Would YOU source me?

Experiment time. Or, rather a favor to ask.

Would anyone who doesn't already know me AND is NOT directly connected to me, be willing to do a quick LinkedIn search to see if I show up in your results?

And, if you were to be sourcing for my type of background, I'm curious where I would show up on your search (high/low match).

I'm located in Orange County, CA (next closest metro-area Los Angeles). I'm just providing the following as point of reference related to any key words or combinations that might be relevant. You decide which to use.

Human Resources (Director, Manager, Generalist)
SPHR
Senior Professional in Human Resources
Talent Management
Organization Development
Talent Acquisition
Recruiting
Recruiter
Business Partner
Masters' degree

No particular reason for the request, just curious about whether my profile content is targeted enough to appear outside of my own 1st, 2nd, 3rd level connections. And/or if anything different occurs if any of you happen to have a paid/upgraded LI account.

BTW: My profile is "fully" visible publicly.

Just in case you need to confirm me here is the link: http://www.linkedin.com/in/kellyblokdijkattalenttalks

Thanks in advance !!!

~KB @TalentTalks

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Permalink Reply by Vinda Rao on August 22, 2013 at 9:42am

Hi Kelly, I did a search for "SPHR" and "business partner" in the "Greater Los Angeles Area" and you weren't in the 224 results that were returned. I have a free account.

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Permalink Reply by Kelly Blokdijk on August 22, 2013 at 5:02pm

Hi Vinda,

Thanks so much for checking. Appreciate you letting me know.

Kelly

Vinda Rao said:

Hi Kelly, I did a search for "SPHR" and "business partner" in the "Greater Los Angeles Area" and you weren't in the 224 results that were returned. I have a free account.

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Permalink Reply by Linda Ferrante on September 18, 2013 at 10:24am

I searched 'SPHR' and 'recruiter' in Orange County, CA and you were second from the top on the second page. Not a bad showing but we do have four groups and eight skills and expertise in common. I don't know if those numbers help with the connection or not, but there you were!

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Permalink Reply by Kelly Blokdijk on September 18, 2013 at 4:37pm

Thanks for checking, Linda! I know having mutual groups in common influences visibility to others. Not sure about similar skills though.

Linda Ferrante LoCicero said:

I searched 'SPHR' and 'recruiter' in Orange County, CA and you were second from the top on the second page. Not a bad showing but we do have four groups and eight skills and expertise in common. I don't know if those numbers help with the connection or not, but there you were!