LinkedIn updates a number of its recruitment tools
11 April 2014
At a launch last night [Thursday, 10 April], LinkedIn announced a number of updates to its recruitment tools, including the launch of a new Androd App.
Fri, 11 April 2014At a launch last night [Thursday, 10 April], LinkedIn announced a number of updates to its recruitment tools, including the launch of a new Android App.
The changes announced at the launch are:
David Cohen, senior director, LinkedIn Talent Solutions Northern Europe, says: “Today’s announcements mark the latest stage of LinkedIn’s continuing work to create tools that make our members and customers more productive and successful. As technology natives enter the workplace, m-recruitment [mobile recruitment] is increasingly vital as part of a company’s talent acquisition strategy. Through the enhancements and additions that we have made to our Recruiter Mobile app, recruiters will be able to easily engage potential candidates on-the-go.
"We are also really excited to announce the launch of Internal Job Recommendations. Career advancement is the number one reason people leave their jobs; with this product we want to help companies retain and develop great existing talent by streamlining their internal hiring processes. The recommendations make it easier for employees to see potential career opportunities at their existing company, going some way to help reduce the loss of great talent," he added.
The changes announced at the launch are:
- internal job recommendations – a new tool that allows users to build awareness for internal job opportunities by placing jobs in front of relevant employees as they begin to network or look externally
- a new profile page to make it easier to use member information and to help recruiters find candidates for the jobs that are available. This includes a new recruiter toolbar, and a new algorithm, which analyses the profile being reviewed and recommends very similar member profiles by comparing facets like skills and expertise, education and even career trajectory
- an enhanced iPhone App and new native Android App. The new native Android App includes the core features of the enhanced iPhone app, allowing users to conduct searches and to filter results by location and team activity, send and receive InMails, add notes, share member profiles with hiring managers and manage member profiles in projects. iPhone app users can also now view attachments in InMails.
David Cohen, senior director, LinkedIn Talent Solutions Northern Europe, says: “Today’s announcements mark the latest stage of LinkedIn’s continuing work to create tools that make our members and customers more productive and successful. As technology natives enter the workplace, m-recruitment [mobile recruitment] is increasingly vital as part of a company’s talent acquisition strategy. Through the enhancements and additions that we have made to our Recruiter Mobile app, recruiters will be able to easily engage potential candidates on-the-go.
"We are also really excited to announce the launch of Internal Job Recommendations. Career advancement is the number one reason people leave their jobs; with this product we want to help companies retain and develop great existing talent by streamlining their internal hiring processes. The recommendations make it easier for employees to see potential career opportunities at their existing company, going some way to help reduce the loss of great talent," he added.
