinkedIn to recruit great employees for your organization, and you don’t need a premium LinkedIn account to take advantage of them.
To learn all my secrets for capitalizing on LinkedIn’s recruiting potential, join me on Monday, March 13, from noon-1:30PM CT, for my 90-minute webinar Using LinkedIn to Recruit Top Talent Without a Premium Account.
If you can’t attend live, no worries, because you’ll receive a link to view the recording at your leisure. Seating is limited, so grab your seat now at https://linkedinrecruitingmarch2023.eventbrite.com.
Here is a sneak peek at two of the secrets I’ll be sharing.
Advanced People Search. Use these criteria when building your Advanced People Search:
Title. Be sure to try some different words for the same job separated by the OR operator. For example, purchasing OR sourcing OR buyer.
Current and Past Company. Put your competitor’s name(s) here. You can choose current or past, based on your desire to hire someone who is still there, has left their employ, or either. This is really helpful. It’s how I found the last employee I hired.
Connections of. Drop the name of one of your connections in this filter box, and then use any of the other available filters to get a great list of potential candidates that he or she knows.
From the search results, send customized LinkedIn connection requests to people you aren’t connected to whom you might be interested in hiring, and explain your interest in speaking to them about your job opening.
Direct message candidates in your first-degree network. Using criterion similar to those listed above, perform an Advanced People Search of your network. Then send direct messages to the best candidates from the search results, and give them the details of your current job opening.
On Monday, March 13, I’ll cover these strategies in depth and many more—including a simple way to start receiving regular notices from LinkedIn that include prequalified candidates for your job openings.
Be one of the smart companies that uses LinkedIn to recruit and hire top talent—without a premium account.
Get more info about the webinar and register here: https://linkedinrecruitingmarch2023.eventbrite.com