How to use LinkedIn to achieve your goals[Storytime Saturdays]
A complete guide to using LinkedIn to accomplish your goals
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LinkedIn is one of the most impactful social media platforms to accomplish your professional goals. Using LinkedIn (or any other social media) allows you to connect with many people easily. Your LinkedIn profile acts as your own personal newspaper, allowing you to broadcast information en masse. The implications of this are wayy more powerful than most people realize. LinkedIn can be an effective tool to find your dream job, connect with the top people in your field, and build your audience.
But most people are using it wrong. The approach they take to LinkedIn hamstrings the complete potential of the platform. In this post/email, I will be covering how to use LinkedIn from 3 different perspectives-
LinkedIn as a Job Seeker- If your primary goal from LinkedIn is to find work, then you would fall in this category. This involves optimizing various aspects of your profile to create the most attractive profile for recruiters/hiring managers. No more applying to jobs only to be ghosted, this will start making recruiters start applying to you.
LinkedIn for connecting with people- Some people are looking for mentors /guidance on LinkedIn. However, people go about this the wrong way. We will cover how you can use social media like LinkedIn to build relationships with the right people online.
LinkedIn for building an audience- Lots of people have asked me how I managed to get recommendations and endorsements from the biggest names in AI/Tech when I’m a relative nobody. Today, I tell you how :))
By the end of this article, you will have an idea of how you can leverage your LinkedIn to hit your goals. Are you excited? Let’s get right into it.
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