How can recruiters tap into the world wide web with over 3.2 billion active people on it to find the right person for a job?
According to a survey, 73% of respondents in the age range of 18-34 found their job through social media. And the most popular platform to find your next rockstar talent is LinkedIn.
On how to attract and search for the best candidates, there are a couple of things that recruiters must do in order to get them to apply to your company!
LinkedIn is the leading platform for connecting with fellow industry professionals and searching for work. As a recruiter, whether you’re using your personal profile or the company profile to post hiring jobs, it starts with creating the best LinkedIn profile.
Creating the LinkedIn Recruiter Profile
As a recruiter, you’ll have to be able to create a LinkedIn Recruiter account that will be able to tap into all the great features that will help in reaching out to the best candidates for the role.
Make sure that you fill out all the important details in your profile so that you can gain credibility and can be easily found and contactable by applicants.
Update the company profile as well to showcase what the business is actively doing. This paints a picture for applicants to imagine what type of work and culture the company has and can make it more desirable than the rest of the competition.
What’s a LinkedIn Recruiter profile?
This is a great way to look through applicants, contact and engage with them, as well as screen them for their skills according to their profiles! In order to get a LinkedIn Recruiter profile, you’ll have to apply through the LinkedIn website and there is a free option to post a job and for a bigger job that would require you to hire several jobs, it will need you to pay. This is for large-scale hiring!
Show that you’re hiring!
Make it known that you’re looking to fill a role or two in your company!
Here is a sample of a hiring post that our page posted. We also highly encourage our current team to share it on their own LinkedIn profiles so that it can reach their professional networks who might be interested in applying.
Go the extra mile to really hit the right keywords and fill out every detail in your job posting so that the LinkedIn algorithm and applicants will easily find you.
How to Find the Right Talent?
Just like applicants want to get noticed, as a recruiter you also want to show up as the best option! Especially if you’re dealing with a competitive industry.
You’ve got your updated profile, the company profile is awesome, you’ve posted that you’re hiring, and you’re making use of LinkedIn Recruiter–what else can you do for your job posting to find the right applicants?
Once the applicants roll in, you’ll be able to filter through applications that match with what is required for the role. You can go beyond just a simple resume application, you can target people who look like a good fit, and even though they might not be actively applying or might be working for a competitor, you can start a conversation with them to see if they would like to talk about the opportunity!
Focus and engage!
The usual interview process continues as you rifle through applicants and sometimes it takes a bit more time, so don’t forget to stay focused and engage with each one. Each applicant took the time in and everyone has the potential to be your next talent whether that is now or in a different job role in the future!
Key takeaway:
Being an applicant is hard but being a recruiter is pretty competitive too. Don’t forget to keep your LinkedIn profiles clean and updated, use LinkedIn Recruiter to the fullest, give it a try to send a reach-out message, and stay engaged!