LinkedIn to get a job

LinkedIn wants to help you get a new job – it really, really does. But you’ve got to help it help you. It is a Microsoft subsidiary, and a very effective one. Even though LinkedIn has over 700 million users, only a tiny fraction of those people are relevant for your job-hunting purposes, so you need to find—and get found by—the right ones.

1)Make Your Profile Work Harder

Your first step to increasing your visibility is fairly easy: Add or change your photo to a better quality, more professional one. Research shows that adding a photo will increase your profile’s traffic by a factor of 11. Find or create an in-focus headshot of yourself dressed appropriately for what you do, smiling and making eye contact with the camera.

2)Stay Active

To stay top of mind with your contacts, you want to maintain a visible presence on LinkedIn. It’s important, however, to be judicious about how active you are, especially if you are unemployed. You know that Facebook friend who seemingly posts every 15 minutes? Well, you don’t want to be that guy on LinkedIn, especially if you haven’t used it at all in a while.

3)Do Research

Even if there’s no job that matches the exact criteria you’ve entered in the Jobs channel, LinkedIn is good at suggesting companies that might have a suitable opening. Spend some time looking through the Discover Jobs in Your Network area. (This is another reason to build a large network of contacts.) And look at the site’s list of “People Also Viewed” jobs on job listing pages. It can lead you to some interesting postings you might not otherwise find.

4)Consider Joining LinkedIn Premium

Starting at $29.99 a month, LinkedIn’s paid service is a little pricey, but a short-term subscription may be worth it. One of the Premium services takes a page from Google’s paid search: It moves your correspondence to the top of the mailbox of whoever posted the job you’re applying for. Sure, the potential employer knows that the reason you’re the “featured applicant” is because you paid to be, but that doesn’t necessarily negate your advantage of being first.

References

1.10 Ways You Didn’t Know LinkedIn Could Find You a Job https://www.aarp.org/work/job-hunting/info-2017/10-ways-to-use-linkedin-job-search.html

2.How to Use LinkedIn to Get a Job https://www.investopedia.com/articles/personal-finance/012915/how-use-linkedin-get-job.asp