10 product enhancements in 2017 that recruiters and job seekers loved. A recap of LinkedIn Talent Solutions product updates in 2017.

1. A Recap of Product Updates in 2017
Product enhancements

2. With over 10M candidates open to new opportunities on
LinkedIn, our product enhancements in 2017 were focused on
powering Open Candidate hiring.
Moving beyond the
candidate’s identity...
To understanding the
person behind the profile
• Experience
• Location
• Company
• Education
• Skills
• Affinity, Intent & Relationships
• Employee connections
• Engaged followers
• Past applicants
• Open candidates

3. Powering Open Candidate hiring in 2017
Candidates share their
career interests on
LinkedIn.
Easily identify these open candidates
from within the Recruiter product to
target your outreach.
Get notified when your prospects
share their interests and boost
response rates with more relevant
outreach based on their career
interests.

4. A lookback at 6
of our product
updates that made
recruiters happy
Check out our new product features
that help Indian recruiters hire
faster and more efficiently

5. Focus on interested candidates using Recruiter Spotlights
Improve your response rates 2 – 4x
by focusing on the right candidates by
using these predefined search filter
spotlights in Recruiter.
• Open candidates spotlight
• Past applicant spotlight
• Engaged candidates spotlight
and more.
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6. Meet professionals where they are - Jobs tab on the mobile app
Your job posts reach 50% more candidates on mobile with the new Jobs tab.
Any job you post on LinkedIn will
be featured on a stand-alone tab
in our mobile app.
The Jobs tab sparks interest by highlighting
a candidate's connections and displaying the
experience required and more.
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7. Boost your talent brand with rich media Career Pages and ads
On average, 20-35% of a company’s new hires come from their employees’ first degree networks.
Target your employees’
first degree connections
and company page
followers with your
Recruitment ads and
Sponsored updates
Attract great talent by
showcasing your unique
company story using our
Next-gen LinkedIn
Career Pages Learn more about
LinkedIn Career Pages
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8. Build your Candidate and Client lead pipeline with Career
Pages built for Staffing agencies
Have distinctly different candidate and client
views, with relevant messaging and calls to
action.
A customizable ‘Contact Us’ module to collect
email addresses and contact numbers from
candidates and clients.
Learn more about Career Pages built for staffing firms 4
* Available only for staffing businesses

9. Build a targeted pipeline of prospects using Pipeline Builder
Target your high-priority
talent automatically through
Sponsored updates and
Recruitment ads.
Excite potential candidates
with personalized landing
pages with rich media
content.
Connect with interested
candidates by allowing them
to share their email address
and phone number.
Learn more about Pipeline Builder
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10. Let data drive your decisions
Get the insights you need
to boost your InMail response
rates up to 30%.
Improved InMail Analytics
See the overall performance
of all your Jobs in one place.
Performance Summary Report
Learn more
Access your product utilization
data anytime, anywhere on
demand.
Refreshed Jobs Analytics Report
Learn more
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11. Ensuring delight at
every step of the
candidate journey
4 Linkedin.com updates for Indian
professionals looking to put their
best foot forward

12. Resume Assistant - LinkedIn + Microsoft Word
Reach applicants the minute they start
crafting their resume with Microsoft
Word.
Resume Assistant suggests LinkedIn
jobs within Microsoft Word and
captures the candidates’ attention right
at the beginning of their job seeking
journey.
Learn more about how candidates
can land their next job opportunity
using Resume Assistant
* - Resume Assistant is currently being rolled out to all Microsoft Word users in India using a Windows 32 PC
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13. Career advice hub – Connecting professionals to mentors
More than 80% of professionals on LinkedIn have stated they
either want to have a mentor or be one to others.
Career Advice is a new feature that helps connect members
across the LinkedIn network with one another for lightweight
mentorship opportunities.
Learn more about LinkedIn Career Advice hub
* - Career Advice is rolling out now to members in India
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14. Making LinkedIn accessible via LinkedIn Lite
The LinkedIn Lite app, completely made in
India, is less than 1 MB in size and can reduce
data usage by as much as 80%
LinkedIn Lite Mobile web and Android app
ensures that the jobs you post can now be
accesses on any mobile device even in areas of
low internet connectivity.
Learn more about LinkedIn Lite
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15. Open to new opportunities – A quiet signal to recruiters
Within just a year of launch of the ‘Open Candidates’
feature, over 10 millionLinkedIn members
are currently open to new opportunities.
Learn how Open Candidates feature ensures the right
match between interested recruiters and active job
seekers.
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16. Our success stories from 2017
Click on each of the blocks to learn more about organizations are redefining talent acquisition and branding with LinkedIn

17. Thank you from all of us at LinkedIn.
To see what’s new in 2018, please visit lnkd.in/productupdates