LinkedIn Insider Secrets: Get Noticed and Land Interviews

In this lesson, you will learn how and why you need to select your domain and sector.

Which domain or sector should you choose? Once decided, put it in the Goal Setting worksheet.

Making a list of 5 to 10 companies is essential at this step.

In this lesson, you will learn to make a list of companies you want to work in.

Introduction to Step 3.

This video shows you a job description of a Sales Position in the F&B Industry.

This video shows you a job description for a Financial Analyst Position in the IT sector.

This video shows you a job description for an Operations Position in the Logistics Industry.

The final part of this Step is to write down the Job Descriptions from your target job positions and companies.

In this step, we will focus on finding the required Knowledge, Skills, Competencies, and Experience.

In this lesson, we will learn how we can analyse the required gaps in the Gap Analysis Sheet. You can download the Gap Analysis sheet provided in this section for reference and use.

Check out how the "Required" column of the Gap Analysis Worksheet needs to be filled with this first example.

The second example of filling up the "Required" columns in the Gap Analysis worksheet.

In this third and final example in this section, we look at how to fill up the "Required" columns in the Gap Analysis worksheet based on the Job Description of the Operations position in the Logistics Industry.

Fill the "Required" columns under Skills, Competencies, Knowledge and Experience in the Gap Analysis sheet.

What you will do in Step 5.

How you can fill up the Needs Development column in the Gap Analysis worksheet.

This is an example of how to fill up the Needs Development columns in the Gap Analysis sheet.

This is the second example of how to fill up the Needs Development columns in the Gap Analysis sheet.

This is the third and final example of the "Needs Development" columns in the Gap Analysis worksheet.

Let us recap and check what steps you have already completed.

What you need to do in Step 6.

At this stage you need to develop a Learning Roadmap for yourself in order to prepare.

In this lesson, you will learn about courses - what courses you can do, from where, and the benefits of attending courses in terms of job interviews and Resumes / CVs.

What types of books should you read? How would this help you in preparing for a job in your field? These are questions that you will be able to get answers to from this lesson.

There are different other sources that you can utilise for your learning and preparation.

In this lesson, we look at how you can build experience, and also an example of a filled-up Learning Roadmap sheet.

Your Resume / CV is the advertisement that gets you the interview call.

In this video, you learn how you can create a Resume / CV, and what sections you must have in it. This is an example of a CV for Freshers, however, except for the Experience section, everything else remains the same. In the next video, you will learn about a CV for Experienced professionals. You can also download the PDF versions of both the Fresher and Experienced candidates' CVs in these sections.

This is an example of a CV of a candidate with experience in the Financial Analyst position. Please download this CV example provided in this section, and study it to understand how you can make your CV if you have experience.

Introducing Step 8.

In this lesson, you will learn tips on improving your communication skills and the importance and elements of public speaking skills.

For Public Speaking Coaching you can search for my name on the internet and get relevant details.

A short introduction to Step 9.

In this lesson, you will get to know what you can do with LinkedIn and what we will cover in the section on LinkedIn.

In this lesson, you will learn how you can create a new LinkedIn Account.

In this lesson, you will learn how to create your profile on LinkedIn.

What is meant by peer-level profiles? How to connect with them? These are the questions that have been addressed in this lesson.

How you will search for the profiles of decision-makers, and then connect with them.

At this stage, you will need to write to the Leaders to set up meetings. In this lesson, you will find an example of what to write to the Leaders to set up the meetings.

What do you do when you get to that meeting or discussion? You will get the answer to this question in this lesson.

What did you gain from all this? What are the benefits of following this LinkedIn process?

LinkedIn can help you in building your Professional Image online. The features of Posting, Writing Articles, Following Pages, and Like/Share/Comment can help you do this. Learn how in this lesson.