How can you use smarter Linkedin when you want a job?

Nowadays, we use Linkedin more and more for a job - as a recruiter, but also as a candidate.

During the pandemic, #opentowork helped us to see easily the candidates who need a new job. But only this doesn’t ensure that we reach the right people.

We have to understand how to use Linkedin and to optimize what we are doing there.

Here are some tips - they don’t cover everything but are probably the most common mistakes.

• Mention your location. It is important to know that you are looking for a job in Iasi if you live there, not into entire Romania;
• Mention details regarding your previous jobs. It doesn’t help to mention only the name of the job, the company and the period, because these don’t tell me anything about what you know to do;
• Check what skills you mention. Are they up to date? Or they are relevant to what you want for a job?
• Write a friendly message when you request a connection from a recruiter. It helps the other side person to understand what are you looking for and to remember your profile easily;
• Check your Linkedin profile frequently to answer the messages;
• Make visible your contact details. If you want to be contacted by recruiters, make easier their job and mention your email and/or phone number;
• Request connections from relevant people for your domain. I understand that you are looking for a job, but if you work in sales, it won’t help you to have on your network a lot of IT recruiters.

What about you, what is the biggest lesson you learned on using LinkedIn for your professional development?

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