Mobile Recruiting: What Your Candidates Want

in MOBILE RECRUITING: What Your Candidates Want Victor Cruz Sales Director More than ever, passive and active candidates are using mobile to interact with your company's career opportunities. Are you ready for them? Professionals say they've used mobile devices to: View a company careers site 72% | 62% Browse career opportunities on social & professional 64% networks 58% | 45% Apply for a job Active 21% Candidates Upload their resume to a job app Passive Candidates |43% 21% Meanwhile, based on what recruiting leaders say, there's a giant disconnect: Only Just Only 13% 20% 18% say they've invested enough in mobile- friendly recruiting have optimized their job posts for mobile have mobile- optimized career sites Make this your best mobile recruiting year yet by understanding your candidates' needs. TIP 1: Serve up the right info Here's what candidates expect to see on your mobile careers site: 94%l72% Current Job Openings 161% company 56% Benefits Description of Company Culture Information 45% History Profiles of Employees TIP 2: Time Your Outreach Schedule social media updates for when candidates are researching careers on a mobile device: Tablet Couch 80% 60% Coffee Smartphone 40% 20% 0% At home before work During commute At home after work At work Lunch/coffee break Weekend TIP 3: Simplify the application process Here's why active candidates say they haven't applied for jobs via mobile yet: No resume/CV stored 38% on mobile device Haven't been 36% looking for a job Couldn't customize 29% my resume/CV Needed more 17% time to think We're here to help. Linkedin provides a mobile-optimized experience for career explorers, from job postings through the apply process. Our members interacting with jobs on mobile are: Often Passive New To The Talent Pool Increasingly Mobile 75% 50% 30% are not actively searching for jobs apply to jobs on mobile only, not desktop of all LinkedIn job views come from mobile Does your company have a mobile strategy yet? Download our free playbook to start building one today: Inkd.in/mobile-recruiting For more on our solutions, visit: talent.linkedin.com Linked in. Talent Solutions SOURCES: 2013 Linkedin Global Recruiting Trends survey, 3300 talent acquisition leader responses from 19 countries September 2013 Linkedin survey, 787 US and UK professionals