9 Fantastic Ways to get Employment through LinkedIn !

Are you using LinkedIn as a platform to get employed? Have you been searching for some ways to really make your job seeking on LinkedIn easier and faster? It is no new news that people now uses LinkedIn to get employed, in fact , it is one the best way to actually make your job search easier all you need are some vital information and tips that will boost your LinkedIn profile. So I am going to be sharing with you nine (9) ways on how you can get employed through LinkedIn and trust me all these ways really works. 

1) An All-Star profile: Having an All-Star LinkedIn profile helps you stay connected and it also extends your personal brands. To achieve this, you will need to add a little effort. Adding a photo to your profile is also another way to get more profile view, and note, the photo must look professional.

A detailed HEADLINE only with 120 characters will contain information about your industry and location. Using the right key words will help you define your personal brand. Story telling makes your SUMMARY more fun to read but remember to make it sound professional. Add some of your top accomplishment to your WORK HISTORY. To get more endorsement in some specific areas you will need to add a minimum of five (5) skills. A complete an All-star Profile must have an EDUCATION DETAILS which will connect you with your fellow college and university students. 

2)  Profile link customization: The best way to make your LinkedIn profile to be really identified by the public is customizing your profile URL. Doing this you change what appears on your profile publicly . Mind you there are some steps you will need to follow when customizing your LinkedIn profile. Job recruiters currently ask for a LinkedIn profile link and to customize this, got to the "Me" icon at your home page from computer then go to View profile > Edit public profile & URL > Under you go to Edit your custom URL you can then customize your link like www.dhirubhai.net/in/yourname.

3. SEO keywords: Showing up consistently with your qualifications which is ideally higher than other candidates is one sole aim of a job seeker. And this is called #LinkedInSEO which helps to improve your search rank on LinkedIn. There are a lot of ways by which recruiters search LinkedIn database. Some make use of the People search and some search through LinkedIn Groups. Just as Google loves SEO for ranking a page that is how LinkedIn also uses SEO to rank your profile and shows it to your recruiter.

Having to spend a lot of time updating your profile would it not be a waste if your recruiter searches for your skill but you seem not appear or hard to appear but if you have right SEO keywords on profile you will consistently show up to recruiters whereby giving your profile more clicks and views. 

4) Make 'ON' of Career Interests Button: When you update your career interests it helps LinkedIn to customize the position that are surfaced to you giving the jobs that you may be interested in feature. It helps to expand your Network. Recruiters search become easier to pick you up as potential candidate. Click on Career Interests in your profile dashboard section to customize the following:

• How actively are you looking for a job ?
• Job titles you are considering.
• Types of jobs you are open to.
• The Geographical Location.

5. Follow Corporate pages: LinkedIn has a tool for you where you can follow a company you will like to work. By following these companies, you will be able receive update about a company, get more detailed information on the company, get an interview scheduled easily, know more about your employer before any conversation and meetings. In fact , your recruiters can easily get you when you follow their corporate pages. 

6. Using Hashtags effectively: If you are already familiar with Facebook, Twitter and Instagram Hashtags, the LinkedIn Hashtag is also the combination of letters, numbers, or emoji that follows after the # symbol but mind you Twitter and Instagram hashtags is different from LinkedIn hashtag. Making use of these hashtags helps your content more discoverable. Recruiters gets more interested in you when you hashtag them always. When writing a post, LinkedIn automatically suggest some hashtags and you can use them if they fit. Note don't just use any hashtags ensure they are a good fit and it is advisable to limit each post to a maximum of five hashtags. Making use of too much hashtags on LinkedIn marks your post as spam. 

7. Comment thoughtfully and become member of Different Group: Smart commenting makes you noticeable on LinkedIn. Always leave a thoughtful comment. Referencing other commenters using '@' as TAG is also another great way to keep a good conversation going. Pick post your specific industry for commenting.

Pressing emoji ( symbols ) or small phrases like “Thanks for Sharing!,” “Congratulation” and similar expressions do not reflect that you are into the subject or even you have read it.

Do an Advanced Search to identify professional groups in your area and get involved by giving thoughtful comment. This will help expand your network, show your expertise (when you engage in online conversations and answer questions that come up), and possibly connect you to the organizations you want to work for in the future. When researching groups, you want to participate in groups that have recent activity. Otherwise, you might be wasting your time if a group doesn't have daily or regular interaction online.

8. Share others thoughts: When I say "share others thoughts" I do not mean you should just share any thoughts because some thoughts can be Meaningless and helpless. In LinkedIn, there are some kind of thoughts you can share that will boost your profile and help you more noticeable and they are blog posts, industry news and research, in-depth how to and list style posts, quick tips, company updates, etc.

9. Subscribe premium: Many job seekers often find LinkedIn premium to be worthless maybe because when they tried it was unhelpful to them for the first few months. But subscribing to LinkedIn premium has a lot of benefits when you are seeking for a job like it gives you more search filters, more search results, it makes the icon next to your name golden, your profile description will be more substantial, and many more benefits.

In conclusion, if you really want to get employed through LinkedIn, try out these awesome nine (9) ways and see the effect it will have on your LinkedIn profile. Your job hunting only gets better and easier on LinkedIn by following the right procedures and ways.

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Compiled & Written by : J.M.Taslim Kabir , Head of Marketing, Fair Group

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