The webcast summarized new enhancements to LinkedIn Recruiter, including a faster profile page for researching talent, an improved search experience, and re-designed projects for better managing talent. The profile page and search features were rolling out over the next few weeks, while project enhancements would be available in July. Tips were also provided on improving InMail response rates, such as personalizing messages and targeting candidates who follow the company.
3. Webcast Format
Introductions
New LinkedIn Product Enhancements
– New profile page: Faster, simpler way to research talent
– New search experience: Finding the best talent, faster
– Re-designed projects: Streamlined way to manage talent
Tips on Improving your InMail Response Rates
Q&A
5. Say hi to the new profile
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Faster, simpler way to research talent
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Profile page enhancements: Roll out plan
You should have new profile page to hit your
desktop in the next few weeks
Check out the product updates page
LNKD.IN/productupdates
7. The new search experience:
Finding the best talent, faster
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8. Search: faster, personalized, more intuitive
1. Personalized search remembers your favorite filters
2. See real-time results before you run your search
3. Fine-tune your search with refinement filters
4. Take action from the search results page
9. Begin by typing your keywords into the search bar
“Web Developer”
10. The advanced search page drops down and displays
your most used search filters
“Web Developer”
18. Voice of the Customers: What we heard from you
“The ability to post multiple status updates at
once on project candidate listing so that they
are all seen.”
Pipelining Feature Integration
“ability to remove from projects and save to
clipboard more effectively”
“I also wished there was a way that the tool
would tell me who hasn't gotten back to me
when glancing down my profiles in projects.”
Need Visibility on Profiles in Projects
“Better search facility and better email from a
project facility”
Fit with my workflow
“more user friendly projects”
Project Management
“(need for) Better project
administration”
“I think the Projects could be more
advanced and efficient.”
Ability to move profiles easily
Lack of “User Friendliness”
Need for more intuitiveness
“Once the candidates are put in the
project and inmail is sent, and once
we recieve some response, the
project doesnt automatically update to
people who responded to the inmail.”
Better Integration with InMail
19. Projects: Powering your hiring workflow
1. Centralize all relevant candidates into the project
2. Organize candidates automatically by detecting activity
3. Collaborate with recruiting peers and hiring managers
4. Stay updated through smart notifications and email digests
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Projects enhancements: Roll out plan
Expect new experience to be available in July
Check out the product updates page
LNKD.IN/productupdates
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Tips to get higher InMail Response Rates
1. Don’t ask for a resume in your first message.
1. InMails sent on Saturdays are 16% less likely to get a response
1. (Unless you have a stellar Talent Brand) Don’t pitch a position
that’s at a lower level than the candidate’s current position.
2. Referencing a group or a company in common increases
chances of getting a response by over 20%
1. Target candidates who follow your company; Members who
follow your company are 81% more likely to respond
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2 things you can start doing NOW
Download InMail Tips
Personalization: The Key
to Writing Effective InMail
Check out the product updates page
LNKD.IN/productupdates