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LinkedIn Jobs

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What is LinkedIn Jobs?

LinkedIn Jobs allows employers to post listings, and boasts personalized targeting, screening questions, and matching algorithms as well.

Categories & Use Cases

Key Features

Learn about the best (and worst!) features LinkedIn Jobs has to offer, as determined by TrustRadius' reviewers.
Based on 307 ratings of LinkedIn Jobs's features
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Top Performing Features

  • Active Recruitment Advertising

    The ability to promote jobs directly to candidates by email, text, or direct messages

    Category average: 7.8

  • Employer Branding Tools

    The ability to create an employer persona to better engage with candidates and applicants

    Category average: 8

  • Passive Recruitment Advertising

    The ability to post or promote recruitment efforts or specific jobs on social media or other sites

    Category average: 7.1

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Reviews

What users are saying about LinkedIn Jobs.
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LinkedIn Jobs for Those Hard to Fill Positions!

Incentivized
Verified User
Employee in Human Resources (10,001+ employees employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

I use LinkedIn Jobs to recruit for my hard to fill positions. The positions I utilize this for are positions with a very specific skillset and qualifications. This particular engine doesn't generate a lot of candidates, but the right candidates. I don't have to worry as much to receive an influx of unqualified candidates.

Pros

  • Sorting out qualified candidates
  • targets appropriate audience
  • asks the right questions when posting job

Cons

  • Allow more applicants for the free posting
  • Allow a better way to promote the job
  • highlight the position on a higher level

Return on Investment

  • I have not made a hire from LinkedIn Jobs
  • I HAVE made many connections within the Pharmacy community

Alternatives Considered

Indeed Ads (Sponsored Jobs), ZipRecruiter and SeekOut

Other Software Used

Indeed Ads (Sponsored Jobs), SeekOut, ZipRecruiter

"The Powerful Review of LinkedIn Jobs"

Incentivized
Murugan VelrajView profile
US IT Recruiter in Human Resources at Exaways corporation Pvt Ltd (11-50 employees employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We used LinkedIn Jobs in our office for sourcing the right candidates, positing the job, and job application so it's very helpful to improve our carrier and our office growth also. It's very helpful for time management and to get a perfect job offer from tier 1 companies so it's scope for employees.

Pros

  • If anyone looking for a job the LinkedIn Jobs are good platform to find the companies.
  • If anyone mentioned opentowork we can communicate them for our work
  • We can post the our job requirements.

Cons

  • The first thing LinkedIn Jobs are used for unemplyees or job looking candidates.
  • If we request to someone for a job requirements, if they accept only we can communicate them or else we couldn't not reach them.
  • Mostly the LinkedIn Jobs are good platform

Return on Investment

  • To help for free job posting for recruiters
  • To help for finding good jobs
  • There is little bit negative of limited job posting

Usability

Alternatives Considered

Ceipal ATS, Indeed.com and Naukri.com

Other Software Used

Ceipal ATS, Indeed.com, Naukri.com

"An In-Depth review of LinkedIn Jobs"

Incentivized
Priyanga SelvarasuView profile
US IT Recruitment in Human Resources at Vbeyond (501-1000 employees employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We have used LinkedIn Jobs in our organization. it will help to find the right candidates and we can directly connect them and we can directly communicate with them through messages but only if they accept our request. It will reduce our work time and If anyone has not uploaded there resume on CEIPAL ATS so we can find out here.

Pros

  • The LinkedIn Jobs is good platform to find the right jobs easily.
  • It's an easy way to figure out the good companies.
  • It's an easy access to apply the jobs and we can get a direct notification also for job opening so we reach them easily

Cons

  • If we receive notification of job openings, we can directly apply for these roles to gain knowledge and skills that match the ratings of those openings.
  • We add the skills through jobs if that match or not.
  • It will be more helpful to apply the job openings, and we can reach out them directly who post the job to gain all information from them.

Return on Investment

  • The positive is we can find the jobs through LinkedIn Jobs what we need like Part time jobs or Full-time jobs or Contracts jobs.
  • LinkedIn Jobs are more useful for freshers also. they can find the jobs easily and find the good companies.
  • The job poster should not respond properly it takes some time to respond to our job application so sometimes I face the issue.
  • LinkedIn Jobs Little bit improve all information about jobs we they are looking and offering (salary).

Usability

Alternatives Considered

Naukri.com, Indeed.com and Google for Jobs

Other Software Used

Naukri.com, Indeed.com, Google for Jobs

Best choice for quality professional profiles

Fabíola BuenoView profile
Empresário independente at Piemon Outlet (1-10 employees employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

LinkedIn has several functions within its tool, but Jobs is certainly one of the most complete and efficient. Its structure is well detailed, organized, and easy to use, having a beautiful and functional design. It becomes very useful in our company because it makes it easier for both the candidate and the company to choose, it filters in a simple and organized way the best profiles for the ideal vacancies and also has a good selection process within the system.

Pros

  • Profile organization
  • Segmentation
  • Well-defined processes

Cons

  • Technical language
  • Exaggerated features
  • Incomplete profiles

Most Important Features

  • profile search
  • vacancy announcement
  • custom filters

Return on Investment

  • Trained employees
  • Agility in the hiring process
  • Increased productivity

Other Software Used

Adobe Acrobat Reader DC, Adobe Illustrator CC, Adobe PhotoShop, Adobe Premiere Pro, Slack, Google Analytics, Google Hangouts (Classic), Kahoot!, Google Classroom, Class for Zoom

Best Job Search Database! Overall Excellent Application to All Aspiring Professionals!

Dannyl Ruy BelicanView profile
Marketing Associate/Product Distributor in Marketing at Unlimited Network of Opportunities International Corporation (201-500 employees employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

I was hired using LinkedIn Jobs and there are a lot of opportunities for you to search. Sometimes, when I want to inquire, I [could] connect easily to a recruiter or manager for me to follow up. There [are] a lot of challenges in looking for a fit position that qualifies your eligibility, but LinkedIn Jobs helped me revise my profile for potential employers [to] check and review my qualifications based on my applications submitted to them.

Pros

  • Accurate jobs selection
  • Registered employers
  • Easy to apply
  • Create your own CV online
  • Less hassle for job search

Cons

  • More evaluations of scam job offers
  • Lack of application feedbacks

Most Important Features

  • Easy to apply
  • Job selections
  • Easily connect with employers or hiring recruiters

Return on Investment

  • Easily organize
  • Sometimes fraud people using the app
  • Easily connect with employers