Reviews of "Happy About LinkedIn For Recruiting"

"Reading Happy About LinkedIn for Recruiting was like having a conversation with 100 Different industry professionals all at the same time. This is the definitive guide for recruiters looking to utilize all that LinkedIn has to offer."
Jason Patino, Division Head, Latitude Technical Resources

"Having created the first job board on the Internet and watching/supporting the industry as President of Monster and now as Executive Director of Direct Employers Association, I have a broad view of the overall recruiting marketplace. If you are a recruiter today, you should be using LinkedIn as one of the tools in your arsenal. If you are using LinkedIn as a recruiter, you need to read this book to pick up some of the hidden nuggets that often take months, if not years to unravel."
Bill Warren, Founder and Executive Director of Direct Employers Association

"If the primary goal of recruiting and search professionals is to cash fee checks from happy clients - and it is - then 'Happy About Linked In for Recruiting' is a tremendous leap forward in making that happen. This book and the use of LinkedIn is truly an innovation in recruiting!"
Paul Hawkinson, Publisher - The Fordyce Letter (www.fordyceletter.com)

"The 'Happy About LinkedIn for Recruiting' book has been incredibly helpful in both finding alternate ways to recruit, as well as refining our recruiting process."
Jim Sullivan, President & CEO, JCSI Corporate Staffing

"Bill Vick is a visionary who has been on the cutting edge of technology his entire career. 'Happy About LinkedIn for Recruiting' is another example of Bill developing a tool that will turbo charge your recruiting and marketing efforts. LinkedIn allows you to develop rapport and relationships with individuals who will dramatically increase your ability to reach levels of top production. It is important today to utilize cutting edge tools available, in order for you to "stand out from the crowd."
Barbara J. Bruno, CPC, President - Good as Gold Training, Past NAPS Chairman of the Board

"I picked up a copy of the book and it is AWESOME! It is geared towards recruiters and gives us tips on how best to use LinkedIn. I highly recommend everyone buying a copy."
Tanya Steffen, Recruiter, Right Staff

"It is a great read, I am actually on my second go around."
Brice Benefiel, Sr. Recruiter - Information Technology, Omnikron Systems Inc

"LinkedIn is a phenomenal tool for business networkers, job seekers, and recruiters alike. Everyone has different objectives behind the networking they do. Bill Vick's book is a fantastic resource for any recruiter who wants to understand how to get the most out of LinkedIn. The book's value isn't limited to recruiters however. The book is also a great resource for job seekers desiring to maximize their exposure to opportunity by understanding how recruiters utilize LinkedIn to identify great candidates, in addition to having obvious applicability to business networkers in general."
- Ron Bates, Managing Principal, Executive Advantage Group, Inc. and #1 most connected person on LinkedIn.

"You can be sure that in my role as President of the National Association of Personnel Services (NAPS) I will be recommending our members to get LinkedIn and to read and listen to this book."
Conrad G. Taylor, CPC/CTS, President, Past Chairman, NAPS

"Bill Vick and Desmond Walsh have written a very good book, one that every recruiter using LinkedIn should have. (I also think non-Recruiters may also benefit from insights in 'Happy About LinkedIn for Recruiting'.)

From its inception, I knew that if Bill Vick were to get involved, 'Happy About LinkedIn for Recruiting' would be a successful book project. Bill pulled out all the stops to interview top recruiters and sourcing professionals in the staffing industry to get their take on best practices for Recruiters who are looking to maximize the value of LinkedIn in their daily business lives.

I haven't really added up the numbers for the 7 bonuses that come with the book but, it appears that if an astute Recruiter purchased the book and used all 7 bonuses, they could make at least 10 times the cost of the book from the bonuses, alone. Of course, they could make MANY times that were they to put the book into practice.

Because there are many Recruiters on MLPF and a number of others who might benefit from a close reading of 'Happy About LinkedIn for Recruiting', I'm happy about recommending it to you, your staff, and all members of My LinkedIn Power Forum.

Kudos to Bill and Des for a job well done!"
Vincent Wright, Moderator, My LinkedIn Power Forum

Quotes from the book

“LinkedIn is a great tool! Whenever you start a search, the hardest part is, you know, starting. Where do you find them? Who are the people you need to talk to? LinkedIn is a great tool for primary sourcing. It’s a great tool for trying to break into a company to find out who to talk to. Because even if the perfect prospect is not directly in LinkedIn, one of their co-workers probably are."
David Perry (LinkedIn profile), Managing Partner at Perry-Martel International Inc., and Author of Guerrilla Marketing for Job Hunters, with Jay Levinson

“What I’ve learned since becoming an avid LinkedIn user is that there are a large amount of recruitment functions and services that it aids. LinkedIn has been a great way for our recruiters, for example, to locate new business opportunities and build relationships with hiring managers that want to take advantage of recruitment services, and at the same time a great way to find candidates that might be passively or actively looking for work.”
Craig Silverman (LinkedIn profile), Executive Vice President, @ HireAbility - The Recruiting Network

"There’s always going to be information on the Internet that can’t be found using search engines. When you look at LinkedIn, you have a highly structured database, or Rolodex®, of information which can be used in a much more organized way. A lot of times the privileges of membership allows you access to information that wouldn’t normally be publicly available."
Shally Steckerl (LinkedIn profile), Lead Internet Researcher, Microsoft, and Author, Electronic Recruiting 101, the definitive guide to online recruiting

“I’ve actually just started using LinkedIn for recruiting. I’m kind of in the early stages, so I can’t give you a lot of hard and fast results – just yet. But I’m noticing people are starting to email me, asking me to link into their network. How valuable is that? That’s fantastic!”
Jerry Bernhart (LinkedIn profile), Owner, Bernhart Associates Executive Search, Member of the Pinnacle Society