Recruitment and Talent Acquisition
How can optimizing your LinkedIn profile help with job search success?
Optimizing your LinkedIn profile can significantly increase your visibility to recruiters and boost your interview opportunities. As Asees explains, his optimized profile helped him receive interview calls from top companies like Amazon, Google, and Microsoft. The key optimization areas include customizing your URL, choosing a professional profile picture, writing an engaging headline with your job title and value proposition, and creating a keyword-rich about section targeting relevant industry terms. Additionally, having strategic skills with endorsements and showcasing work samples in your featured section can make your profile stand out. Most of these optimizations can be implemented within a few hours while providing lasting benefits to your job search process.
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Ashish Pratap Singh
00:00 - 05:53
What key elements are needed for effective executive search recruiting?
Effective executive search recruiting requires several critical elements. First, organizations must clearly define the role and identify the specific type of candidate they're seeking. Once this is established, a targeted recruiting plan is essential, detailing where to find qualified candidates and how to approach them appropriately. The process demands in-depth thought and consideration rather than a blind approach. Everyone involved must be on the same page regarding expectations and objectives. A strategic, targeted methodology is fundamental to executive recruiting success, ensuring that the search is conducted with precision and alignment across all stakeholders.
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4 Corner Resources
24:21 - 24:58
What are the seven essential things to research about a company before a job interview?
Before a job interview, research these seven key areas: 1) Company basics - clients, products, services, and industry competition through their website and LinkedIn profile. 2) Company values and candidate expectations through mission statements and job descriptions. 3) Information about your interviewer to establish meaningful connections. 4) Key organizational players to understand leadership and company direction. 5) Competitive landscape to gauge the company's industry position. 6) Employee insights from Glassdoor to learn about culture and salary information. 7) Recent news and events to stay current on company developments and initiatives.
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Don Georgevich
00:02 - 06:52
What do 'search appearances' on LinkedIn actually mean and are they valuable metrics?
According to LinkedIn coach Brenda Meller, search appearances have minimal value as metrics. They simply show how many times your profile appeared in search results across LinkedIn during a specific period, but don't indicate whether anyone actually viewed your profile or where in the search results you appeared (page one or page fourteen). Meller emphasizes that search appearances don't confirm if individuals clicked to visit your profile. Instead, she suggests focusing on profile views and meaningful engagement. Search appearances may come from various sources including network recommendations, comments, posts, and general search results, but don't necessarily translate to recruiter interest or valuable connections.
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Brenda Meller | Meller Marketing 🥧LinkedIn
01:27 - 03:03
What is the difference between LinkedIn profile views and search appearances, and which one is more valuable?
Profile views are more valuable than search appearances because they represent people who actually clicked to visit your profile, while search appearances only show how many times you appeared in search results without indicating if people viewed your profile. Search appearances don't reveal whether you appeared on page 1 or page 14 of results, making this metric less actionable. Importantly, LinkedIn Recruiter users are excluded from profile views data, so job seekers shouldn't be discouraged if recruiters aren't visible in their views. Rather than waiting for recruiters to reach out, Brenda recommends proactively connecting with recruiters, optimizing your profile, and staying active on the platform to enhance your job search efforts.
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How can you extract job posting data from LinkedIn without coding?
You can easily extract LinkedIn job data using WebAutomation IO's predefined extractor without writing any code. The process involves signing up for WebAutomation IO, accessing the LinkedIn jobs extractor from the marketplace, and pasting a LinkedIn job search URL. You can specify how many job listings to scrape (or leave it at zero to extract all jobs). Once you run the extractor, the system automatically collects comprehensive job information including titles, companies, locations, posting dates, applicant counts, employment types, and full descriptions. The data can then be downloaded in various formats including CSV, Excel, XML, or JSON for your analysis or business needs.
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WebAutomation
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