Tag Archives: LinkedIn for Job Seekers

Job Search Series – Be in the Background!

June 16, 2020 by ,

A question for you. Next time you visit someone’s Profile, check where your eyes focus first?

Generally, we start looking at things from the top left so it might well be the photo. However, if it has been done well, then you normally find that it’s the background image – the banner that sits right across the top of the Profile.

This is essentially YOUR SHOP WINDOW if you like and what you put in there sets the tone for the rest of your profile as well as gives .

This area is critical to the 1st impression you give to anyone visiting your profile – and you know what they say about 1st impressions!

Needless to say, leaving it as the default blue image is wasting a massive opportunity.

Instead what can you do with it?

Ideally use something that sets you apart from other profiles. We need to stand out – lots of competition vying for attention, so let’s use all the tools available! (more…)

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Job Search Series – Think like a Recruiter

June 12, 2020 by ,

Today, let’s start with a key fundamental – if you are using LinkedIn for a Job Search then you need to appeal to the people who are going to be looking for you like an attorney recruiter, whether these are people who work in a Recruitment agency or at the organization that is looking to hire you. Keep in mind also that most companies are doing some kind of assessment like the ones from this site https://wonderlic.com/wonscore/ to understand if a candidate like you can do the job.

So, as you create your profile or decide what you want to post or contribute to, you have to put yourself in their shoes – You have to think like a Recruiter!

When I run LinkedIn sales and marketing training sessions, I talk about your “Audience” – in other words, who do you want to sit up and take notice of YOU! In that case, it is talking about who would be your Buyer Persona or who would be the prospect that you want to talk to.

When it comes to job search, the same applies, but clearly the audience has changed. We now need Recruiters to find us and then be interested in us! Keep on reading and find here great information for your job search. (more…)

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6 ways to use LinkedIn as a Job seeker

May 28, 2020 by ,

Job Seeker on LinkedInI have been lucky enough to work with a number of Jobs Clubs and Careers / Outplacement teams in my role as a LinkedIn trainer and consultant, and met a lot of great people who have gone on to really explore LinkedIn as a powerful ally in their own Job search.

In the sessions I’ve run, we try to cover a range of opportunities that LinkedIn offers rather than focus solely on, say, the profile or the Jobs area – there are so many additional tools that we can tap into and I guess many different ways that we can go about the process of looking for a new job. The areas that we cover therefore include making the most of the Personal Profile space that we have on LinkedIn (to attract and then inform), active searching and connecting with relevant people, marketing and positioning yourself to maintain visibility, as well as using the Job Board to keep an eye out for potential roles.

Above all it’s another tool in the Job Seeker’s arsenal and one that is particularly valuable when it comes to the proactive job searching, particularly those 70% of jobs that allegedly are never actually advertised externally. Getting in front of the right people

So, what areas do we need to consider (more…)

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Communicating your career intentions on LinkedIn
(aka – it’s not you it’s me)

September 30, 2016 by ,

Jobs on LinkedInHere’s a situation for you, one that perhaps you or someone you know might be in. You’re looking for a job – you don’t necessarily want your boss to know but you would like to make recruiters aware via LinkedIn that you … just might … be available and interested.

There have always been some very obvious methods open to us – adding “currently looking” in your professional headline or prominently in the main body of your profile would be one such way. That’s a little bit in your face though and certainly something that could be seen by your current employer.

Now, however, we have another – one that is only visible to users of the full Recruiter package on LinkedIn it’s true, but one that I’d recommend adding in any case to any active job seeker on LinkedIn.

So what does it do?

Essentially it allows us to add and share certain pieces of specific information and makes them available via one of the advanced search filters in the LinkedIn Recruiter package.

To tap into this, you’ll need to head over to (more…)

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