Effectiveness in LinkedIn on Recruitment

 

Effectiveness in LinkedIn on Recruitment 

    Figure 1: LinkedIn For Recruiters (Source: (Abbas, 2012)

What is LinkedIn?

LinkedIn is an online social network platform providing employment-oriented online services that operates via websites and mobile apps which started in the year 2003.  This social platform is primarily used for specialized professional networking and career development and allows job seekers to post their resumes and employers to post jobs, creating real-world professional relationships. LinkedIn is the largest professional networking website having 756 million members in more than 200 countries worldwide in 2021 (Agrawal, 2021).

Figure 2: For Best Recruitment Ideas (Source: (Wilkinson, 2019)

Recruitment,

Recruitment can be defined as the process of retrieving and attracting able applications for employment (Price, 2007).From traditional job boards to using virtual space job posting has come a long way. Nowadays most leading organizations and their hiring managers are willing to use low-cost, time-saving, and more effective ways of hiring people. 

Figure 3: LinkedIn Effectiveness (Source: (financesonline, 2021)

Table 1: LinkedIn, A Step Ahead,

HR Practice	Conventional way	LinkedIn Way	Effectiveness of  Using LinkedIn for Recruiters
Identify Sources	Outsourcing, Insourcing, Near sourcing	Search on LinkedIn by applying keywords	On Search results, matching profiles will appear within seconds which saves money and time.
Job Posting	Media Advertisements / Social Media Platforms	Creating Company Profile and Post	Easy to Post
Identify   Job seekers	Most of the time waiting for job seekers response	Most of the time find an accurate resume.	Little completion to hire.
Checking resume formats	Different types Of formats	Consistent format	Profiles of job seekers are easily comparable
Accuracy Of Resumes	Should check with outside sources	Most of the time find an accurate resume.	profiles of job seekers are easily comparable
Short Listing	Should check on updated resumes	Purpose-built	Very Convenient
Notify For Interviews	By Email /  Telephone/ Letter	Simply click “connect”	Speedy
Recommendation Back Ground Check	Most of the time contacting the referee is mentioned on t

Here In Sri Lanka,

In the Sri Lankan context, it is a fast-growing and more reliable source for recruiters to hire people as its users keep growing. “There were 1 343 000 Linkedin users in Sri Lanka in February 2021, which accounted for 6.3% of its entire population. People aged 25 to 34 were the largest user group (790 000)” (Napoleon, 2021).

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References

Abbas, 2012. R. [Online]  Available at: https://resources.workable.com/tutorial/recruiting-linkedin [Accessed 07 December 2021].

Agrawal, A., 2021. SIGNIFICANCE OF LINKEDIN IN JOB HUNTING. [Online] financesonline, 2021. 111 LinkedIn Statistics You Should Know in 2021: Users, Job-Seekers & Recruiters. [Online]Available at: https://financesonline.com/linkedin-statistics/ [Accessed 07 December 2021].

Napoleon, 2021. Linkedin users in Sri Lanka. [Online]Available at:https://napoleoncat.com/stats/linkedin-users-in-sri_lanka/2021/02/#:~:text=There%20were%201%20343%20000,user%20group%20(790%20000). [Accessed 8 December 2021].

Price, A., 2007. Human resource management in a business context. 3 ed. London: Thomson Learning.

profiletree, 2021. Why is Personal Branding Important? Self-Marketing for Cynics. [Online]Available at: https://profiletree.com/why-is-personal-branding-important/ [Accessed 07 December 2021].

Wilkinson, M., 2019. How to measure the efficiency of your recruitment process. [Online]Available at: https://responsewebrecruitment.co.uk/online-recruitment-blog/how-to-measure-the-efficiency-of-your-recruitment-process/ [Accessed 07 December 2021].