Hey Jobseekers! This is (another) reason to use Linkedin

Jun 8, 2009 | By Jessica Miller-Merrell | Recruiting

If you do not have a profile on Linkedin, I strongly suggest that you create one now. Why? Did you know that when someone does a search on your name on Yahoo, your Linkedin profile appears in the search results? Check out what happens when I do a (vanity) search on my name.

Hey Jobseekers! This is (another) reason to use Linkedin

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(By the way, you also want to create a Google profile as well.) The advantages to this (I would hope) are obvious:

It makes it easier for Recruiters, Hiring Manager, et cetera to find your professional information when they are doing a background search. (No matter what anyone says, everybody does a poor man’s background check during the hiring process.)
Once you are found on LinkedIn, its that much easier to see comments from your peers and superiors about your work history.

Hope you find this tip useful!

Jim

Posted in Recruiting

Jessica Miller-Merrell

Jessica Miller-Merrell (@jmillermerrell) is a workplace change agent, author and consultant focused on human resources and talent acquisition living in Austin, TX. Recognized by Forbes as a top 50 social media influencer and is a global speaker. She’s the founder of Workology, a workplace HR resource and host of the Workology Podcast.

Comments

martijn betgem says

June 8, 2009 at 3:47 pm

Beautiful feature, a pity we don’t use Yahoo in The Netherlands.
Jeff Goldman says

June 8, 2009 at 10:07 pm

Martjin, this approach also works works with Google. In fact, Google will typically put a LinkedIn profile on the top of the list when searching a name.

Jeff