How to Find a New Job in 1 Hour on LinkedIn

If you're like me you HATE the typical online job application process. Here's how it usually goes:

Get forced into registering an account on the company's careers page.

Upload resume.

Get taken to a 3-page online form that asks for the same info as your resume.

Click submit.

Receive error: "You did not attach a cover letter. Please check your application"

Write long cover letter.

Click submit again.

Sit there, wondering if anyone will ever even read the info you just sent. 

Sound familiar?

Here's the Best Way to Find Jobs Online and it's Not Even Close

Fortunately there's a solution, right on this website (LinkedIn) and I want to make sure everyone knows so you never have to suffer through the standard frustrating process again. 

In the title I mentioned one of my readers found a job after spending 1 hour on LinkedIn. It was actually less... 50 minutes. 

I explain it all in the YouTube video that started it all, but here are the steps to what I call the "Rapid Fire" LinkedIn job search method:

1. Select the little briefcase icon in the search bar up top

2. Search for a keyword or job title. Like "Accounting Manager."

3. Narrow it down for location and anything else you want, on the left-hand side of the screen. 

4. View individual job postings that look interesting. I like to open each in a new tab on my browser.

Here's where it gets good...

In each job posting you'll see one of these two buttons:

If it's the "Apply" button, you're a few clicks away from getting your resume in front of the company. Just click, attach your resume from your computer, and you're done!

You can attach a cover letter if needed (like if you have a gap in employment you need to explain), otherwise it's not needed. It literally takes 2 minutes per application. The only hard part is reading the job description and deciding if you're interested!

And companies reply... Fast!

I recently sent one application just as a test (LinkedIn changed their buttons so I wanted to make sure my method still works... it does). 

I wasn't qualified for the job and my profile wasn't tailored to fit it at all, and I STILL heard back!

I didn't even attach a resume. I just submitted the application with what's on my LinkedIn profile (I wouldn't recommend this. Take the time to attach a resume). 

Now the other button you might see... "Apply on company website." This isn't quite as good, but it's still very easy to click through, check out the company's job application form and decide. 

Decide what? Whether you want to apply. You're in the driver's seat now. You have hundreds of jobs on LinkedIn and limited time. You control which ones receive your resume. And there's nothing wrong with looking at the ease of their application process as a deciding factor. That's the beauty of this method.

So... Here's the Old Way: Spend hours applying for jobs all over the web, signing up for accounts, writing cover letters and more, without knowing if they'll even respond. Or if the job is even still available!

The "Rapid Fire" LinkedIn Method: Apply for many jobs extremely fast, have multiple conversations, choose from the best companies and narrow your search to fit your goals. 

What I just described in the last paragraph is how the absolute best candidates conduct their job search. Trust me, I've worked with plenty as a Recruiter.

They don't fall in love with the first company that's willing to give them the time of day. They explore as many avenues as they possibly can and then narrow it down. 

You'll save time, save stress, have more opportunities, more leverage, and more confidence when talking with companies. Welcome to the new way of job searching! 

There is one exception. If you're looking at a certain job and you have people in your network that are connected to the company, talk to them and see if they can make an introduction. That's always better. But when that isn't possible, this is the method I would turn to immediately. 

Thanks for reading!

P.S. If you missed it earlier, here's the case study showing how one person used this method to get 3 interviews and 1 job offer, in only 50 minutes of effort: How to Find a Job Fast- LinkedIn Case Study

Got a question on any of this? Think it's something you might try? Leave a comment below and let me know why or why not! Thanks for reading.