Comments on: collegerecruiter.com integrates with linkedin http://www.cheezhead.com/2008/08/06/vedcollegerecruiter-integrates-with-linkedin/ Insight and opinion from the world of employment. Fri, 13 Nov 2009 04:01:22 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Sean Rehder http://www.cheezhead.com/2008/08/06/vedcollegerecruiter-integrates-with-linkedin/comment-page-1/#comment-114754 Sean Rehder Sun, 31 Aug 2008 05:12:15 +0000 http://www.cheezhead.com/?p=1580#comment-114754 Sort of the flip to this...from the recruiter's perspective...I just completed working with a vendor that built a plug-in app for Salesforce.com for recruiting that tells you what social networking web sites your lead or contact belong to. So, if I just parsed your resume into my salesforce.com or imported your contact info from Jigsaw or ZoomInfo I now know what social networks you belong to... and your profiles there are only a mouse click away...I now have the option to connect with you on one of those sites vs. sending you basic introduction email or a cold call. You could even automate the invite. I'll be demoing this at Onrec in Chicago during my presentation in a week or so. Below is a link to a screen shot of what this looks like for Mr. Social Network, Shally. http://www.dailycareer.tv/images/shally_network.jpg Sort of the flip to this…from the recruiter’s perspective…I just completed working with a vendor that built a plug-in app for Salesforce.com for recruiting that tells you what social networking web sites your lead or contact belong to.

So, if I just parsed your resume into my salesforce.com or imported your contact info from Jigsaw or ZoomInfo I now know what social networks you belong to… and your profiles there are only a mouse click away…I now have the option to connect with you on one of those sites vs. sending you basic introduction email or a cold call. You could even automate the invite.

I’ll be demoing this at Onrec in Chicago during my presentation in a week or so. Below is a link to a screen shot of what this looks like for Mr. Social Network, Shally.

http://www.dailycareer.tv/images/shally_network.jpg

]]> By: Lori http://www.cheezhead.com/2008/08/06/vedcollegerecruiter-integrates-with-linkedin/comment-page-1/#comment-114582 Lori Fri, 08 Aug 2008 16:10:07 +0000 http://www.cheezhead.com/?p=1580#comment-114582 I work as a recruiter for a Boston based staffing agency, Hollister Staffing (www.hollistersatff.com) and just wanted to say what a great partnership this is. We use LinkedIn quite a bit as a recruiting tool, and have found it to be very effective. It is great that you are giving college students an opportunity to use this resource! Lori I work as a recruiter for a Boston based staffing agency, Hollister Staffing (www.hollistersatff.com) and just wanted to say what a great partnership this is. We use LinkedIn quite a bit as a recruiting tool, and have found it to be very effective. It is great that you are giving college students an opportunity to use this resource!

Lori

]]> By: Susan Burns http://www.cheezhead.com/2008/08/06/vedcollegerecruiter-integrates-with-linkedin/comment-page-1/#comment-114572 Susan Burns Thu, 07 Aug 2008 20:23:41 +0000 http://www.cheezhead.com/?p=1580#comment-114572 Willy - just took a quick test drive on what you implemented on ODOJ. Congrats - well done and very impressive that you moved so quickly to implement. Students will benefit from seeing the connections and learning about who makes up the companies their interested in. Willy – just took a quick test drive on what you implemented on ODOJ. Congrats – well done and very impressive that you moved so quickly to implement. Students will benefit from seeing the connections and learning about who makes up the companies their interested in.

]]> By: Willy http://www.cheezhead.com/2008/08/06/vedcollegerecruiter-integrates-with-linkedin/comment-page-1/#comment-114571 Willy Thu, 07 Aug 2008 18:58:37 +0000 http://www.cheezhead.com/?p=1580#comment-114571 Vanessa, I just hacked together a LinkedIn and Facebook feature for One Day, One Job. I couldn't find a way to access the LinkedIn API, and I don't think Facebook offers this type of functionality. It took about 2 minutes to write the code, and 10 minutes to write the blog post announcing it. The solution isn't perfect, but it's still pretty cool. You can find our announcement here: http://www.onedayonejob.com/blog/do-i-know-anyone-at-company-name/ How about a shoutout from Cheezhead for being the first (that I know of) to allow you to check whom you know at company via Facebook? Vanessa, I just hacked together a LinkedIn and Facebook feature for One Day, One Job. I couldn’t find a way to access the LinkedIn API, and I don’t think Facebook offers this type of functionality. It took about 2 minutes to write the code, and 10 minutes to write the blog post announcing it. The solution isn’t perfect, but it’s still pretty cool.

