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Earlier this month, Linkedin released a suite of premium tools targeted to help job seekers.
What do they do?
Help job seekers stand out, making it easier to be noticed
• As a member of the premium account, you will be moved to the top of the hiring manager’s list as a “featured applicant” when you apply to jobs on LinkedIn
• When hiring managers log in to their LinkedIn accounts and view who’s applied for a job, “they’re highlighted and displayed in a more eye-catching way than a non-featured applicant
Communicate with hiring managers, even those outside their network
• The premium account also lets you to send InMail messages directly to hiring managers, even if they reside outside your network
Allow candidates to manage job search more efficiently
• Use the Profile Organizer, which lets you save profiles, add notes to the profiles and keep track of contacts from your job search.
But…
They are not free. They range from $20 – $50/month and for the serious job seeker, if used effectively, they can possibly help you stand out from the crowd.
As of this writing, there are over 55 million people registered on LinkedIn. Clearly, LinkedIn offers significant potential to help in many ways for your job search.
What are you the specific benefits you are looking for in leveraging LinkedIn for your search? Here are some ideas.
Exhibit my expertise
Build new relationships
Reconnect with existing relationships
Permission based communication
Create more exposure to my brand
Effectively communicate
Research tool
A web presence
Find “Hidden” Job Opportunities
It may help you to rank these in terms of their priority to you.
After you do that, watch this video as it helps highlight the path you should consider in finding your next job.
