USING LINKEDIN IN JOB SEARCH - 4 - NETWORKING ( Adding Connections)

NETWORKING IN LINKEDIN



LinkedIn is the Best profession networking site in the world it is a treasure trove for all professionals and job seekers , to get job through LinkedIn you need a long term strategy , to start it all first make connection requests , there  are professionals who post job vacancies and those whos share and among those are who shares a particular type of job like accounts or engineering etc. to understand who shares jobs and what or whos posts these you have to continuously check the LinkedIn and make connections with the people in your job profile and the HR of your Job related area and with the business owners also connect with other job seekers to get ideas on job search , remember that today young job seeker may become a business owner or a manager after a few years having a connection with them in starting will help you in long term also getting connected to others can get their latest posts in your page and try to increase your network size .

To have and increase your network add connections for that you can use various search parameters in LinkedIn , if you want to know how comment in this blog then I will share it. and follow these points for adding connections.

1- Sent Connection requests to people in your job sector ( If your are an accountant connect with other     Accountants, Finance Managers , Recruiters who recruit for finance jobs).
2- Sent Connection requests to HR's in the companies you want to join ( the list can start from recruiters     in big companies they are the ones who source the Resume's first to HR Managers)
3-Add companies you want to join in your network.
4- Follow the Connections if they don't accept connections even then you will get the post updates from     them.
5- Add other job seekers in your domain to help each other in job search , "two heads are better than         one "
6- Sent congrats messages and Birthday wishes to your connections LinkedIn gives options for wishes         and notifications use them.
7- Connect with CEO's , Decision Makers and  Business Owners this might come in handy.
8- After Getting connected it is good to sent a message  Thanking for accepting the connection.


Next topic is on how to use the connections you made.

To join in my network click on any pic in this page and sent me connection request in LinkedIn.



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