How to Source Talent in Japan through LinkedIn. LinkedIn in 2013 and 2014 is will continue to grow in popularity and usage in Japan. Learn effective ways to find and source people for recruiting or a "buyer persona" that you`re looking for your business.

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

2. 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

3. How do you find Talent in Japan on
LinkedIn?

4. You need to know where to look.

5. You need to know the Job Description.

6. 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

7. Which companies would this person
work at?
1) Talent Vendor Software companies
1) External Onsite Recruitment Agencies that have
RPO or other Talent Management Process in
Place

8. 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

9. 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 -.

10. Does Godzilla know you`re looking for him?

11. So what are the results buddy?

12. An initial result set is a start!
LinkedIn
gave us an
initial result
set of 500+
profiles of
relevant
people for
the
position.

13. Refine your results

14. Refining
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.
Additional
Keywords in
Summary

15. Keep digging for Gold

16. You hit the Jackpot!

17. How to contact a person
By using LinkedIn`s InMail
feature you can
confidentially approach
someone without their
network knowing

18. 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

19. In Summary

20. LinkedIn Japan Sourcing Recap
1. Develop a good understanding of the position and job
requirements for the job
2. Create a list of potential competitor companies that the person
may work at
3. Draw a list of “keywords” related to the job and industry
4. Refine, refine, refine your search and iterate until you come up
with 10-20 strong profiles for the role
5. 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.

21. Thank you!
http://jp.linkedin.com/in/howardichirolim/
Email = howard@incredibleconsulting.jp