The Most Engaged UK Recruitment Women on LinkedIn

LinkedIn UK have compiled a top 10 ‘power user’  list of the most engaged UK women in the recruiting industry on the world’s largest professional network.

The power user list, which includes professionals from across the UK and from a mixture of large and small recruiting agencies as well as large organisations such as the BBC and Harrods, is a snapshot of the wide range of talent acquisition professionals using LinkedIn in their career.

LinkedIn compiled the list by looking at a range of engagement metrics including status update frequency, network strength, engagement in groups and a number of other factors.

This power user list comes off the back of new research from LinkedIn which shows that 66% of professional women in the UK believe it is possible to ‘have it all’ (fulfilling career, relationship and children) in today’s working environment.

The research also identifies that the majority of women in the UK (62%) define professional success as having the right balance between work and personal life, compared to 40% five to ten years ago.

Here at The Undercover Recruiter we like to share best practices from the recruitment world so we set out to ask these women their best LinkedIn tips. Here is the list: [Read more...]

Jorgen Sundberg

The original Undercover Recruiter, after 7 years in tech recruiting Jorgen now runs Link Humans, a social media marketing agency in London.

The Cost of Employment in the UK [INFOGRAPHIC]

This infographic by Stephens Scown shows results highlighting that employment in the UK continues to be driven by small and medium enterprises (SMES).

Takeaways:

  • SMEs employ 59.1% of people in the UK.
  • 72% of businesses say that their main recruitment difficulty is lack of specialist skills.
  • It costs £8,333 to hire a manager in the UK.
  • Getting employment wrong can be very costly – with 297,100 tribunal claims in 2011-2012. [Read more...]

Laurence Hebberd

Laurence Hebberd is Community Manager for Link Humans in London. He also runs the Link Humans Twitter feed - @LinkHumans.

What are the Best, Worst, Highest and Lowest Paid Jobs? [INFOGRAPHIC]

This infographic (courtesy of JobZoo) shows the reality of jobs in these modern times – the most desirable, unpopular and the best and worst paid.

Takeaways

  • The best paid job in the UK is ‘head of major organisation’ with a highest average of £114,450 pa.
  • The second highest paid job is aircraft pilot – at £74,442 pa.
  • 80% of people reading this are dissatisfied with their jobs – is that true? Let us know in the comments!
  • Want to be paid to be a zombie? You can at Tower Bridge, London for up to £30,000 a year.
  • The most unpopular job title is IT Director. [Read more...]

Laurence Hebberd

Laurence Hebberd is Community Manager for Link Humans in London. He also runs the Link Humans Twitter feed - @LinkHumans.

INFOGRAPHIC: LinkedIn Usage of Talent Connect Europe Attendees

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This year, Link Humans partnered with LinkedIn to run the ‘Profile Makeover’ booth at the annual Talent Connect Europe 2012 event. We ran a short poll during the day on the attendees’ LinkedIn activity, and here are the results.

Please note: In total we had 41 respondents to these questions, so this is not a highly scientific study.

When did you join LinkedIn?

The majority of respondents joined LinkedIn between 2007 and 2010, with the mode being 2008. Only one person who answered the survey joined in 2012.

How many LinkedIn connections do you have?

Half the people who answered our poll had 500+ connections on LinkedIn – showing a strong network procedure on the site. 7 people specifically stated a figure over 1,000, with one person having over 11,000 connections (they joined LinkedIn in 2003, so have had time to build up their network).

How many groups are you a member of?

There is a limit on being a member of 50 groups when you join LinkedIn. The majority of people were a member of between 1 and 20 groups  - a reasonable amount, as it is not too few and not too many.

How could LinkedIn improve their profiles?

There was a variety of answers to this question, with our top 5 responses being:

  • Allowing attachements on profiles, on InMails and messages
  • Better content
  • Direct networking
  • Improve mobile app
  • Easier group management
You can see all our poll results in the interactive infographic below – hover over the images to see the figures. Thank you to all our respondents, hopefully see you next year!

Laurence Hebberd

Laurence Hebberd is Community Manager for Link Humans in London. He also runs the Link Humans Twitter feed - @LinkHumans.