Making Money & Job opportunities through LinkedIn!

When I started my career in 2016, I downloaded LinkedIn thinking it just to be another Job portal like Naukri where I would apply for some Job opportunities but I was so wrong and I would talk about this in a while. Coming from a middle class family that follows a 9-5 Job norm and is very fussy about getting the right education as this kind of life was well accepted by the society, of course there was no room or encouragement for starting a business.

I also started following the herd but the turning point came after I did my MBA in HR, from the most unique B-school of the country (School of Inspired Leadership), became the VP-Education for Toastmasters club (Gained some Public speaking skills), happened to be a student of National school of Drama (that nurtured my creativity) and last but not the least my Yoga amp; Meditation (That brought me close to my purpose of Life and made me strong enough to start my own Business).

Coming back to the story where I happened to worked with 3 great organizations into Global Recruitment amp; Training and getting a reasonably good salary pay check or I should say having a satisfying 9-5 Job that was a sigh of relief for my family. So as I told you in 2016 LinkedIn was downloaded just to apply for the visible Jobs but when I started working in order to recruit great candidates I was advised continuously by my managers to use LinkedIn. To my surprise I was able to get more refined profiles on LinkedIn than any other Job portal and from that time on-wards I got more and more curious about this Gold mine called LinkedIn.

Whenever I used to look for some new opportunities (Being a millennial), I always used my perfect story on LinkedIn and directly messaged all my connections to help me with opportunities. After making mistakes amp; failed attempts of sending across a general script to all the recruiters and decision makers, I learnt to improvise my story and made it more personalized according to the Job and the company.

Trust me on this; I got so many positive responses from different organizations not just from India but from abroad as well. It so happened that I connected with some great mentors who were ready to guide me with my career, I was always happy to read some good stories that people shared on LinkedIn and some of them had a great influence on me.

While researching more about this infectious tool I got to know that OMG! ; It has 675 million active users, out of which 40 million are Decision makers, 30 million companies are on LinkedIn and approx 61 million senior influencers. Without wasting any more time I started leveraging LinkedIn to its highest capacity and no wonder I was able to get some good Job opportunities, I generated 2x more leads for my business (Canada amp; India) and I was at a stage where I had the power to influence people and in no time I was able to brand myself with the help of LinkedIn storytelling and today I have 12k+ followers on LinkedIn.

Since I was into Recruitment, it’s so funny that my friends and family used to think that I can easily get them a Job. I got so many messages asking for jobs and I used to feel helpless when I was not able to help people get their desired opportunities but for a Recruiter who is working for a client or a company it becomes inevitable to hire everybody or anybody until and unless the profile matches with the current Job role and companys culture.

At the same time since I was into consulting, I got some collaboration offers from the people asking me to help their clients and grow their Business, I did help 2 of them but other than that it wasnt possible as I was too preoccupied with my 9-5 Job. Therefore I always kept thinking what could be an alternate way to help Jobseekers, Startups, Business owners, Freelancers or people planning to change careers.Since my childhood, I have always been a passionate day dreamer amp; a born storyteller and who believed that I am not a 9-5 Job material. I was always very creative in my training’s, presentations and doing everything out of the box but I was not able to navigate my purpose of life. Although when my brother started

The DA Consult (Former: Fankar Foundation) ,I got an opportunity to give Personality development and communication skills training to the youngsters and the business was doing great for 2 years and my trainings used to get great reviews. But yet again my 9-5 Job brought me back from that world of illusion and I was so ignorant to my inner voice.As we all know that sooner or later life will pull you back if you are meant to do something big and there comes 2018 when I decided to take a risk and listen to my heart. Till then I was not sure what I am really going to do but I was sure about one thing that it was high time that I should follow my passion and search for the Purpose of my Life. With gods grace and someones advice I started taking interest in Yoga and meditation and slowly I started getting deep into myself, my voice and my purpose was becoming very clear to me each day and finally I knew what I always wanted to do.

When I listed down my life skills , I acknowledged the fact that I should help Jobseekers, startups, freelancers or business owners with my tricks and strategies of LinkedIn optimization amp; Storytelling .This would help them in building a strong Personal Brand and would also enhance their Financial health. Then I derived the alternative to make this possible and that was through an online course which can be an ultimate source tonbsp;help Job-seekers get 2x more Job opportunities and Entrepreneurs generate 2x more Business leads. Since these skills have helped me, I thought educating people and helping them succeed with my online course is going to be the purpose of life.Some people would ask me the need for Personal Branding?So the answer is quite simple, Jeff Bezoz always used to say “Your brand is something people talk about you when you are not in the room”. Since the advent of Social media, Gig economy and cross border collaboration, personal branding has being quite fundamental for people at all the stages of life.·nbsp;If you are a Jobseeker, you would like to use your personal branding to fetch more opportunities.·

If you are a Business owner/ Entrepreneur you would like to utilize personal branding to build trust, convey your message to the world and influence people to purchase your services or products· If you are an employee then also you need Personal branding as these days Employers want their employees to have a strong brand, their impactful stories matter them the most when they attend workshops, events, presentations or client meetings. Employees work as brand ambassadors for organizations. Good news is for all the above segments, LinkedIn and storytelling helps you to navigate your way and make it possible. Today my online course; Road to Dreams has already started impacting people and nbsp;I aspire to inspire 1 million youth by 2030 by empowering them with Job opportunities, Business leads and a strong Personal Branding for themselves. This we have made it possible through a unique approach of goal orientation, storytelling, LinkedIn optimization, customer empathy mapping and modern tools for job success.

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