Linked In social media has turned into the biggest aspect of business networking in today's business society. Since Linked In has been a booming form of social media, they have found that they need to hire more employees in their engineering, marketing, and sales departments. It has been mentioned that Linked In will be hiring 1,000 new employees this year. This hiring streak is biggest in the company's history. Some may be asking, "how are they going to attract candidates for all of the positions that need to be filled?" Detailed below are a few ways Linked In plans to fill these positions with excellent candidates.
1. Offering Stock Options: Linked In is offering stock options for employees since they have recently gone public on Wall Street. Therefore, Linked In has recognized that candidates for these positions are attracted because of the extensive stock options the company offers.
2. Meeting the Boss: Linked In does not have the CEO meet or interview the new candidate. Instead the interviewer shows the candidate that the CEO's door is always open. Therefore, the business social media giant feels that this gives the candidate confidence to know that CEO is open for conversation if the candidate were to receive the job at Linked In Company.
3. Start-Up Mentality. In these positions Linked In wants to attract individuals with an entrepreneurial mindset. Linked In feels that this frame of mind will enable the employee to formulate new and innovative ideas on how Linked In can get better as a business. Linked In mentions that working at the company is not a "9 to 5, 40 hours per week" job. They expect their employees to work the same amount of hours as they would if the employee were starting their own company.
All in all, Linked In plans to attract new employees using the previously listed methods. I think these methods can work for the business networking leader. Linked In is a great asset to individuals and to corporations. Linked In has proven successful through continuous growth. Everyone should have a Linked In account because of its proficiency with business networking through social media
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