Author: Personal Branding Blog / Source: Business 2 Community One simple tactic on LinkedIn can lead to your absolutely ideal job. This a
One simple tactic on LinkedIn can lead to your absolutely ideal job. This approach is especially important if you do NOT have the qualifications, work history, education or experience that would make you a perfect candidate.
So, if you have a strong interest or great enthusiasm but nothing on your resume that qualifies you, here’s your LinkedIn job hunting hack. Best of all it’s FREE!
Step One: Go to LinkedIn.com and Sign In
Click on the small square in the upper right hand corner of your profile. It’s the icon made up of 6 small boxes, titled Work. Click on it and get to Groups, which appears on the second line. Or, visit the LinkedIn Groups tab at https://www.linkedin.com/groups
Step Two: See What’s New in Groups
Take the “Quick Tour” that pops up so you are familiar with how groups work.
If you previously signed up for groups but you haven’t been actively involved: LinkedIn will now give you the latest discussion topics from your old groups. The message is: “See the most important conversations from your industry, interests and passions every day.”
Take a look. If those discussions reflect your current interests and aspirations – then use the hack on your current groups.
Step Three: Find 10 Great Groups
If you haven’t signed up for Groups or you’ve outgrown the ones you joined: go back to your profile page. In the search box on the upper left hand side – put in the topic or occupation of your choice. You’ll get a page with lots of groups – so you may want to “shop around” by looking at the types of discussions and the titles of the people who are actively engaged in each group.
Plan to participate in 10 groups to use this hack. Some groups require permission to join –…
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