I would strongly recommend using Linked-in Premium. It's not cheap but it does help.
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Originally posted by Fraidycat View Post
IT has been in slump for 20 months now, started middle of 2022. What industry is that linked in thread about, have they only started to really feel it now?
Thats to be expected from the 18 month delay from interest rates hikes to really hit the economy, but the IT contract market saw the effect after just 6 months.
Although 18 months ago interest rates were only 3%, so thats what the wider economy is feeling at the moment, just 3% interest rates, it might still require another six to nine months before the economy feels the full effect of 5% interest rates.Originally posted by Bluenose View PostI would strongly recommend using Linked-in Premium. It's not cheap but it does help.
ive got linkedin sales nav £80p/m + linkedin automation on the go. that gives me access to the full 1 billion LI database of people.
been running a campaign last 3 weeks to 1000 - 'heads of xxx'
only circa 3 so far said they had an open role. 1 x blockchain something. must have blockchain experience which i dont have
interesting to go this route to bypass the recruiters - i mean thats the way they operate - theyre going direct to employers
lots of 'we've just hired in the last couple of months' - 10+ of these responses - doubting its a legit response now- especially as ive never seen the roles advertised on these companies saying this.
also interesting roles i was rejected for ages ago - couple saying those roles are still live - probably ghost jobs
the rest is all 'not hiring' - a very insightful experiment thats for sure - also paints an uber bleak picture and explains why youre probably getting nowhere with job appsComment
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Originally posted by tsmith View Post
how do you use premium? whats the benefit?
Also, make sure your linked-in tags are maxxed out, it used to be 30 tags, I have not checked to see the current limit.
The 'verify' feature seems to be used by quite a few people I have in my connections list, if you are on the bench you might as well enable that as well.
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Originally posted by Bluenose View PostI would strongly recommend using Linked-in Premium. It's not cheap but it does help.'CUK forum personality of 2011 - Winner - Yes really!!!!Comment
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Originally posted by SchumiStars View PostI suspect it will be another 6/9mths before it will improve.'CUK forum personality of 2011 - Winner - Yes really!!!!Comment
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Originally posted by krytonsheep View Post
Whenever I go on LinkedIn I need a sick bucket after scrolling through the posts. Hard to tell if people are trying to sell their own 'Personal Brand' our writing their own obituary.
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Originally posted by hungry_hog View Post
I am delighted to tell you that I am starting a new post as CEO of ACME corp after my double Fist at Cambridge where I was also captain of the Boat Club and slept with all the fresher girls. I will always be humble.Comment
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Originally posted by tsmith View Post
how do you use premium? whats the benefit?
ive got linkedin sales nav £80p/m + linkedin automation on the go. that gives me access to the full 1 billion LI database of people.
been running a campaign last 3 weeks to 1000 - 'heads of xxx'
only circa 3 so far said they had an open role. 1 x blockchain something. must have blockchain experience which i dont have
interesting to go this route to bypass the recruiters - i mean thats the way they operate - theyre going direct to employers
lots of 'we've just hired in the last couple of months' - 10+ of these responses - doubting its a legit response now- especially as ive never seen the roles advertised on these companies saying this.
also interesting roles i was rejected for ages ago - couple saying those roles are still live - probably ghost jobs
the rest is all 'not hiring' - a very insightful experiment thats for sure - also paints an uber bleak picture and explains why youre probably getting nowhere with job appsComment
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In the old days there were plenty of fake jobs on JobServe or ones that were resubmitted.
I'm getting some success in terms of interviews via linked in and a lesser extent Jobserve, combination of the market in my area picking up slightly and totally rejigging my CV which I'd used successfully for many years but wasn't working in the current super competitive market. Removed a lot of older jobs not related to my current skill set, wrote a lot boosterish linked-in style blurb about my jobs and skills without actually lying and reformatted into a more modern style and I'm getting 50% strike rate in terms of applications to interviews. It was more like 10-20% with my old CV.Comment
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