LinkedIN and other job fishing holes

[burbuja0512]

I agree that not having LinkedIn dates you a bit, and more importantly, makes you look like you're not on top of tech, business, marketing! So it seems especially bad for any position where you're supposed to know those. It's also an opportunity where if your resume put you in a 'borderline' category, they can look up your LinkedIn and you might get an interview based on that. LinkedIn gives you more space than a resume.

I sound like I'm a huge LinkedIn fan. Not really, but I think it's necessary for most job seekers these days. Also if someone is not seeking a new position, one could fall into their lap if they keep their profile updated.

My hiring process at my prior companies was 

1) Get resume from HR, who had done a screening to pick top candidates.  For certain positions, I have requested to do my own screening, but only in a special case.
2) Review the resumes and weed out obvious mismatches
3) View candidates LinkedIn profiles to see how they stand out.   Is their profile up to date?  Is there volunteer work or something else that wasn't listed on their resume?  Additional scan for other red flags.  Not having a profile is an immediate trip to the circular file.   Other red flags would include a very sloppy or inappropriate (not professional) profile.  
4) Share resumes with other managers if applicable.   They would each have their own process and also viewed LinkedIn profiles
5) Call HR recruiter to schedule interviews with select candidates. 

Note that I am in international sales, so a professional profile is more important than in other fields, but since there are usually many more resumes than open positions, it is REALLY easy to just throw away the resume that doesn't have a solid LinkedIn profile attached to it.