How to Find the Best Talent Using LinkedIn
How to Find the Best Talent Using LinkedIn
Introduction
If you’re searching for a new employee, LinkedIn might be a good place to start. The social media platform has over 610 million members and its search engine is made for finding talent for your company. In this article, we’ll cover the most effective methods of sifting through the platform’s vast library of resumes, portfolios, and profiles to find your next hire in no time.
Make sure your profile is up to snuff.
One way to start finding talent is to look at the profiles of your current employees. If you have a great employee, they might be able to give you advice on where to find more like them.
However, LinkedIn can also help you understand what it takes for someone to be a good fit for your company. This can include their skills and experience, but also their personality traits and interests outside of work that could make them more likely to enjoy your culture or appreciate the things about your job that others might not necessarily see as appealing.
Use the advanced search.
To use the advanced search, click “Advanced link” in the upper right-hand corner of your LinkedIn home page. From there, you can search by:
- Skills and education
- Company, title, location and skills
- Company, title, skills/education/location (and industry)
Check out the “What’s New” feed.
The “What’s New” section of the LinkedIn homepage is a great place to find new job opportunities, but it can also offer insight into other areas of interest. You can use it to find connections that are relevant to your industry or career path and events in which you might be interested.
Look for alumni.
LinkedIn offers a great way to find good talent. You can use the alumnus search, school search, alumni search and advanced search as well as the news feed and where you’ve been.
Use Google search operators.
Google search operators are a simple way to target specific results on the web. They’re also known as Boolean operators and can be used to narrow down your searches by adding additional filters to them. If you want to find people who have LinkedIn profiles with certain keywords in it, use these operators:
- inurl:linkedin profile
- intitle:linkedin profile
- intext:linkedin profile
Use the “where you’ve been” feature to find new places.
Use the “where you’ve been” feature to see where your connections have worked. If you have a job opening, this is a great way of finding candidates who fit your organization’s culture and values. This feature also lets you see where your connections are currently working, so if someone doesn’t have the experience or skillset that you’re looking for in your role, it might be worth reaching out anyway—they may know someone who does!
You can also use the “who’s viewed my profile” feature to identify potential new hires based on their past work history. This is another way LinkedIn can help connect people with like-minded professionals at companies they’ve never considered before—and it could mean finding an employee with an unexpected connection to one of these places.
Conclusion
There are many ways to navigate the platform, but we’ve outlined what we see as the best options. With these steps, you can be sure that you’re finding quality candidates who fit your needs and culture!
