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« on: February 12, 2008, 08:54:42 PM »
It seems like every day there is another new social network popping up - LinkedIn, JigSaw, MySpace, Facebook, etc.  Have you experienced any successes with these types of sites in the recruitment of civil engineering professional with your firm?
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« Reply #1 on: March 07, 2008, 04:31:15 PM »
I use LI a great deal.  And it works well for me.  Two of my personal friends recently found high level positions through LI after I introduced them to it.  I have been on there for a couple years now, and things didn't really kick in until recently, but now it is usually my first place to go - like an online hotbook!
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« Reply #2 on: March 27, 2008, 08:43:48 PM »
Yes, LINKEDIN has been a good resource for me.  Facebook and MySpace seem good sources for junior engineers, but LINKEDIN, if used correctly is a strong network.
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« Reply #3 on: April 01, 2008, 01:25:37 PM »
LinkedIn has been useful for our company, not only in locating potential recruiting targets but also to locate various consultants that have assisted us with various business issues.
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« Reply #4 on: April 23, 2008, 04:36:46 PM »
These networks are great tools, but one must be very disciplined and not get tangled up in the web that has been woven.  Speaking on experience, it is quite easy to get sucked in to these sites for ours...exploring potential candidates, that is always the initial intention...then you look for family members, college buddies, ex-girlfriends, your parents' friends; you start answering the myriad of questions, you look at peoples' responses...on and on and on...next thing you know it's time to get home for dinner and you swear you just ate breakfast Shocked!  So...Buyer Beware Grin
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« Reply #5 on: April 30, 2008, 08:49:50 PM »
I was talking to one of my split partners today and he was asking me about Linkedin and I told him it was a great tool.  I warned him though, and this is one of my philosophies that I really believe and really works for me-the technology is great, but EVERYONE is using it.  Many recruiters become so reliant on this tool that they are missing out on all the great candidates who are NOT on LI and that I like to cold call.
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« Reply #6 on: July 27, 2008, 12:06:35 PM »
LinkedIn is a great name generator.  Unfortunately, many of the potential candidates are either not available or not interested.  This is ok, because I am making contacts.  I've gotten many responses.  Not so with MySpace or facebook.  Both are still maturing.
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« Reply #7 on: July 29, 2008, 06:07:49 PM »
Recently, we have discovered a number of excellent senior level candidates through Linked-in.  I usually peruse the site after hours, however.  It is easy to get sucked in for extended periods of time.
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« Reply #8 on: July 30, 2008, 08:45:18 PM »
I enjoy Linkedin, it's a great tool for sure.  But I have to wonder, with the endless number of recruiters that are lurking on that site, the professionals that are being hunted by recruiters must get bombarded with phone calls and emails, no? 
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« Reply #9 on: September 03, 2008, 12:27:39 PM »
Linkedin is a great site, definitely, but it's intended use is a far cry from its actual use.  As an active job seeker, it is a GREAT networking tool, absolutely.  You can run searches and are utilize the network the way it was meant to be utilized.  As far as recruiters using the site, you can pretty much "86" the rules.  I am sure the passive recruiters who hide behind emails all day use it as a networking tool the way it is meant to be used, but for a large part of us recruiters who have a bulldog mentality, we are running searches, pulling up names, qualifying profiles...but rather than trying to connect with those potential recruits through asking for introductions, we just pick up the telephone and make a cold call...booyah!

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« Reply #10 on: September 17, 2008, 02:20:05 PM »
Quote from: CE Search Consultant on July 30, 2008, 08:45:18 PM
I enjoy Linkedin, it's a great tool for sure.  But I have to wonder, with the endless number of recruiters that are lurking on that site, the professionals that are being hunted by recruiters must get bombarded with phone calls and emails, no? 

I generally get 2-3 calls or emails a week from recruiters.  Actually, as I am typing this, one just emailed my work account!

Generally, I have found most of the recruiters that have called to be very professional and pleasant - in some cases we discuss how the regional construction market is since many of the recruiters are not local to me here in NJ.

I recently had a rather bad experience with one recruiter in particular... after learning that I was NOT interested in the company he was pitching and calling my work phone and cell phone 4 times in 6 hours (I was in meetings all day and didn't have the time to call back), even though I was very clear that I was not actively looking, he got very short with me and thanked me for wasting his time.  (Obviously he does not represent the majority of the business).

I must say that reading the posts about recruiting here do remind me that there are honest and professionals out there working the industry!

-Ray
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