Greendale Jobs Club - Top 7 reasons to use LinkedIn for Job Seekers

1. LinkedIn
Top 7 reasons to use it
Greendale Jobs Club
presents the
top 7 reasons to use LinkedIn
www.linkedin.com

2. LinkedIn
Top 7 reasons to use it
Content Overview
 Free to use
 Searchable online CV
 Get endorsed and recommended by your colleagues
 Use it to research a company and it’s employees
 Network and target the right people in your industry
 Keep up to date within your sector
 Job searching

3. LinkedIn
Top 7 reasons to use it
It’s Free
A free LinkedIn profile lets you do the following:
 Build a large trusted professional network
 Request and provide recommendations
 Create a professional presence on the web
 Request up to 5 introductions at a time
 Search for and view profiles of other LinkedIn users
 Receive unlimited emails
 View 100 results per search
 Save up to 3 job searches and get weekly job alerts

4. LinkedIn
Top 7 reasons to use it
Searchable online CV
Your LinkedIn profile can be used as an online CV. The benefits
are:
 Employers can search and find you using keywords in your CV
 Frequent updates shows employers that you are active
 It increases your visibility on Google search results.
 A ‘Greendale Jobs Club’ goggle search shows our LinkedIn
page as the 2nd result 

5. LinkedIn
Top 7 reasons to use it
Endorsements and recommendations
 4 times more likely to have your profile viewed if you have
endorsements *
 Much like references, recommendations and endorsements
increases your credibility
* http://blog.linkedin.com/2013/03/06/1-billion-endorsements-given-on-linkedin-infographic/

6. LinkedIn
Top 7 reasons to use it
Company and people research
 Search people or companies
 Find who works for specific companies
 1857 companies using LinkedIn in Dublin *
 148,665 people using LinkedIn in Dublin
 3392 Human Resource people using LinkedIn in Dublin
* Found using keyword ‘Dublin’ and searching for companies

7. LinkedIn
Top 7 reasons to use it
Network and targeting
 Target specific people found in your search
 See how you are connected to them; check for shared
connections
 Ask for an introduction if you know someone connected to
them
 Check what groups they are in and if they are active
participants
 Get involved in the group and voice your expertise
 Personalise your messages; say how you know them, why
you want to connect with them

8. LinkedIn
Top 7 reasons to use it
Keep up to date
 LinkedIn has a vast amount of industry information
 Join groups specific to your industry and add value
 See what your connections are doing. Is there an
opportunity to add your skill set?
 Chat with your connections. They will keep you in
mind should a job arise

9. LinkedIn
Top 7 reasons to use it
Job searching
 Tell your network you are looking for work
 Average user has 100 connections. That links to
3,889,317+ connections
 Use the job search feature www.linkedin.com/jobs
 You can search by location, experience level, company,
job title, job function, salary, industry and date posted

10. LinkedIn
Top 7 reasons to use it
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guide to putting the 7 reasons to use LinkedIn into
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