Steven Davis’ Linkedin Success Story in the Staffing Industry
September 23rd, 2009
Who is Steven Davis? He’s “The Recruit4U Guy” who took the time to respond to our blog-video series on Linkedin Success Stories in the Staffing Industry that we posted on Linkedin. He shared with us how his wife found a new job through networking on Linkedin. Here’s the story as he sent to me via Linkedin:
“My wife a paralegal was laid off in February ‘09. Of course being married to a recruiter (in her eyes) made it an especially challenging time. Unfortunately, I did not cut her a whole lot of slack. Once she decided to hit the ground running she did the usual standard process: applying online and sending out cover letters with resumes.
Two weeks into it, she called me one day and said, “Okay honey, I have sent 55 resumes, but I have not heard back from anyone.” I replied, “Well what are you going to do about that?” to which she responded, “Well I guess I will try to reach some people.” “No,” I said, “what you need to do is get on LinkedIn, complete your profile, build up your connections, research companies and last but not least, join some user groups.”
She ended up participating in a discussion on one of the user groups and next thing she gets Inmail via LinkedIn, which leads to an interview and then a job offer. She was only out of work for 6 weeks. Naturally, I had to nudge her and say “I told you so!!!” Granted this is just one success story, but it is one that is so simple to show the immense value of LinkedIn!!!”
Steven G. Davis, “The Recruit4U Guy”
Director of Operations/Staffing
Staffing Sense, LLC.
sdavis@staffingsense.com
Check Steven out on Linkedin:
http://www.linkedin.com/in/sdavisrecruityou
Thanks Steven for taking the time to share this indisputable Linkedin Success Story. The conversation that Steven and I struck up on Linkedin is a win-win situation for everyone: Steven gets his name and company put out there on a blog in a positive light, I get some compelling content that I can post, both of us get energized by making such a quality connection, and you get to read about and share with others clear business success on Linkedin.
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Everett Reiss
Business Relationships Development
The Staffing Cooperative
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