Job Seekers on LinkedIn Need to Know These 8 Things
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Jeff Su walks through eight underrated LinkedIn features for job seekers. One, message anyone without LinkedIn Premium: if you share a LinkedIn group with someone, you can open the group’s All Members tab, click Show All, and message even third-degree connections directly for free — which is why he recommends joining your high school and college alumni groups, your employer’s group once you start working, and industry groups found by searching a field like digital marketing on the Jobs homepage and filtering for groups. Two, use the People/Alumni tab on LinkedIn pages: on his college’s page, filtering alumni by ‘where they work’ with Apple returns 67 reachable alumni; on a company page like Amazon, filter People by location (New York City), department (sales), and scroll right to filter for first- and second-degree connections, who are most likely to accept a coffee chat — and cross-check names in the alumni group, since members of both can be messaged directly. Three, on a company’s About tab, scroll down and click ‘I’m interested’: your profile enters that company’s recruiter backend database so recruiters can message you directly, expiring after one year; not every company enables it and the feature is new, so don’t expect instant messages. Four, Career Explorer (a linked URL): enter a location and your current role (his example: management consultant in New York City) and it lists, by popularity, the roles people in that job actually moved into — many consultants become managers, but a lot also move into program management — plus three skill columns (skills you likely have, skills to build toward), which you should add to your profile because they are what recruiters for the target role search for; he also notes the role field only accepts LinkedIn-approved titles, so use the standardized title (key account manager) rather than your company’s internal one.
Key takeaways
- Message non-connections for free by sharing a LinkedIn group with them — join alumni and company groups early, and use the Jobs homepage’s group filter to find industry groups.
- Find warm intros on company pages: filter People/Alumni by workplace, location, department, and connection degree, then check the alumni group to message them directly.
- Click ‘I’m interested’ on a company’s About tab to enter its recruiter database for a year — no application needed.
- Use Career Explorer to map your next move: transitions data shows where people in your role actually went, and its skill lists tell you exactly what to add to your profile.
- Take Skill Assessments (15 questions, top 30% earns the badge and higher recruiter ranking) and feature your resume link with a thumbnail and a blank description so it opens in one click.
Episode details: published June 6, 2023 · 8:47 long. Summary written by Self Growth Videos from the episode itself. Business results and any income figures mentioned are Jeff Su’s own claims, shared for education — they are not typical or guaranteed.
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