Are Fee Changes Coming for LinkedIn?

News for corporate recruiters:

If your company is using LinkedIn’s job posting board then you should know that LinkedIn has filed for an IPO!  This means current free features MAY wind up on the paid-only feature section!  Why?  This translates to more revenue from companies posting jobs, profiles, groups and more… In other words, as a public compnay, shareholders will demand that LinkedIn generate maximum revenue...  and users will pay!

See the original Recruiter.com article at http://bit.ly/LIFreeRide (scroll up to the top of the article).

Clearly, the technology of recruiting is constantly evolving and changing – LinkedIn is a good example.  Still, great corporate recruiters with companies like Brookwoods Group supporting them can add real value regardless of what LinkedIn is doing.  Recruiting, for example, encompasses sourcing, assessing, matching, screening, coaching, and negotiating – all within a context of trusted relationships and experienced judgment.  LinkedIn at any price cannot replace that.  Yes, LinkedIn is a good sourcing tool for all of us, in that it mimics a relatively shallow trusted relationship.  But with the competition to grow ones first level contacts to high numbers, there cannot be many relationships that have enough depth and meaning to replace the value of a great recruiter with a great company standing behind them.