Sweet Job Tips: Executive Search Networking with LinkedIn

Executive Job Search Tips6 Tips on How to Use LinkedIn for Job Search Networking

1. You can use LinkedIn’s search tools to find executives who

are in your target companies. In the search bar, choose the

“Companies” option and enter the name of the company

you’re interested in contacting. Under the industry section,

pick “Any Industry” or the specific one you prefer. You

will then be presented with a list of LinkedIn members

who work for that company.

2. Go to the “Companies” tab and try this technique. Select

“Browse All Industries” and select your industry. Look

at every profile that interests you. When you have the

profiles open, look at which “Groups and Associations”

they have listed. This is another area to look for in your networking endeavors.

If it makes sense, join the same group.

3. Consider joining Toplinked at www.toplinked.com. You

should be able to link to its members. This group is made

up of “open networkers” in LinkedIn who should be fairly

amenable to accepting your invitation.

4. Make sure you are working on getting LinkedIn recommendations

from your past supervisors, customers, peers, etc.

5. Don’t forget to look at the “Applications” link on your

LinkedIn home page. Check out which applications you

would like to add to your account.

6. Consider adding the “Polls” function, which allows you

to send a poll about your job search to your list. You will

need to have 150 contacts in order to be able to use this

product, but you will be able to reach everyone faster than

by emailing or phoning them.

There are various products out there that will coordinate

and connect all your Social Networking sites for you. Linking

them all together will save you time. That’s because everything

will be updated at the same time. Not only is it a competitive

market out there, but it’s also constantly changing technologically.

That being the case, anything you can do to simplify the

process is beneficial.

Have a great week. Let me know how I can help you improve your exeutive job search results.

Eleanor

Eleanor Anne Sweet

Excutive Job Search Expert  tm

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