LinkedIn | Network and win. Your job search guide.

Name: LinkedIn | Network and win. Your job search guide.
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Reliable techniques taught in a no-nonsense, informative style. GUARANTEED to improve your chances of landing a new job

Created byJason Sanders

Last updated 9/2016

English

What you'll learn

Find a new job using a clear, implementable networking plan
Build and maintain a network to ensure future career growth
Use LinkedIn as the basis for active and passive networking

Course content

3 sections • 25 lectures • 2h 4m total length

It's not what you know, it's who you know3:07
Have you ever heard the expression, "It's not what you know, it's who you know?" If you want to get anywhere in your professional life, you must have a strong network. The great news is that you can find contacts and make yourself heard more easily than ever before. Too bad everyone else can too! That means increased competition for job seekers.

In this course, I'll show you how you can use LinkedIn as a critical job search and career management tool. Learn to grow and maintain your professional presence and brand. Put yourself ahead of the pack during your job search.

I share what you can expect from this course in terms of setting up your networking strategy, setting up LinkedIn to execute the strategy and then implementing it.

You'll also learn a little about your instructor as a lead in to the course.
Create your networking strategy4:46
--SUPPLEMENTAL WORKSHEET INCLUDED--

Before you start using LinkedIn, you must have a strong LinkedIn profile and a strategy for using LinkedIn.

If you do not like your profile, take our FREE Udemy course: “LinkedIn Basics | You must know this first!” before signing up for this one

know what your objectives are. This lecture offers a framework for creating your LinkedIn strategy by offering 5 questions that will help define your strategy before you launch your campaign.

1.What is your ideal position?

2.How much time do you have to spend actively using LinkedIn?

3.Do you want to activate your existing network or get referrals?

4.What types of people do you want to connect with and what do you want from them?

5.What do you have to offer?
Implement a CRM system to organize your job search6:04
Your address book is a great basic CRM system, but tit does do much for organizing a job search. There are plenty of free and low cost options available.
In this lecture, I go over what a CRM system is, how to use one and where to find one appropriate to the needs of a job seeker.
Bonus Offer0:51
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Receive free downloads to help you implement your networking strategy effectively

Receive a 25% coupon for all future courses that never expires

Receive an offer to have your strategy reviewed personally by the instructor. An incredible, limited, free offer not to be missed!

Connect with your network on LinkedIn5:12
--SUPPLEMENTAL WORKSHEET INCLUDED--
The best way to get started contacting your network is to connect your email account to LinkedIn. I show you how and why and what to upload.

We go over the mechanics of connecting with your existing network on LinkedIn, including bulk uploading. We discuss strategies about who to connect with and how to approach this activity for maximum impact.
Network using your newsfeed5:19
We review two key functions of your home page and how to incorporate them into your LinkedIn strategy. Your newsfeed and the impact of commenting on posts there and the personalized updates about your network. You will use your LinkedIn homepage feed to stay up to date with your network. This can be used to passively stay in front of your contacts or actively reach out to them around topics of interest to them.
What are LinkedIn groups and how to they work?9:00
You learn the mechanics of finding and joining groups, and receive a basic overview of what they do. You can SKIP this lecture if you are already an active group member.
The power of groups10:12
Implement your strategy for using groups.
Update your network5:05
Use the links at the top of your home page to provide brief updates or longer posts. 60% of your network will see you if you post just one update per day!
Comment on blog posts2:02
Comment on blog posts to make yourself visible and connect directly with people of interest to you.
Follow the companies you are interested in2:48
Potential employers usually have company pages for you to follow to stay updated on news, giving you fuel for your networking efforts.
Fine tune your settings6:20
Configure your settings properly and receive the updates you want without getting an inbox full of spam. This will allow you to network more effective because you will know what to do and where to go before you even log on!
Add connections proactively3:07
LinkedIn requires a different approach than other social media, like Facebook. Quality matters more than quantity.
Do you want to build a large network or a focused network? Implement the right strategy for you when inviting or accepting invitations to join your network.
Connect to a LION and build your network quickly!1:44
Want to build a large network quickly? Catch a LION! What's that? It stands for LinkedIn Open Networker. These people accept all invitation and build large networks that you can leverage to build your own large network.
Which invitations should you accept?1:52
Accept invitations according to the strategy you have chosen. I demonstrate how we see invitations and how I choose according to my own LinkedIn strategy.
Are premium plans worth it?5:19
Premium plans can be costly, but they do offer benefits. Take advantage of the free month ONLY when the timing is right to test the service against your established networking strategy.
Launch your networking strategy - Section 2

