15 tactics for opportunity seekers on linkedin
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15 Tactics for Job Seekers using Linkedin
Doug [email protected] to Lindsey Pollak
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Have you framed your Headline Profile?
Does it include words in the targeted titles of your prospective employer?
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Have you reviewed and updated your summary?
Be sure to include
keywords from job
listings in it and especially
in the ‘specialties’
section.
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Have you obtained enough references from each job position listed?
It’s time to ask co-workers,
bosses, direct reports,
customers, partners.
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How often should you update your status?
Answer: once a week. Go ahead and send links to articles of interest, announcements of events, news on your volunteer activities, mention upcoming/past interview without revealing the company name.
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Login to Linkedin everyday
Check update notes from
your connections
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Send your Linkedin updates to your active email address
Use the one that you check every day, as important opportunities are temporary in nature, requiring quick response.
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Consider signing up for the Premium Linkedin Account
Add features like ‘inmail’ and ‘open link’ on your badge settings. Use advanced research features.
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Join your alumni group
Look for subgroups of alumni groups.Contribute to community dialogue.
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Use Groups Directory with your future interests and direction in mind
Join some groups that have characteristics of lots of activity, large numbers, people that you’ll admire. For me it’ll be searching for things like honesty, smart phones, android, ipad, wireless communications, cloud services, virtualization.
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When seeking a new connection, offer to help them in some way too!
In general, be positive, and polite.
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When sending emails through Linkedin, here are some suggestions
Compliment them, remind them of how
you met, follow
through on something promised.
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When setting up new connections
Immediately correspond with them
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When receiving connection requests
If it’s a person that you don’t remember, it’s
OK to archive their request, or
ask them how they know you
or why you’d want to connect
with them
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When building your connections, it’s better to have quality, not quantity.
Be sure to check out their
‘New Hires’
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Use ‘Follow Company’ feature for tracking companies that you’ve targeted