Comments on: linkedin launches new search technology http://www.cheezhead.com/2009/06/16/ved-linkedin-launches-new-search-technology/ 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: Rajeev http://www.cheezhead.com/2009/06/16/ved-linkedin-launches-new-search-technology/comment-page-1/#comment-118281 Rajeev Tue, 16 Jun 2009 16:01:30 +0000 http://www.cheezhead.com/?p=6594#comment-118281 LinkedIn is putting up a good marketing spin to their job board service. In reality they don't work as they project.. LinkedIn in contrast to resource sources such as Monster, Dice, CareerBuilder, etc is not a resume source. It is just a starting point in your quest for getting in touch with a potential candidate. Based on my experience the odds of making the placement for a hard-to-fill job using LinkedIn is 1 in 100. Traditional jobboards can deliver 1 in 50. The cost (time and $s) for presenting a candidate from LinkedIn is 5-10 times higher than that of jobboards. WizTalent (recruiting software from WizioTec) brings down the cost of sourcing from LinkedIn comparable to traditional jobboards. LinkedIn is putting up a good marketing spin to their job board service. In reality they don’t work as they project..

LinkedIn in contrast to resource sources such as Monster, Dice, CareerBuilder, etc is not a resume source. It is just a starting point in your quest for getting in touch with a potential candidate. Based on my experience the odds of making the placement for a hard-to-fill job using LinkedIn is 1 in 100. Traditional jobboards can deliver 1 in 50.

The cost (time and $s) for presenting a candidate from LinkedIn is 5-10 times higher than that of jobboards.

WizTalent (recruiting software from WizioTec) brings down the cost of sourcing from LinkedIn comparable to traditional jobboards.

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