How To Source Talent In Japan through LinkedIn Effective Ways To Find And Source Talent In Japan throughLinkedIn

LinkedIn has a growing user base in Japan

We see a stable growth rate in the amount of interest and user base in Japan since 2011.

Source: http://www.google.com/trends/explore#q=linkedin%20japan

How do you find Talent in Japan on LinkedIn?

You need to know where to look.

You need to know the Job Description.

What keywords are relevant to the job?What keywords are relevant to the position?

Job Title

Keywords: -Talent Management-HR Software-HCM-Japanese & English ability

Which companies would this person work at?

1) Talent Vendor Software companies

2) External Onsite Recruitment Agencies that have RPO or other Talent Management Process in Place

Start with a simple Boolean Search for this person

Start with a basic Boolean keyword search in the Advanced People Search section.

Enter keywords and separate them with the “OR” operator. The “OR” Boolean operator will include ALL relevant search items entered into the string. For more information on the Boolean Operators you can go here = http://www.columbia.edu/cu/lweb/help/clio/boolean_operators.html

Use the “OR” operator in your search string

The search string may look something like this:

(“Human Capital” OR “Talent Management” OR RPO OR “Candidate Pipeline” OR “Candidate Management” OR “Candidate Sourcing” OR “Recruitment Management” OR “HR Software” OR “Human Capital” OR “Human Capital Industry” etc…

Don`t forget to enclose your search string with a closing parentheses “)” and you can add a NOT operator to exclude third-party agencies with NOT or the minus sign -.

Does Godzilla know you`re looking for him?

So what are the results buddy?

An initial result set is a start!

LinkedIn gave us an initial result set of 500+ profiles of relevant people for the position.

Refine your results

Our first result set was this profile, and, if we look down in her summary we find additional keywords that we can use in our initial search string

Or

Create a new one based on the keywords that we may not have thought of.

Refining Results

Additional Keywords in Summary

Keep digging for Gold

You hit the Jackpot!

How to contact a person

By using LinkedIn`s InMail feature you can confidentially approach someone without their network knowing

InMail to contact a person

Using a well-crafted InMail has a higher hit and response rate than cold-calling by over 76.6%

Have a compelling subject line

Keep message short and to the point

Reference a common connection

In Summary

LinkedIn Japan Sourcing Recap1. Develop a good understanding of the position and job

requirements for the job2. Create a list of potential competitor companies that the person

may work at3. Draw a list of “keywords” related to the job and industry4. Refine, refine, refine your search and iterate until you come up

with 10-20 strong profiles for the role5. Contact via InMail and go in with a warm-introduction or lead, if

you are unable to get a response after a set number of tries, you may want to ask for an introduction, or, email via corporate or other address

6. Surveying a number of candidates in Japan, Cold Calling, is the least effective in approaching people for a potential job or opportunity, especially in Japan.

Thank you!

http://jp.linkedin.com/in/howardichirolim/

Email = howard@incredibleconsulting.jp