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I've been using Rally Point for about a month now. I thrive on advice from superiors, both currently serving and retired. Also, hearing and learning from the career seeking experience of my peers is what motivates me more so to land an illustrious career, which has alluded me thus far. However, I've been hearing that many civilian employers discredit Rally Point as a viable social media tool for employment; instead focusing on LinkedIn. My question is, should I be putting a link to my Rally Point profile on my resume? Or, should I concentrate on creating a LinkedIn profile and putting that instead? Regardless, I will continue to utilize my Rally Point profile to seek out the advice of my fellow military members past and present!
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I agree that you should use both RallyPoint and LinkedIn. The more exposure you get will never hurt! Just make sure that you keep both of your profiles consistent. I do Pre-employment Backgrounds everyday and I do check all of the available social media resources for consistency in every applicant's Profile. Just my two cents brother!
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GySgt Carl Rumbolo
Well, perhaps - while Linkedin has it's issues, it is certainly at this point in time a much more serious site for professional business networking.
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Thanks for asking this SPC (Join to see). You bring up a question I think a lot of members wonder about. As many have already said, be sure you are using both networks. The kind of networking and transition support you'll get here from successful veterans is much different than networking only on LinkedIn.
I'll be the first to tell you that there are plenty of civilian recruiters that use RallyPoint. Just pulled a few quick numbers and we have over 10,000+ employers represented by veterans and and 5,000+ civilian recruiters on RallyPoint. You can bet these recruiters are here because they see real value in veterans. Looping in just a few active talent acquisition pros, as they might have some perspective as well. They collectively represent Northrop Grumman, Tesla Motors, Time Warner Cable, Military MOJO, Ford, United Health Group, Northwestern Mutual, Farmers Insurance, & Randstad Sourceright.
Joseph Wong LTC Paul Turevon Michelle Titus Lucas Buck SGT Jason Noma LT George Bernloehr Edward Espeleta SGT Dennis Carpenter SFC Chad Sowash COL Sid McManus Cathy Suarez
I'll be the first to tell you that there are plenty of civilian recruiters that use RallyPoint. Just pulled a few quick numbers and we have over 10,000+ employers represented by veterans and and 5,000+ civilian recruiters on RallyPoint. You can bet these recruiters are here because they see real value in veterans. Looping in just a few active talent acquisition pros, as they might have some perspective as well. They collectively represent Northrop Grumman, Tesla Motors, Time Warner Cable, Military MOJO, Ford, United Health Group, Northwestern Mutual, Farmers Insurance, & Randstad Sourceright.
Joseph Wong LTC Paul Turevon Michelle Titus Lucas Buck SGT Jason Noma LT George Bernloehr Edward Espeleta SGT Dennis Carpenter SFC Chad Sowash COL Sid McManus Cathy Suarez
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CW3 Dylan E. Raymond, PHR
I agree I am a veteran and Military recruiter with Shell Oil and definitely come to this platform because I know what you bring to the table. Also i know and understand the language you speak and could lend some support if you are struggling on how to make the transition. I tell the day will come that you will have to hang up the boots so the better you are prepared to handle the transition the more options you will have. I recommend showing a presence on both platforms.
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Capt Brandon Charters
CW3 Dylan E. Raymond, PHR - Great to hear that coming from a veteran & talent pro working at Shell.
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Vikki Nicometo
From a former recruiter's perspective: yes, use both. But here is the perceived limitation with RP- on LI you have every kind of candidate with every kind of background. If your company will only pay for ONE recruiter license, you choose LI because you have a wider pool of candidates.
RP is limiting that it doesn't let civilians request connections with military personnel unless they pay for a premium service. Again, with limited resources - you pay for LI. So you can't get as much from RP as you'd like.
RP is limiting that it doesn't let civilians request connections with military personnel unless they pay for a premium service. Again, with limited resources - you pay for LI. So you can't get as much from RP as you'd like.
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SSgt Mario Blandini
The answer is naturally both, given there is no cost to either. That said, results depend exclusively on the work put in, as merely existing in either is unlikely to produce a positive outcome.
That said, LinkedIn wins the #'s game, so that may be the place to focus first, and syndicate your activity (cut & paste) in RP. I plan to use both to recruit when launching my company http://resolvenetworks.com next month, exclusively targeting veterans and milspouse.
Personal note, my "acceptance rate" for LinkedIn requests is much higher than connection requests on RP. Not sure why that is given apples-to-apples request #'s and frequency. Maybe it is the funny looking Marine Corps League garrison cover in my RP photo ;-)
That said, LinkedIn wins the #'s game, so that may be the place to focus first, and syndicate your activity (cut & paste) in RP. I plan to use both to recruit when launching my company http://resolvenetworks.com next month, exclusively targeting veterans and milspouse.
Personal note, my "acceptance rate" for LinkedIn requests is much higher than connection requests on RP. Not sure why that is given apples-to-apples request #'s and frequency. Maybe it is the funny looking Marine Corps League garrison cover in my RP photo ;-)
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Why not use both RallyPoint and LinkedIn SPC (Join to see)? RallyPoint is military service centric while Linkedin is much broader but includes many military and veterans.
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LTC Stephen F.
Stephie Pahlavi Zan - thanks for sharing your LinkedIn profile. I hope to be able to check it out tomorrow. Are related to Shah Pahlavi by any chance?
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