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Former engineering manager here. LinkedIn is useful to get “sourced” for jobs. Sourcing refers to recruiters proactively searching for qualified candidates for
by gregdoesit 5y ago
Former engineering manager here. LinkedIn is useful to get “sourced” for jobs. Sourcing refers to recruiters proactively searching for qualified candidates for a given job.
The first place recruiters go to source for positions - especially for those that are harder to fill - is LinkedIn.
So no: you absolutely don’t need to have LinkedIn to get hired if you apply directly. LinkedIn makes it easier for companies to find and contact you.
Anecdotally, my last three jobs in my career have come from LinkedIn outreaches (Skype, Skyscanner, Uber). These were opportunities I would have not come across, as I was not actively looking, but they found me at the right moment. Before I always applied directly.
- illwrks 5y ago100% agree. There are a lot of business comms and networkers on linked as well as your standard social network content, in but the greatest value is what it provides to recruiters. Recruiters use linked in as a 'direct sourcing' (head hunting) tool. LinkedIn provides a recruiter with a whole recruitment toolset to make their jobs very easy.
- zffr 5y agoThe flip side of this is that LinkedIn can sometimes bring you lots of unwanted messages from recruiters offering worse jobs that also pay less than what you currently make
- josteink 5y agoSure. But you’re not obliged to respond or take on the offer.
- summertime42 5y agoThank you for putting a verb to that! I didn't know the correct term, but I got a sense that recruiters are always 'looking' for people.
- ineptech 5y agoDitto. I work for a big company with several FT recruiters, and AFAICT the only thing they do to look for new candidates is spam people on linkedin.