By Ashley Healy

 Lots of recruiters hang out on LinkedIn looking to fill positions with  qualified candidates that they find on the professional network, but  few are aware of the new insights on LinkedIn groups that are now  available. LinkedIn Groups can be a great way for recruiters to grow  their professional network of candidates and in November, LinkedIn  released the new “Group Statistics Dashboard,” that offers user demographics, growth, and activity data on unique groups. 

Now recruiters can determine the types of professionals that are in an individual group before joining it, making the tool more effective for social recruiting. Let’s use the new Bullhorn Reach User Group as an example to highlight some of the new LinkedIn data:

Demographics

The demographics tab will show you stats about members in the group including their seniority level, location, industry and job function. For example, 39% of Bullhorn Reach User Group members are senior level employees. Depending on what position you are trying to fill, this information could help in narrowing down which groups are local, which groups cater to specific job functions, etc. Group members can also perform advanced searches within the group as well.

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