LinkedIn Career Explorer combines social media and recruiting
Career Explorer on LinkedIn is a valuable new tool that matches up college graduates who are looking for full-time jobs or internships and the companies who want to hire them.
With over 70 million users, LinkedIn is a good place to start, whether you looking to hire or to get hired. Here are a few tips about using LinkedIn and Career Explorer, first for employers and then graduates.
Promote your company
Do you have an online publishing job you’d like to fill? Make a good first impression. Keep in mind, job seekers research potential employers more now than ever before. Do you have a company profile on LinkedIn? Is it up to date? Does the company summary accurately represent what you do? Have you listed all of your current job openings?
As a potential employer, you can now sponsor “featured jobs” to get top billing on the Career Explorer job listings. For example, PricewaterhouseCoopers is paying millions to promote careers at its company.
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If you are interested in a career in the online publishing industry, try Career Explorer. This tool is simple yet effective in finding the job you really want. According to their blog, it is currently available at 60 universities, with expansion to all LinkedIn users coming soon.
All you need to do is login to your LinkedIn account, enter the name of your school, your major and select which industry you’d like to work in. If you’re still undecided, you do have the option to save several different career paths.
LinkedIn Career Explorer
Career Explorer offers recommended career paths based on your work interests and the real paths of professionals with similar profiles. Learn relevant facts, statistics and industry trends about potential professions, jobs, and targeted companies. You can then “follow” top companies that employ people with the career path your exploring and receive updates about them in your news feed. These updates also include job postings at the company.
Career Explorer shows you relevant job openings and who to contact in your network to find more information about those open positions. Discover who in your network can help you advance in each of your recommended career path choices. You may already have one foot in the door.
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For more information about Career Explorer.
