Innovation Inside and Out: How Recruiting Powers Global Growth at LinkedIn

Innovation Inside and Out: How Recruiting Powers Global Growth at LinkedIn ERE Innovation Summit May, 2012

Steve Cadigan Vice President of Talent

LinkedIn @scadigan

Our Mission. Connect the world’s professionals to make them more productive and successful

The network: By the numbers

1 As of May 3, 2012

161M+ Members Worldwide Growing faster than two members per second

2 New members per second

1

100% Of the Fortune 500 companies represented

82% Fortune 100 Companies use our Recruiting Solutions

In which countries did LinkedIn membership grow the fastest in 2011?

LinkedIn’s fastest growing countries

428% GROWTH IN BRAZIL

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1: 2010 year-over-year growth rate 2: 2011 year-over-year growth rate

90% GROWTH IN CHINA

2

178% GROWTH IN MEXICO

1

76% GROWTH IN INDIA

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Of the attendees here: Most connected

Of the attendees here: Most followed

Special shout-out

What is LinkedIn’s fastest-growing demographic?

Students

Over 35% of students now using LinkedIn as primary job search tool

Growing the Network: Students

338 480

990

2110

2400

2008 2009 2010 2011 2012

Our headcount growth +

International expansion

www.press.linkedin.com/about

17

Languages 25

Offices

How does Recruiting power global growth at LinkedIn?

Everybody is ALL IN

We eat in our OWN RESTAURANT

We use data INSIDE & OUT

Everybody is

ALL IN

Talent

really is our

#1 priority

Morgan Stanley: LinkedIn Has Done A Brilliant Job Hiring New Employees

3 Challenges 1 Solution

Business Opportunity Rapid Talent Ramp Career Path

“Recruiter Associates”

Hiring at scale

Culture and Purpose are a Winning Combination

Driving Career Velocity

Michael P. Nguyen Finance/Accounting LinkedIn

Michael P. Nguyen The Food Guy LinkedIn

Brooke Lopez Corporate Training Manager LinkedIn

Brooke Lopez Culture Cultivator, Community Volunteer LinkedIn

Catherine Porter Business Development LinkedIn

Catherine Porter Acting Country Manager, Japan LinkedIn Japan

Farhan Syed Sr. Manager of Sales Operations LinkedIn

Farhan Syed Sr. Manager, European Operations LinkedIn

Farhan Syed Director, Global Sales Operations LinkedIn

We eat in our OWN RESTAURANT

Our sources of hire

1. Linked Recruiter 3. Referrals

4. Campus Recruiting

2. LinkedIn Jobs

LinkedIn Talent Pipeline

Hiring though Signal

Daniel Tunkelang Tech Lead Google

Daniel Tunkelang Principal Data Scientist at LinkedIn LinkedIn

Coming Soon: Leverage your followers

Introducing: Targeted Status Update

We use DATA INSIDE & OUT

Data = Increase In Influence

LinkedIn: Data Center

Operations Manager

Using data to build credibility…from a real search

Keywords: "Data Center" OR "Datacenter" Location: 94043, Within 50 Miles Industry: Internet Seniority: Manager Interested In: Potential Employees Company Size: 501-1,000 OR 1,001-5,000 OR 5,001-10,000, OR 10,000+ Years of Experience: 6 to 10 years OR More than 10 years Years in Position: 3-5 years OR 6-10 years Company Type: Public Company Language: English Recommendations: 3-4 OR 5-10 OR 11-20 OR >20

Initial search = 7

Search results

Remove recommendation = 19

Remove years in position = 71

Remove company type = 82

Remove company size = 126

Forget number of candidates…HOW MANY ARE IDLE?

How quickly are hiring managers giving profile/ resume feedback?

How quickly can we schedule technical phone screens?

Where are the constraints and why are they happening?

Measuring throughput (InSide Data)

Know your network

Who is “checking you out”?

Know where you are winning and losing

-  Talent Flows of LinkedIn Members for LinkedIn

Most Watched Startups among Bay Area Engineers

1  Arista Networks, Inc. 2  Nicira 3  Box 4  Cloudera 5  Square 6  Pinterest 7  Violin Memory 8  Palantir Technologies 9  Hortonworks 10  Splunk

Team. Data. Tools.

talent.linkedin.com Questions?

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