FEBRUARY 25, 2016
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he current economy has businesses looking for ways to do more with less, and that applies to hiring too. Social media is everyone’s friend in this climate. It’s inexpensive for employers to use and free to the job seeker.
accredited skill sets is equally helpful to the time-starved Human Resources Manager. “It really does a lot of the work for them and brings it into a concise, clear profile of what that candidate has to offer,” says Robert Hansen, Assistant Network Administrator and LinkedIn expert at WorkLink Employment Society.
Among professional networking tools, LinkedIn is king. As of December 2015, LinkedIn claims a total of over 400 million members. With the use of a few choice search terms, a recruiter can zero in on the candidates who fit their criteria most precisely. Having instantaneous access to those individuals’ work histories, recommendations, and
On the flip side, the service makes it easy for the job seeker to create a high quality profile; see Page 9 for 5 Practices to Get Started on LinkedIn. But even the world’s most commanding profile will not get you hired without benefit of connections. Often it’s not what you know, but who you know. (Continued on page 4)
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