Monetising job seeking by LinkedIn

Not sure how much money this will make for LinkedIn. I can't see the benefit of spending up to $50 per month to help recruiters find me? Here are the "so called" benefits;

Get noticed by recruiters and hiring managers with a Job Seeker Badge¹ WOW - a badge???!!!? Really? For me? If you're currently employed do you want your current employer to know you're actively seeking a role?

Zero in on $100K plus jobs with detailed salary information² What if you don't make 100k? And are there really that many companies that release detailed confidential information about their remuneration structure

Move to the top of the list as a Featured Applicant Is this confirming that recruiters are bad at handling applications and reaching out to candidates?

Contact anyone directly with InMail --They claim that 5 inmails are worth $50, which I can't understand. If the person's details are not on their profile, all you need to do is join a group they're already in and you can message them through the common affiliation

Who's Viewed My Profile: Get the full list This is only useful if the people who looked at your profile have their profile configured in a way to identify themselves when looking at profiles. You could also argue that this is worthless as if your profile was sufficiently interesting, they would have reached out to you anyway!

My advice would be to spend a little time ensuring your profile is as solid as possible with the right level of information according to your experience and spend the $50 on something nice

Post a job on Linkedin for 1/6th of the price

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Recruitment Microsites

Gone are the days where job-seekers spend wasted minutes dragging a mouse around an obscure "Main", or "About Us" or "Contact Us" section of an already overpopulated website in search of the Careers Section. A lot of the big technical companies are making good use of dedicated portal sites to furnish prospective candidates with information about career opportunities. Let's face it, Careers are important - they deserve their own site! Microsoft's new site is a fine example of how these can work, and they have even used their Silverlight technology in parts. But in true Microsoft style, it's brought something (the site) to the market that has been pioneered by others! Ericsson have a great microsite, well laid out with good information about living and working in Ireland, illustrated with rich graphics in an effective layout. It's interesting the way the domain name does not mention the company specifically, but refers to all telecom jobs in Ireland.

HP have a generic Global Careers site but the address is horrible, your average Joe is not going to remember a domain name like http://h10055.www1.hp.com/jobsathp/ which would necessitate the use of Google to find the site. I don't think a Global Careers Site is the way to go, it's too impersonal and overbearing - Microsites are the way to go for big companies with "busy" websites