Comments on: Exclusive Look at LinkedIn’s 4 New Dynamic Filters

By: Mark Dinan

Mark Dinan — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 00:44:23 +0000

I used LinkedIn Recruiter when I was at Salesforce. It is useful, and gave me leads on quite a few candidates. However, using their premium service, I am struck by: 1) How slow the web pages load 10 Seconds or more for me. And really lousy UI design and workflow 2) I can’t invite more people. I have over 2700 connections, and am tapped out on invites. 3) Low hit rate. Lots of people have profiles. Very few are actively looking. Hotjobs, Dice, etc have much better % of people who are actually open to changing job

But a great blog posting!

By: Angela

Angela — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 15:44:49 +0000

I have been an avid fan of LI since the beginning (2004) and have had both a paid account and currently work as a free user. I will refrain from commenting on the pros and cons of the new features because the other limits of LI have become a hurdle to continuing on the system. What could block a power user of a system they love? The ridiculous limit of 3,000 invitations! For the act of bringing a couple of thousand members to their system, LI has rewarded me (and many others) by eliminating my ability to connect any further! I wonder if Facebook operates with this same limited vision? This limit seems to cut off the LI nose just to spite their face.

Although I wouldn’t be happy about switching back to a paid account, an unlimited invitation environment would certainly be something I cannot do for free.

By: LinkedIn Takes People Search to Eleven « Psychohistory

LinkedIn Takes People Search to Eleven « Psychohistory — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 07:59:00 +0000

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By: Boolean Black Belt

Boolean Black Belt — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 02:44:42 +0000

Mike – I agree with you. I find quite a few sourcers and recruiters are unnecessarily discriminating when it comes to the amount of time people have spent in positions – especially if they have been with the same employer for many years. I think that’s one of the down sides of making data-based decisions, rather than simply picking up the phone and making a call to actually engage candidates to find out more about them rather than making assumptions based on their profile or resume.

By: Mike

Mike — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 16:35:53 +0000

Let’s hope that people do not discount people that have been in a position for less than a certain amount of time when they have been with the same company for many years… I see this is a potential issue.

By: New features in LinkedIn Recruiter help you find the right talent « Recruiting with LinkedIn Blog

Mon, 30 Nov 2009 18:29:51 +0000

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By: Boolean Black Belt

Boolean Black Belt — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 23:00:23 +0000

Jer,
I had a demo of LIR, but I did not think to ask about the ability to link with people from the corporate account – thanks for clearing that up, as well as having to use an inmail to contact someone through LIR who you’re connected to personally. I agree – that’s LAME.

By: Jeremy Langhans

Jeremy Langhans — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 18:57:09 +0000

huge CONS of using LIR:

1.) you cannot link up with people
2.) you have to burn an inmail to contact someone you are connected with
3.) the phone #’s are not pulled into the reports you are paying for

LAME

By: Russ Moon

Russ Moon — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:42:53 +0000

I have had a paid account for the last 5 years. Yes, you can x-4ay and that is nice.

I did notice yesterday that there are advantages to having a paid account with a substantial searchable reach that you can expand significantly in the right direction with just a touch of “seeding”.

This “sword” is pretty sharp, but I’ll sharpen some of the others through the Black Belts sage wisdom.

By: Jeremy Langhans

Jeremy Langhans — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:58:41 +0000

ps. i LOVE these features about LIR:

* can see the entire db now / inmail them in bulk w/ templates (spam tastes gewd)

* project folders & pdf/csv reporting (very yummy)

* the new UI is very web 2.0 (compared to the original li)