Exceler8ion Tries LinkedIn

Receives love but no candidates

JGo Jason Goldberg sez there's a mad rush for online advertising sales people. And, Shannon Seery of Exceler8ion confirms it.

Back then, go to any business happy hour and you found tons of online advertising folks just waiting for the next opportunity - job hopping was a way of life. Today…not so much.

She's feeling the heat on her search for a Recruitment Marketer.

In desperation, she sent an email blast to her LinkedIn network but all it brought her was a slew of greetings from old friends. It didn't lead to one viable contact.

Luckily, the intense pressure isn't getting to husband. He's so happy he's doing a little jig.

PS: How many people are in your LinkedIn network. And, remember what Keith Ferrazzi says: you gotta build your network before you need it.

PPS: I'm assuming that you did a search for Recruitment Marketers on LinkedIn before you asked your network to send people to you. You did, right?

Comments

[Shannon Seery]

My network is quite small as compared to the "Studs" as you have called them - about 150+ people. Except for a few invitations that I accepted early on, my network is made up of people that I _ACTUALLY_ have a connection to: friends, colleagues, Colgate Alumni, etc. I am one of those girls that never preferred to know EVERYONE...rather I have always had a reasonably small slew of friends that really know me. This concept might not work as well when you are trying to recruit - but my thinking was that almost everyone that I know that is a colleague is in the interactive space and they know South Florida. While I am not able to cast a wide net, I am able to cast a very targeted net. At least in the online world - targeting is everything.

I actually think that I am having a hard time because it is a pretty low level job. 40k range. Entry-level account manager type of position.

And I am struggling with what do you do when you work during the day for a company that by and large does not have competitive pay or benefits and is not willing to pay an actual recruiter or headhunter to find you help? It is more of an *empathetic* "we know it must be hard on you right now, but we really will find you help" type of situation.

GREAT pic of Julian isn't it? He still wants to kill me.:-)

[Recruiting Animal]

You need a sourcer.

Anthony J Meaney and I used to specialize in junior marketing positions.

As a recruiter, the lower on the totem pole you go, the harder the search and, ironically, the less you get paid.

Clients will pay for a high-earning executive who's name is plastered all over the web but rebel at the thought of paying a lot to find a low paid intermediate level person who is very hard to find.