At times, the educational qualification of some graduates  become  burdens instead of blessings. After spending 4-6 years studying tedious academic programs, most graduates finish school and sit at home for years; they are unemployed. However, thanks to advancement in internet softwares such as LinkedIn.com, jobs are shifting close to applicants than ever before.

LinkedIn is a professional online platform with tons of users ranging from employers, employees, marketers, students etc. Basically, it’s an avenue for jobs in ghana advertizers and job seekers to meet.

Once you get registered on the site, you would have access to many cool features, specially built for job acquisition explorations.

Unlike other informal social sites such as Facebook, LinkedIn is professionally designed for serious people. This makes its usage to differ greatly from other networking sites. Yes, it’s good for job hunting. But how do you use it? This article is here to give you the tricks.

How to Use LinkedIn to Get Your Dream Job

As outlined in intro, the site has great job-searching customization (settings). Here are the tricks to breaking your unemployment barriers with LinkedIn.

Put up a Up Professional Profile

The old saying goes – a picture says thousand words. Your profile picture is the number 1 thing a potential employer would likely check on. For best job results, upload a high quality image of you dressed in a professional (decent) manner. Many employers prefer suit-wearing clients.

If you fail to impress visitors, you are already in trouble.

Complete and Update Your “Career Interests”.

This setting is like a door. If you don’t open it, no employer finds you. By going to your dashboard, you would find an option to fill details of your career interests.

Most importantly, don’t forget to turn on the button that “lets recruiters know you are open”

Seek Referrals

LinkedIn is all about getting connections, like Facebook friends. If you are the reserved or anti-social type, then you may have to reconsider your decisions.

The “Ask for Referral” option allows job seekers  to message their connections about details of job openings in their companies.  Statistics prove that this is a great way to increasing your chance of being recruited.

Communicate Formally and Actively with Employers

Your languag sells you out to recruiters. When messaging them directly, take time to personally write, and edit messages before pressing the send button. Never use automatically drafted replies.

Turn on Job Alerts

This feature lets you turn on a notification button about jobs.  This feature will feed you with updates about the most recent job adverts.

Perform a “Search” for Jobs

Sometimes employers don’t come to you directly, so it’s your duty to search for them. By patrionizing the Linked search feature, you can land dream job unexpectedly.

Conclusion

The bottom line is,  you can  use LinkedIn to get a good job. But to succeed on the platform, you need to expend time and energy to learn the settings. To ensure that search queries capture your profile, you have to fill up every necessary detail of your profile. Add more connections and follow companies you would like to work for. In all, you are getting close to your dream job

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