Candidate Tuesday Tips #7

Hey there! It’s Dan from CCR Search Recruitment Agency. Today’s candidate Tuesday tips are focused on#helping job seekers on LinkedIn. Let’s dive into the tips!

1. Leverage the people tab on company pages.

You can search for alumni who work at companies you want to work with and connect with them. To take it another step further, you can reach out to the alumni group of your school and send requests to connect from there.

2. Let recruiters know you’re interested in working!

Some companies have an option to let them know you’re interested in working with them under the “about” tab.

3. Use LinkedIn Career Explorer to explore your career path.

Use this site https://lnkd.in/gZcERCxK and scroll down to the “explore Job Transitions” and enter your city along with your current role where it says “ENTER A JOB."

Sort the popularity from high to low. The green boxes near the left are skills you probably have. What you want to do is add the skills on the middle and right to your LinkedIn profile so that recruiters can find you.

4. Do your skill assessments.

Each assessment has 15 multiple choice questions and if you score in the top 30%, you get a badge that will be shown to recruiters in priority against other people who haven’t done the skills assessment. Skill badges and endorsements will rank higher than those without.

5. Have a gap in your resume!? No problem.

If you are in between jobs, add a new job with the current experience you have but add “Looking for Opportunities in (industry you are in).
Here is an example. Ex) Project Manager Looking for Opportunities in Construction

Fill in the description with things you have been up to with quantifiable metrics. You can add courses that you have been working on or the amount of job applications and interviews you have done to show that you’ve been more than busy.

6. Network!

Tap someone at the company that you are interested in that has a similar title. Ask them to take a 15 minute call with you. See if they can give you insight, sell yourself and skillsets to them, and ask them to refer you. Many companies have referral bonuses, so you might just find an internal champion to help you move through the interview process.

Good luck, and as always, may you find the role of your dreams!

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