Posts Tagged ‘LinkedIn’

I just wanted to take a minute to draw your attention to an article written by Alison Doyle over at About.com. She has a post up called LinkedIn for College Students and Grads which provides detailed information and resources you will need to get set up on LinkedIn.

I would seriously recommend checking it out if you have some time. LinkedIn is an extremely important part of the modern job hunt. It provides an excellent avenue to connect with people who may have previously been out of reach.

Check out the full article here. You won’t regret it.

I just finished reading Don’t put “Looking for a job” on your Linkedin status. I agree completely.

Why you ask? Well the author hits the nail on the head with:

Because you position yourself as someone asking for something, asking for a job, waiting for things to happen… being passive!

Instead, network and show your skills. Recruiters look for active candidates.

If you are in this situation, take this advice.

Fantastic read over at a blog called New Grad Life. 22 Tips for Landing a Job On LinkedIn has a great list of advice covering the best ways to use LinkedIn during your job search.

Among the best advice:

7. Update Your Profile Often (keeps you on your contacts’ news stream), but Not Egregiously

10. Invite Anyone You Meet in a Business Setting

and…

19. Consider Creating Your Own Group

If you haven’t already, I would seriously recommend getting yourself on LinkedIn. It’s the best social media tool for professional networking. And when you do, check out 22 Tips for Landing a Job On LinkedIn.  It has some seriously good advice.

Wow. I’m impressed. It’s not every day that someone lands a job through LinkedIn AND provides a step-by-step review of how they did it!

The article I’m referring to is called How I Found My Dream Job Using LinkedIn by Avril David and was posted on Forbes.com. It outlines his job search from start to finish and shows how LinkedIn can help.

I think my favorite part was how he got around to improving his LinkedIn profile:

After researching a list of relevant companies, I decided to send an unsolicited e-mail or two to the human resources department at my first-choice company, in hope that they were maybe, possibly, fingers-crossed, hiring for a position that wasn’t posted on their Web site. That yielded zero result, so I somewhat indifferently checked my LinkedIn network, on the off chance that the unfinished profile I had created four years ago could be of any use to me. Turns out it could.

And boy, was it helpful…

I conducted a LinkedIn search for the company and discovered that one of my former co-workers, a direct connection, was connected to someone there through previous work experience…As you can guess, since I wrote this article, the former co-worker graciously introduced me and even praised me (hallelujah!) to the person at my first-choice company. Two days later, I received a phone call inviting me to schedule an interview. A week and a half later, I was hired.

This just goes to show how powerful networking can be. Done right, it can open all sorts of doors.

Is your LinkedIn profile up to date?