The PM Pivot - #15: Job Search Like a Pro
John Connolly, MLIS, PMP
Managed IT to let your teams focus on mission critical work
Pivoting the Newsletter
Over the past six months, I've produced content for this LinkedIn Newsletter as consistently as possible. I'm very happy with the engagement here, but I'm working to consolidate my long-form content.
What does this mean?
First, it means that I'm going to direct you over to my blog at Medium and encourage you to follow me or sign up for email notifications. I understand that most people here have signed up specifically through LinkedIn, but my new, full articles on project management and career pivots will be on Medium.
Second, it means you likely won't get frequent updates from me via the LinkedIn Newsletter format. I plan to make regular posts, but like this one, it will encourage you to hit my Medium for the full dose of content.
The upside for me is that Medium will take away most of the legwork of generating new content in three or four places. I can write on Medium and share to you all through LinkedIn, email, or other platforms.
I hope you'll check it out and follow me over there. If you have questions, please reach out to me!
Search LinkedIn Jobs Like a Pro
The following is an excerpt from my full article on Medium. Don't forget to click "Follow" for future updates!
The key to an effective search on LinkedIn Jobs is to focus your goals. While it’s possible to throw some keywords into the search engine and get lots of results, the point is to find the most relevant results for your search. This means assembling a list of solid keywords that will fuel your searches based on your search criteria. These keywords can come from a variety of sources:
- Job title
- Industry/field terms
- Responsibilities and skills specific to the role
- Relevant education, certifications, professional affiliations, etc.
- Field-specific concepts or topics
A great first step to assemble keywords is to find people on LinkedIn who work in my target role and read their profile. What types of duties and responsibilities do they have in the role? What are some of the accomplishments they list or post about? What credentials do they have that relate to the field in which they work? It’s never a bad idea to cultivate good network contacts in your target field, so reaching out and asking some specific questions may pay big dividends in growing your understanding of the field and what its requirements are.
You will also learn a lot about relevant keywords from browsing job postings in your target field. The more you can identify patterns and requirements, the better you will become at searching...
Looking to read the full article? View it on Medium and don't forget to click "Follow" for future updates!