A note about networking2:12
--SUPPLEMENTAL WORKSHEET INCLUDED--
How should you think about networking as an activity? Here are my thoughts.
Let's review your networking strategy!3:49
Before you implement your plan, let's check in and make sure you are all set! You need:
A great profile (check out our free course, if you are unsure)
A completed worksheet from earlier in the course
A decision about how active you want to be
A decision about whether you want to implement a broad or a deep networking strategy
An email account ready to connect with LinkedIn
A list of groups to join
Organize your list of contacts for maximum effect8:15
Use the act of setting up and organizing your list as the first step toward an effective networking campaign. Pull all of your contacts together, score them and get ready to contact them and enter them into your CRM. I share a two-column, color-coding scheme that I use to organize my list.
What's the best way to contact your existing network?5:13
We review the objectives of contacting your network, how to do it and what to cover. Guiding principles include the K.I.S.S. Method (Keep It Short and Sweet) and the U.U.G.G. Conversation Structure (Update, Update, Get Give).
Get introduced!7:44
Use LinkedIn's most powerful feature - your 2nd level network! In this lecture, we look at 1st, 2nd and 3rd level networks and the best ways to access and use them.
Post and comment to make your presence felt10:58
Do you want a low impact, less time-consulting way to stay current with your network? Posting updates and commenting on your newsfeed is a great way to let people know about you without reaching out directly. I consider it a passive/active strategy and this lecture contains information you need to get started.
The best way to use groups is NOT to post4:54
Groups have gotten overcrowded with junk posts, but they can still be highly useful to your job search. The key is to contact people in the groups that look interesting to you and then begin a conversation. That could happen right in the comments section or by using one of your 15 free monthly group messages.
Use cold invitations sparingly to increase your targeted network6:08
Check out how to cold connect with new contacts the right way! Learn how to handle those new connections once they accept your invitation.
BONUSES!!2:35
--DOWNLOAD FLYER WITH OFFERS--

Receive free downloads to help you implement your networking strategy effectively

Receive a 25% coupon for all future courses that never expires

Receive an offer to have your strategy reviewed personally by the instructor. An incredible, limited, free offer not to be missed!
Implementing your network strategy - Section 3

Requirements

A LinkedIn profile that you are ready to share with the world
Ability to use a spreadsheet at a basic level to organize contacts

Description

******THIS COURSE IS 100% GUARANTEED FOR LIFE******

Do you know what the single most effective tool is for finding a new job? Yes, of course, it's the ability to network! But many of us are not natural networkers. You may not have spoken with your contacts in a while, maybe you don't have many or don't have the ones you need. Maybe you're shy, or maybe you just don't know where to start.

In the next two hours, you will gain the tools needed to become a networking superstar using the LinkedIn platform. The LinkedIn website offers capabilities that allow us to connect with people in new, sophisticated ways both actively and passively so that you can be identified as the expert you are.

Happy networking!

Jason

GUARANTEE: If you are not fully satisfied with the content of this course, get in touch with me for a full refund, no questions asked. jason@linkedcoach.us

Who this course is for:

Job seekers looking to build a strong network of contacts
Career professionals looking to reignite relationships with their existing network
Anyone that wants to learn the basic functionality of LinkedIn's networking capabilities
Not for LinkedIn experts - intermediate students will find some useful lectures

LinkedIn | Network and win. Your job search guide.

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