115. How to use LinkedIn for new job opportunities and career advancement.
Jan 03, 2022
Happy New Year, everyone!
This episode is going live in the first week of 2022, as I take a break from podcasting to enjoy the Australian Summer. So I'm rebroadcasting an episode that I think is perfect for January.
Did you know that job search spikes to a year high during January? And that many people use the holiday break to update their LinkedIn profiles?
What you will learn in this episode:
- My personal journey and evolution on LinkedIn: How and why I changed my profile and activity over time.
- The results I got and how I believe LinkedIn has been instrumental in supporting my career advancement and my transition into business ownership.
- The importance of being intentional and having a strategy in mind to get the same results (or even better!) on LinkedIn.
- I'm sharing the top 3 things you should consider doing right now to elevate your executive presence on LinkedIn a few takeaways that I think will help you a lot.
- And I'm going to suggest how you can take it a step further to guarantee that the time you spend on LinkedIn pays off and brings you the connections, networks, invitations that will support your career in the short, medium, and long term.
How I updated my LinkedIn profile and activity over time.
I believe the following years were the critical tipping points of my career, where I either used LinkedIn to propel me forward or adjusted LinkedIn in line with where my career was progressing. In the podcast episode, I explain each milestone in more detail to share with you my personal journey and evolution on LinkedIn when it comes to my presence and messaging, and how and when I update my profile and activity:
- 2008 - The beginning of LinkedIn
- 2010 - Moving sectors
- 2012 - Senior national role
- 2014 - CEO role
- 2016 - Liberation and LinkedIn articles
- 2018 - Doing a 180 on my profile, articles, and posts to match my business
- 2021 - Crystalized my business on LinkedIn, resulting in many new clients.
The results I got by using LinkedIn strategically.
LinkedIn has been instrumental in supporting my career advancement and my transition into business ownership. These are the key steps I took on LinkedIn:
- Being intentional and having a strategy in mind.
- Constantly adjusting my message on LinkedIn in line with my career phase and plans.
- Making great connections over time: headhunters, recruiters, colleagues, and like-minded people.
The three things you should consider doing right now on LinkedIn.
I discuss the following three strategies in more detail in the podcast episode. I believe that activating them can help elevate your executive presence on LinkedIn and help you now and in the future:
- Your top banner is your blue-chip LinkedIn real estate: invest in getting it appropriate for you, your industry, and your employer.
- Don't try to imitate others - it won't work for you.
- Your activity is just as important as your profile, if not more!
Take it a step further to guarantee the time you spend on LinkedIn pays off.
LinkedIn should bring you job opportunities, new connections, a professional network, and invitations that will support your career in the short, medium, and long term. If it's not doing that for you, and you want to speed up your results, I've designed the following services to help you:
- Free LinkedIn Check-list: You can download for free my Linkedin Check-list. This will help get your LinkedIn review started and ensure you're ticking all the boxes on Linkedin to get your profile and activity noticed in such a way that allows your career progression.
- Linkedin Audit: I will review your LinkedIn top to bottom, providing you with dozens of recommendations for improvement based on your career goals. You will receive it as a video recording that is yours to keep, so you can refer to my advice and tips as you make changes to your LinkedIn. Click here to learn more.
- Coaching: My group coaching is starting soon. This is an excellent opportunity to dig deeper into your value proposition. Because LinkedIn is just a mechanism to get it out, like a car that takes you places. You need to know where to go. Click here to register your interest.
LinkedIn will support your career.
I mean that it will get you new job opportunities! I have plenty of personal and client experiences to back this claim. So if you are a bit skeptical, remember that you are working with a sample of one (i.e., you), whereas my sample is much larger!
And it does not require you to be on LinkedIn all day long! I believe one hour per week is enough to activate the LinkedIn muscles to help you achieve your goals!
Podcast Episode Timestamps:
- [06:12]- How I updated my profile and activity over time and results.
- [31:56] - My top 3 tips: what you should consider doing right now to elevate your executive presence on LinkedIn.
- [36:50] - Take it a step further: guarantee the time you spend on LinkedIn pays off and brings you the connections, network, and invitations that will support your career in the short, medium, and long term.
