Yet the 2014 Jobvite study discovered that while 94% of recruiters are on LinkedIn, only 36% of job seekers are.īeing referred by a family member or friend is obviously the best way to get a new gig. (Some research has found up to 97% of recruiters use LinkedIn.) Reason #1: Hiring managers and recruiters are on LinkedInĪttention full-time job chasers: 94% of recruiters say they use LinkedIn to find candidates. If you are guilty of believing this, today I am going to show you the light and demonstrate why you NEED to be on LinkedIn: whether you’re an aspiring full-time employee, freelancer/consultant, or biz/startup owner.Ĭhecklist download: Download this free checklist that will show you exactly what you need on your LinkedIn profile (as an aspiring techie). In that case, why be on LinkedIn? You don’t want to work for anyone else but yourself, and a LinkedIn profile only matters for those chasing full-time careers at big tech companies…right? Or maybe you want to run your own business, or startup. After all, why bother? You want to freelance. Maybe you have a half-done LinkedIn profile, copied and pasted right from your resume.

If you’ve been in college, or in the professional world, it’s something you hear all the time, so much so that you may hardly react to it anymore. You probably already know that you need to be on LinkedIn.

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