Talent Acquisition ???????????? | JobSeeker Ally | I'm not active on LinkedIn: I'm ??????????active! | Wordsmith | Senior Recruiter at Cenlar FSB | Hiring for IT roles exclusively in the 19067 ZIP code | That #EDtalk guy
Hello #jobseekers today's #jobsearch post is about how best to leverage this platform for your search. This began as a series of comments on Paula Christensen's post but I realized that it might be helpful to put them all together in one place. I've been training job seekers on how to get the most out of LI since 2009. Here is what you really need to know. ? Open to Work. Use it, love it. It's almost 3 years old. Anyone telling you it makes you look desperate is not a recruiter. We recruiters only get X InMails. Seeing you are on the hunt makes you more likely to see & accept our InMails--and those of us using LinkedIn Recruiter can look specifically for this. ? Those of you currently working, make sure your current position points to your employer's LinkedIn Company Page. This is the mechanism that helps prevent your organization's recruiters from seeing that you are Open to Work, if you have it set only to LinkedIn Recruiter members. We also can see whatever preferences you wrote. ? Headline. Use these 220 characters to communicate how you kick butt, not just your job title and current/last employer. You are so much more than just this information. What do you do for whom, how, and most importantly, why. ? About. Load this with the most relevant keywords that you want us to find you--but also make sure it actually reads well for the human reader, too. An endless string of keywords is tedious to read. Write for both search engines as well as people. ? Experience. Tell us a little about what you did or accomplished in the position, especially if your job title isn't intrinsically insightful. Knowing you're a Director doesn't tell me what kind of work you want to do. Director of what? IT? FP&A? HR? Tell us! ? Location. Most employers are hybrid these days, not fully remote. We are looking for people who actually could work in the area, or at least would consider relocation. Make sure your location is sufficiently specific that positions you wouldn't consider are not presented to you. ? Activity. Everything you do, from a reaction, repost, reshare, or comment, is visible to anyone with an internet connection. Make sure your Activity is aligned with the way you wish to be seen. ? Connecting with ???????????????? recruiters. I recruit for a bank. Yet almost every day a supply chain professional wants to connect because they're looking for a job. I explain what skillsets I hire for in my Headline: I don't hire this skillset, nor does any bank. This is easily 25% of all invitations I decline. Extra bonus stuff coming in a comment cuz there's too much. Thank you for coming to my #EDtalk ? Comment on this and other of my posts before using a reaction emoji: this trains the algorithms that you want to see more of them ? Follow me or the #tip4day, #EDtalk, and HiringFriday hashtags, or? ? Ring that notification ?? on my profile And doing all of this guarantees you'll see these daily tips and other musings in your LinkedIn newsfeed.
These are great Ed Han! And as you know, it's not enough to have a great profile. You have to be active on LinkedIn. Looking forward to a part 2 from you about how to engage!
Bonus: That headline? LinkedIn truncates it in search results. Put your best stuff in the first 70 characters.
It's a great list to help job seekers out. To add: 1. You get 2,600 characters in your About section. Share a story of what you do when you work. Share what you do outside of work. 2. You can leave value-driven comments on company pages and recruiter pages to add value. Recruiters check from time to time. You can gain followers and even a connection. Extra tip: Attend webinars. Share takeaways in a post. Text or slide deck. 3. Experience section: any photos you have (awards, how you work,) share them. It shows proof you work there. Appreciate you, Ed! #EDtalk #tip4day
Excellent list of points, Ed - especially on your last point. I still get requests for industries I am not even remotely connected to anymore or have never recruited for in the past. Sometimes, I think the person reaching out has not even bothered looking at my organization's career opportunities. For those jobseekers that do make the extra little effort of messaging me about a specific role I've shared or is on my organization's careers page, I will do what I can to help them out. If it's an opening that I am currently recruiting for I may be able to help the jobseeker out and answer their question immediately. All great tips and thanks for sharing.
To the network.
ATTN JOB SEEKERS: check out this post with tips to start the week off right! And will add my faith in the Open to Work banner has been restored, in part thanks to you ???? I still remember geeking out about it three years ago 4th of July weekend to where I wrote about it, changed my tune a month later and (until now) have wavered since. I hope to never need it again for myself but wouldn’t be opposed to it ???? Happy Monday Ed!
#8 is a smart one to reiterate. Recruiters are the great point person in an internal organization to contact about open roles, but research the company and open jobs to make sure you are aligned. The same with external, agency recruiters--typically most should be specialized by industry or type of jobs.
Great list.
Curious where you stand on #5, Ed Han? Carbon copy of resume or more of a story in the Experience section? ?? Terrific summation on how to use LinkedIn for both confidential job seekers and unemployed! ????
Talent Acquisition ???????????? | JobSeeker Ally | I'm not active on LinkedIn: I'm ??????????active! | Wordsmith | Senior Recruiter at Cenlar FSB | Hiring for IT roles exclusively in the 19067 ZIP code | That #EDtalk guy
1 年? Our time and availability are limited: ???? ?????? ?????? ?????????????? ??????????. You might want us to review your résumé or profile. And we might even want to. But so do a dozen other job seekers, and we can't help everyone who asks for our help. Many of us want to help but are swamped. 1:1 help is highly time-intensive, and often, a bigger ask than we are able to rationalize. Asking a complete stranger to donate their time is a big ask. ? There are a ton of people that publish superb guidance for free on this platform already. Quite often the question you have was already answered. Invest a little time searching for this information first. Then, when you contact someone you can say that you already tried looking for X without success. That helps people help you.