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15 Tactics for Job Seekers using Linkedin

Doug Skinnerdskinner@honestintentions.comThanks to Lindsey Pollak

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Have you framed your Headline Profile?

Does it include words in the targeted titles of your prospective employer?

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Have you reviewed and updated your summary?

Be sure to include

keywords from job

listings in it and especially

in the ‘specialties’

section.

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Have you obtained enough references from each job position listed?

It’s time to ask co-workers,

bosses, direct reports,

customers, partners.

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How often should you update your status?

Answer: once a week. Go ahead and send links to articles of interest, announcements of events, news on your volunteer activities, mention upcoming/past interview without revealing the company name.

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Login to Linkedin everyday

Check update notes from

your connections

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Send your Linkedin updates to your active email address

Use the one that you check every day, as important opportunities are temporary in nature, requiring quick response.

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Consider signing up for the Premium Linkedin Account

Add features like ‘inmail’ and ‘open link’ on your badge settings. Use advanced research features.

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Join your alumni group

Look for subgroups of alumni groups.Contribute to community dialogue.

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Use Groups Directory with your future interests and direction in mind

Join some groups that have characteristics of lots of activity, large numbers, people that you’ll admire. For me it’ll be searching for things like honesty, smart phones, android, ipad, wireless communications, cloud services, virtualization.

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When seeking a new connection, offer to help them in some way too!

In general, be positive, and polite.

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When sending emails through Linkedin, here are some suggestions

Compliment them, remind them of how

you met, follow

through on something promised.

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When setting up new connections

Immediately correspond with them

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When receiving connection requests

If it’s a person that you don’t remember, it’s

OK to archive their request, or

ask them how they know you

or why you’d want to connect

with them

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When building your connections, it’s better to have quality, not quantity.

Be sure to check out their

‘New Hires’

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Use ‘Follow Company’ feature for tracking companies that you’ve targeted