

Download your resume from LinkedIn using these steps: While your LinkedIn resume isn’t a one-size-fits-all solution for your job search, this little-known secret from LinkedIn can come in handy when you’re in a pinch. Here’s an example of a resume downloaded from LinkedIn:

This protects your privacy, while still connecting and engaging with your applicants faster than ever.Did you know LinkedIn offers users the ability to download a resume version of their LinkedIn profile? Did you know it’s actually a decent resume? Your process in the system is exactly like sending an email, but the applicant receives the messages as a text. With this new approach, ApplicantPro has integrated a texting platform that works just like email right within our system. ApplicantPro makes texting applicants easier than ever. In today’s hiring game, you have to think like your applicants and applicants prefer text. “But we’ve always sent emails!” It is this dated way of thinking that keeps the HR industry a step behind in the game. Speeding up your hiring process not only benefits your company, but helps your applicant feel more connected and informed throughout the hiring process. Sending a text message will start the conversation with your applicant faster, which will in turn lead to a shorter time-to-fill for your open positions. Most text messages are read within three minutes of receiving, while it can take hours – if not days – for a person to check and read their email messages. While text messages may feel informal and possibly unprofessional, studies show it’s one of the most efficient means of communication today. No professional loves the idea of calling applicants from their personal cell phone, let alone sending something as “casual” as a text message. You’re probably thinking “What’s so great about texting anyway?”Īt first glance, the idea of texting your applicants sounds scary. More specifically texting your applicants. With these technological advances in all other aspects of the world, it only makes sense to utilize them in the hiring industry as well. It is not out of the ordinary for you to receive text notifications from various service providers ranging from doctor appointment reminders, to alerting you that your car service is done. Smartphones, along with texting, have become a common necessity in today’s day and age. We can rent a movie, order dinner, and confirm an airplane ticket right from our pockets. We live in a world run by smart phones and text messages.
