LinkedIn X-Ray is gone (or soon to be gone, depending on your location). So, what did LinkedIn do? The screenshot above shows my LinkedIn public profile settings. For the majority of members I know, the settings are the same. We want to be found on Google and Bing, which the UX promises. However, this is my experience and education on …
Sales Navigator Revelations and Function Codes
The death of X-Ray prompts everyone to study LinkedIn’s search closer. LinkedIn’s Sales Navigator has different algorithms from both Premium and LinkedIn Recruiter. There is no good reason for that. Different Developer teams fell out of sync. Sales Navigator “thinks” most of LinkedIn. (I am being sarcastic.) It has a huge population of 1,665M+ profiles. What are the 665M profiles …
LinkedIn X-Ray No More. Now What?
Last week, Google has adjusted its index. It no longer finds me and many others by the Headline, About, Experience, and Education. Bing is in the process. It already does not find some profiles: Any search engine is affected. (A search engine does not have a LinkedIn login, right? Even if Microsoft owns them both.) X-Ray has lost its power. …
The Adventures of X-Ray Are Mysterious
I have “Saved As” my public LinkedIn profile, and it looks like this: This is my “Experience” and “Education.” Nothing much is visible without logging in. A large percentage of profiles look the same. But things are in flux on the web. Google LinkedIn X-Ray is back! Mike Santoro has noticed. We think it is temporary. In his post, Marcel …
The Best Github Tool In Industry
Guest post from Julia Tverskaya. Are you a Technical Recruiter? Are you looking for Software Developers? On January 16th, Irina announced a new GitHub search and export tool in her LinkedIn article. We are happy to report that the tool has immediately attracted hundreds of users and we hope many more will discover its value. The GitHub User Search tool …
LinkedIn X-Ray Workaround
The loss of LinkedIn X-Ray saddens our community. Indeed, we can no longer find the About, Experience, and more on Google. Bing will naturally follow. However – here is a productive way to use the “remaining” X-Ray. Step 1. Start with X-Rays for the location, job titles, and, optionally, companies, like site:linkedin.com/in “san francisco bay area” python developer at google. …
LinkedIn Profiles Redacted, X-Ray Dying, Aggregators Will Suffer
My friend Marcel van der Meer’s message shocked me this morning. He was the first to notice a huge reduction in LinkedIn public profiles. The Headline, About section, Experience, and Education are gone. There are still some public profiles with the full data, but it’s a matter of time before all will be reduced. LinkedIn has notified Google, so there …
AI and LinkedIn Are Like Oil And Water
My AI-related experience as a LinkedIn member has been interesting. I have been getting hilarious (or sad?) notifications for my potential job-hunting from LinkedIn – see LinkedIn Wants Me to Pack Groceries and Learn Fluoroscopy. This morning, I took a look at my skill suggestions. Unfortunately, they were not any better – I have as much skill in Manufacturing Process …
Julia’s Google Search Results Extractor
I have been missing a convenient tool for Google search results scraping ever since Google redesigned the output screen. The tool’s need arose from Google switching the output format to scrolling with “more results” from the previous convenient page-by-page view. The change broke the beloved Instant Data Scraper. Julia Tverskaya is our long-term Partner, Sourcer, Recruiter, and a good friend. …
Have Skills, LinkedIn?
LinkedIn tells us we are moving toward skills-based hiring and stresses the updated skills search that is smart about the content of members’ profiles and can guess skills. Is that so? Please review LinkedIn Wants Me to Pack Groceries and Learn Fluoroscopy if you haven’t. It’s a (sad) joke. LinkedIn Engineering observes that Recruiters find and contact only a small …