LinkedIn: five unknown tricks that are essential for finding a job

LinkedIn It is the largest job platform in the world. how much to do net as to Look for a jobthe application has been positioned in a key place in the business field.

“LinkedIn is the world’s largest professional network on the Internet. You can use LinkedIn to find the right job or internship, connect and strengthen professional relationships, and learn the skills you need to be successful in your career”, they explain from the site, acquired by Microsoft in 2016, for 26.2 billion of dollars.

Although the platform is very strong in the corporate sphere and in some professions such as lawyer, medicine and the business world, in other contexts it serves more to be in professional contact than to actually find a job.

In addition to this, the tool has many potentialities which, on more than one occasion, looks wasted. For this there are a number of tips that allow you to get more juice and also “bring” information outside the platform.

Here are five tips for squeezing Linkedin and finding work.

Download contacts

One of the problems with platforms is that they monopolize information: if we don’t have an account, we cannot access it.

While this doesn’t seem problematic at first, since membership is free, the data is owned by LinkedIn. And, in any case, the company owner I could drop them.

This is why it is always important to back up your information. And Linkedin allows you to download contact data, especially with “first-hand” data.

This is done as follows:

1. Go to “Me” > Settings and privacy
   
2. Select “Get a copy of your data”
   
3. Click on the second option
   
4. Select “Connections”
   
5. Request the file

By having the contacts outside the platform, they can be used in various ways from their phone to get income from these connections.

And by the way, make sure you can get them over the site.

Filter: Who is hiring?

“Who is hiring?”. The most common question on LinkedIn that all users ask themselves: who is hiring people.

For this you can also filter the information.

1. Search by: title of the position we want to apply for + “hire” or are looking for”, which are the 2 most common words in these “head hunting” posts.
2. Filter by “Locations”
   
3. Go to All Filters > Company
   
4. Add companies interested in joining

Focus on content creators

“Content creators” are some of the most influential figures in the workplace today. These are users who not only engage in a specific work area, but also provide information.

Because of their connections, their arrival and the scope of their work, it is always convenient to be close to them. To find them, beyond the obvious ones for each category (i.e. those already known), LinkedIn allows you to refine a type of search:

1. Search for associated terms within Linkedin
   
2. Filter by “Posts”
   
3. Go to All filters, “Author”, for each company

There you can see the better places, i.e. the posts with the most engagement. Content creators are usually at the top of the list.

Search for former employees

Former company employees can provide valuable perspectives. A function that few use on Linkedin allows you to find them and even contact them: by talking to them you can extract valuable information on the way of working of the company that interests you.

Because of this,

1. Research from scratch
   
2. Add the company that interests us to the “previous companies” filter.
   
3. View all contacts or people who have worked in the company that interests us.

career changes

Many users change careers and share their experience online. These can serve as a reference for third-party career paths. This information can be very valuable.

1. Find your target job
   
2. Filter by “People”
   
3. Add 10 targets to the “Companies” filter.
   
4. Add 10 companies from your current industry to the “Previous companies” filter.

This allows you to see the movements of career changers. Maybe I can contribute ideas.

SL