Linkedin Job Posting Statistics

Linkedin has added a new feature that displays a public counter on job postings.  You can see on many job postings you can see some examples of what to look for.

Not all job postings can be applied to from within Linkedin.  So in the case of a posting that you need to apply on the corporate site you can click through the counter will look like this:

For the jobs that have been applied to from within Linkedin you can see a counter like this:

For jobs that have a lot of attention and applications you can see that Linkedin will rank it as “On Fire!”

For mass click through you can see:

The result is that you have a bit more transparency in knowing how in demand the job posting is by your peers.  If you see a job posting with 57 applications from Linkedin it’s a good idea to make sure you very best resume and cover letter are being submitted.  It’s also more likely that you will not hear anything back as many job postings are also duplicated across corporate websites and networking with peers.