“Looking at the colossal task of reaching out to 2,500 candidates in four days, ‘impossible’ was my first reaction. But the Talent Champion programme provided the tools and motivation to make this task possible.”

“If you're truly an exceptional educational professional, you're probably on LinkedIn. So it's become a really great source for us.”

“LinkedIn’s New Recruiter and Jobs makes my job easier. I want to work smarter, not harder. Having projects and being able to stay organized is key to finding and hiring the right people.”

"Make sure the title and short description best describe how the candidate can make a difference and who will benefit from his/her efforts when applying on your job post."

"We realised early on that people using LinkedIn wanted a different approach compared to traditional recruitment flows and funnels. It was more about connecting the dots and long-term interaction to find out when and where we could match talent with the right opportunity. This knowledge helps us a lot today …

"Thanks to LinkedIn, we are able to connect and build long-term relationships with many talented individuals. This enables us to write an innovative recruitment strategy."

"LinkedIn Talent Insights helps us to gain information about the most in demand and rising skills and facilitates our shift to skills-based recruitment even more."

"We managed to reduce agency fees by utilising Hiring Assistant to surface qualified talent.”

"The value has been two-fold: a significant monetary saving and a time saving that allowed us to utilise LinkedIn properly.”

“LinkedIn’s made Vanty International possible and viable. Pre LinkedIn, our model wouldn’t exist.”

“Digital technology has been a phenomenal revolution in the market.”

“Our USP is our people – people who are committed to successful delivery.”

“Our role at UCB is to close the gap between current and future capabilities as soon as efficiently possible. We do it in three steps: Describe the gap and timing (with the HRBPs and the business leaders), put in place Build/Buy/Borrow plans (via the Talent Acquisition and Learning teams) and …

“Our business is currently entering new markets that we don’t fully understand. Markets where we don’t know how big the pool of scientists may be, for example. Rigorous data analysis is needed and that is where LinkedIn has demonstrated its power and has allowed us to fill in the gaps.”

“Always apply filtering questions under any job posting: it saves a lot of time screening profiles.”