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At the beginning of June LinkedIn announced that they would launch “Apply with LinkedIn” button by the end of the month. Although a bit later than promised, LinkedIn has now officially launched their latest social recruiting tool.
I think the idea behind the button has potential, seen all the talk with regards to CV, resume and the likes being outdated.
Mashable writes that Technical Product Manager Jonathan Seitel said on the company’s blog:
“Our goal with Apply With LinkedIn is to help every professional put their best foot forward, anywhere across the web when they take that leap to apply for a new position.”
In my opinion there are few notable key things:
For companies:
The LinkedIn profile offers a standardized view of all candidates, making screening of candidates easier but highly impersonal.
The click of a button makes it too easy for “desperate job seeker” to apply for a huge amount of jobs for which they might not even be qualified. This could prove to be a problem for recruiters when screening candidates.
This is a good enough reason to integrate the use of the LinkedIn button with an applicant tracking system (ATS) or you will end up trebling the amount of work you’ ll have to go through when selecting candidates.
If you don’t have an ATS implemented yet, you better start thinking about it and try a social recruiting tool.
For job seekers:
You can manage all your applications made through the button with a “saved jobs” tab. This is useful in keeping track of your applications.
Also, once you applied for a job, you’re given the chance to contact your connections who work at the company, and ask for a referral or recommendation.
Related articles
- Social recruiting can help your job search (humanresourcechina.com)
- The state of social recruiting 2011 [infographic] (hrsoftwarechina.com)
- Led by LinkedIn, Social Recruiting Continues to Grow [Infographic] (readwriteweb.com)
- How to use LinkedIn: 5 tips (hriscom.com)
- Apply with LinkedIn (zartis.com)
