In the midst of ongoing career fairs and information sessions both budding professionals and employers alike are asking the same question, How to use LinkedIn’s University Pages for Recruiting?
In view of this; LinkedIn’s University Pages was launched, in order to assist alumni to get employed and in turn help recruiters in their search for the best possible match for the job. Hence, here are 5 tips to help alumni’s get recruited by potential employers.
Form and Maintain Relationships
With LinkedIn’s new addition, potential employers can now get the latest updates from schools so that you stay informed about the news and activities that matter to them. You should start searching for and following them for reasons already mentioned.
Interact with Institutes
The university pages lets you interact with these institutes via their community pages. Here you can share an article, post polls that cater to the student’s perspective, gives you access to mentors, an opportunity to grow and lots more. But remember to either like, comment on or ask a question on the University page wall before leaving. As this helps you to get noticed and even maintain connections.
Connect with Similar Schools
Well if you’ve been looking for similar schools then, that too is taken care off by the University Pages. Here apart from viewing the institute’s page you can even search for schools that are similar, with the Similar School’s module on the right rail. The section highlights students from other institutes that share the same career interest as the one you visited. This boost’s the number of candidates seeking similar job thus you have more individuals to choose from.
Discover top Talent
Another advantage of joining an institute’s group is that you have easy access to information about the institute’s top applicant based on the pass out batches. In addition to this, you even have access to top candidates anywhere in the world. By simply clicking on, Explore careers of Alumni, and then use the, LinkedIn Alumni Tool. Then you can select graduation dates that range from 2010, to 2013 for instance. Once here you can than sift through their education details to see if they match your requirements.
Use LinkedIn Recruiter
If you have a LinkedIn recruiter account then ensure that you use LinkedIn’s new, CheckIng feature at campus events, so that you can connect with the right individuals and also to draw in their attention to the latest developments.
Once you have all of this in place, the task of recruiting will have improved considerably as you have made all the necessary connections and have also interacted with your new connections, thus ensuring that you maintain important relationships nonetheless. If all of these aspects have been taken care of, you stand a better chance at gathering talented individuals that best suit your requirements.
