Frustrating job search? Hi I'm Jeri Walker Career and Job Search Strategist
and in this video I'm gonna tell you about some actions you can take that'll
get your job search back on track and be sure to stay to the end of the video
when I tell you about something that I have for you they'll tell you even more
things that you should be doing to take care of that job search frustration job
searching it can be frustrating if you've been at it for a while its
natural to start to feel discouraged but it's important to handle this
frustration quickly address it by taking action and be sure that your job search
tools are sharpened so they'll do some of the heavy lifting for you now the
three primary tools for job searches are your resume your LinkedIn profile and
your interview in this second video and my three-part series I'm going to talk
to you about how LinkedIn and can help you in your job search and if you missed
the first video about resumes be sure to watch it I'll drop that link below in
the description right now let's talk about how LinkedIn can help you reduce
your job search frustration if I told you that 93% of recruiters use LinkedIn
to find candidates would that surprise you even if your resume lands in the
hands of a recruiter chances are they're going to go out and look at your
LinkedIn profile most recruiters literally spend all day with LinkedIn
open on their desktops so it's just a matter of time before they find you if
your LinkedIn profile is set up correctly so for this reason alone you
want to have a solid profile out on the den because there's no better way to
establish credibility and social proof and make a great first impression before
you even have that first phone interview so let's talk about two of the biggest
areas that I see candidates not taking advantage of on LinkedIn now there's
many more than this but at least get these two pieces done it'll make all the
difference in the world for you one of them is the summary section now you have
two thousand characters in this summary section to introduce yourself and I see
time and time again people aren't utilizing this area this not only is a
good place to introduce yourself and to be more human than you can on just a
resume but you can also incorporate you know some of your achievements some of
the ways you can help people as well as keywords and keywords are critical in
being found on LinkedIn I do have another video on keywords so I will
definitely link that up in the description below the other area that I
see that people unfortunately neglect is the recommendations section and it's
going to be on down here and this is an area where you can get instant social
proof if people third parties are recommending you I'm talking about how
it is to work with you then you've already made a great first impression on
a potential employer so be sure that as you're going through your career you do
ask for recommendations okay so now you know two things you should be doing out
on LinkedIn to increase your visibility as well as your credibility but do you
know that there are eight more things that you should be doing go ahead and
grab a my checklist and get them all done there's a link below in the
description where you can grab it I hope this video was helpful please give it a
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