You can find our announcement here: http://www.onedayonejob.com/blog/do-i-know-anyone-at-company-name/

How about a shoutout from Cheezhead for being the first (that I know of) to allow you to check whom you know at company via Facebook?

]]> By: Vanessa Dennis http://www.cheezhead.com/2008/08/06/vedcollegerecruiter-integrates-with-linkedin/comment-page-1/#comment-114567 Vanessa Dennis Thu, 07 Aug 2008 13:49:38 +0000 http://www.cheezhead.com/?p=1580#comment-114567 I think college students would find even more relevance with a collaboration with Facebook. It's free, and they would be most likely to find recent alumni or familiar faces when applying for jobs on CollegeRecruiter. I know CR has a Facebook page, so a partnership wouldn't be out of left field. I think college students would find even more relevance with a collaboration with Facebook. It’s free, and they would be most likely to find recent alumni or familiar faces when applying for jobs on CollegeRecruiter. I know CR has a Facebook page, so a partnership wouldn’t be out of left field.

]]> By: Susan Burns http://www.cheezhead.com/2008/08/06/vedcollegerecruiter-integrates-with-linkedin/comment-page-1/#comment-114562 Susan Burns Thu, 07 Aug 2008 05:25:23 +0000 http://www.cheezhead.com/?p=1580#comment-114562 LI's company beta made the site even more valuable for students and LI may say that direct access can be purchased - but that isn't appropriate for a student for many reasons. As for ODOJ - go for it! LI’s company beta made the site even more valuable for students and LI may say that direct access can be purchased – but that isn’t appropriate for a student for many reasons.

As for ODOJ – go for it!

]]> By: Willy http://www.cheezhead.com/2008/08/06/vedcollegerecruiter-integrates-with-linkedin/comment-page-1/#comment-114561 Willy Thu, 07 Aug 2008 05:08:36 +0000 http://www.cheezhead.com/?p=1580#comment-114561 Susan, I think that you raise some great questions. I think that this is an awesome feature, and it's something that I'd like to integrate on One Day, One Job, but you're right. Not many college students have the network to make this work. The "rules" of LinkedIn do prevent people from contacting others whom they don't know. Even if you're not supposed to contact the people, I think that there's still value. Looking at the profiles of someone who has succeeded at a company that you want to work for, can give you a lot of insight as to what career path you should take. That's perfect for college students! I commend Steven on adding this to CollegeRecruiter, and I would love to see LinkedIn open this feature up to wider adoption across many sites (finding any info on their API is nearly impossible). Susan, I think that you raise some great questions. I think that this is an awesome feature, and it’s something that I’d like to integrate on One Day, One Job, but you’re right. Not many college students have the network to make this work. The “rules” of LinkedIn do prevent people from contacting others whom they don’t know. Even if you’re not supposed to contact the people, I think that there’s still value. Looking at the profiles of someone who has succeeded at a company that you want to work for, can give you a lot of insight as to what career path you should take. That’s perfect for college students!

I commend Steven on adding this to CollegeRecruiter, and I would love to see LinkedIn open this feature up to wider adoption across many sites (finding any info on their API is nearly impossible).

]]> By: Susan Burns http://www.cheezhead.com/2008/08/06/vedcollegerecruiter-integrates-with-linkedin/comment-page-1/#comment-114559 Susan Burns Wed, 06 Aug 2008 20:56:12 +0000 http://www.cheezhead.com/?p=1580#comment-114559 Congrats to Collegerecruiter.com on the partnership with LinkedIn. This is very smart for students and companies. The question I have is around facilitating connections - Given that most students are not going to have a developed biz network how will they be able to connect with people they find on LinkedIn given the "rules" of LinkedIn. It would be cool if LinkedIn had a feature that allowed Users to optin to hearing from students and that as long as there was a collegerecruiter.com "tag" they could connect directly. Maybe I'm missing something in how this will work and would like to hear more. Thoughts? Congrats to Collegerecruiter.com on the partnership with LinkedIn. This is very smart for students and companies. The question I have is around facilitating connections – Given that most students are not going to have a developed biz network how will they be able to connect with people they find on LinkedIn given the “rules” of LinkedIn. It would be cool if LinkedIn had a feature that allowed Users to optin to hearing from students and that as long as there was a collegerecruiter.com “tag” they could connect directly. Maybe I’m missing something in how this will work and would like to hear more. Thoughts?

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