Velocity is a third-party Chrome extension designed to work seamlessly with LinkedIn, Xing, and Vincere, enhancing your online sourcing capabilities.
🤙 Benefits
With Velocity, you can quickly determine if a LinkedIn profile is already in your database, edit existing profiles, or even shortlist candidates directly to a job — all without leaving LinkedIn.
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⭕ Downloading Velocity
Go to this link Velocity on Chrome Store
Once you're in the Web store, click on 'Add to Chrome'
The extension will automatically download and install into your Chrome browser.
Or you will have another option to download Velocity within Vincere is navigating to Marketplace > look for Velocity, click on it you will see the link to download it from Chrome.
⭕ Install the Extension
The extension will automatically download and install into your Chrome browser.
Once you’ve added Velocity to Chrome, ensure it is always pinned to your browser extensions for easy access.
⭕ Connecting Your Account
Once you've installed Velocity, you can connect Velocity to Vincere. Here's how:
Go to a LinkedIn Profile
Select the Velocity Extension (located on the top right of the screen)
Click on 'Connect to Vincere'
You will be led to the login site > click on 'AccessVincere'
Select 'Next' on the Access Login site
Once it's successfully connected, the tab will automatically close.
Now, refresh the LinkedIn tab.
You should see Velocity load against the record's name:
Please refer to the video below for visual guidance:
⭕ Using Velocity
Navigate to Xing, LinkedIn, or GitHub > Choose a person you would like to bring across then the Vincere icon will light up in the corner of your screen.
Let’s take a look at how this works on LinkedIn.
📝 Note: the same process will apply to Github and Xing.
Identify Candidates or Contacts:
Use the X or orange/blue person icon indicators to see which profiles already exist inside Vincere.
❌ A red cross indicates the person is not in your database yet.
👤 Blue icon - they are contact.
👤 Orange icon - they are candidate.
👤 Half Blue & Orange icon - They are both as Candidate and Contact.
👉 So you can know if they are a contact, candidate, or both
Update Profiles
You can update profiles easily without leaving the page, the orange icon indicates the person is a candidate added inside Vincere.
View in Vincere
Just One Click `View in Vincere` to jump directly to the newly created record.
Shortlist Candidates
Shortlist a candidate directly to one or multiple jobs from their profile.
Use the section at the bottom to shortlist the candidate for a job even before adding them to Vincere.
⭕ Conclusion
Velocity is your secret weapon designed to streamline your sourcing and business processes. By integrating with LinkedIn, Xing, and Vincere, it allows you to efficiently manage your candidate and contact databases, ensuring you make the most of your online sourcing efforts.
👉 Start using Velocity today and experience a more efficient and effective way to source candidates and contacts.
Happy Recruitment #TheVinnyWay🤩