Job Seeker Premium Impressions
I’ve been test driving Linkedin Premium for a month. Starting at $19.95, you get these features:
- Job Seeker Badge: a fancy icon on your profile to “make you stand out from the crowd”
- 5 inmails: message any Linkedin member even if they are not in your network
- Featured listings
- Search organizer: advanced filters and the ability to save profiles to your contact book
- Openlink: enables any Linkedin member to message you without having to resort to inmail
- Extended Who’s Viewed Your Profile: unrestrictedly see who’s viewed your profile
Read on to know my experience using the advance features that Linkedin Premium enables and if the bang for your buck is worth it.
Guest post by Sam Turner - According to a recent survey, 43% of Londoners use social media when looking for a job. But what are the implications of these findings for employers?
The survey in question, along with accompanying infographic (see below) was undertaken by LondonLovesJobs.com, a website advertising jobs in London, who surveyed 500 business leaders and 500 other adults in Greater London. As well as the high proportion of people using social media to search for a job, the data also tells us that business leaders, 30% of who said they would search for a job on LinkedIn, are especially likely to use social media when searching for a job. Meanwhile men are more likely to search on social media than women, with 52% of men indicating they search for jobs this way as opposed to just 33% of women.
Guest post by Jesse Langley - Using LinkedIn is becoming a growing trend in job searching. If you look at very many LinkedIn profiles though, you’ll begin to see that a lot of folks aren’t harnessing its true potential. LinkedIn isn’t a substitute for a stellar resume. Rather it works best when it complements your resume. Think of your resume and your LinkedIn profile as two equally important team members of your job search team. You’re going to rely on them both, but they are performing specific roles which, if done correctly, will be complementary.
Gradkin, a startup from Singapore, is aiming to fill the gap between behemoths like LinkedIn and Monster, providing a more personal and community based experience by bringing together Gen-Y job seekers and employers. Here’s the interview with Grakin’s founder.
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