Srinivasan: Senior executive hiring happens via direct outreach, not job applications
Hari Srinivasan · LinkedIn’s product evolution and the art of building complex systems | Hari Srinivasan (LinkedIn) · Jul 16, 2023 · at 28:16
Hari Srinivasan, VP of Product at LinkedIn Talent Solutions, addresses whether senior executives find roles through LinkedIn job listings.
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“You certainly have CPO jobs that are posted, but the difference often is job posts versus recruiting, and more and more senior roles are often recruited, and so we find that people will use LinkedIn in order to connect to a CPO, and many people who are senior will say, oh, I got a message on LinkedIn, and that led to this, or they made a long-term recruiting contact, but it may not happen through you finding a job and hitting the application button.”
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