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Best strategy to let people on linkedIn know your open?
I have a job and cannot put ONO or the green ring around my photo without running the risk of being terminated or punished at my current job. I desperately need something new thanks to office politics after 12 years and a senior leadership change.
I am active on LinkedIn, I have well over 500 connections, I interact with posts daily, I have reached out to people in my network letting them know I am looking for something new, I have reached out to recruiters, I have taken LinkedIn classes. I am not sure what else to do, I rarely get recruiters reaching out to me even though I have "open to new opportunities" checked so that recruiters outside my company can see it. I am a Premium member as well. Ideas?
Anonymous
07/27/20 at 4:17PM UTC
So a rather unconventional thing I did was to reach out to a realtor friend of mine and explain I was looking. Realtors know LOTS of people and are natural networkers. And I actually got an informational interview out of it at a place I would be excited to work at. Turns out the realtor's neighbor works at the same company, albeit in a different department. So not a job offer, but I met some great people and was able to get a solid conversation going.
Helen Zapata
UX | UI | Content Designer
24
07/27/20 at 1:21PM UTC
Optimize your profile with keywords, I think that's one of the strategies that really work and yields an almost inmedaite result. Also, look other sites besides LInkedIn, if you´re current employer doesn't allow for you to have several options, then you should look in other sites where your employer won't see that your open to offers. I hope it helps and that you can find an opportunity you're looking for.
sarahinez
19
07/24/20 at 12:25PM UTC
Your open what? Your open store, your open book, your open mind?
Another commenter told you what you needed to do to fix this problem, but you ignored her comment. If you don't know business English well enough to use it consistently, why not hire a proofreader?
Sweet Caroline
4.25k
07/28/20 at 11:10AM UTC
The term “open” on LinkedIn refers to being open to new opportunities. If you are unable to be supportive to your fellow FGB members this may not be the best site for you. We all strive to be supportive and offer advice to each other. Your response here is neither supportive nor helpful to the OP.
Lynne CoganCareer Coach for Realizing Professional Dreams
858
07/23/20 at 6:27PM UTC
My question is: How are you reaching out to your network? What are you writing? And what is your relationship with these connections?
Anonymous
07/23/20 at 10:24PM UTC (Edited)
I generally have been reaching out to connections, most of whom are either active in our local chapters of the professional organizations I belong to or are higher profile BD folks who seem to know a lot of people. I generally am in contact at professional events (virtual as of late) with these folks.
Typical text has been:
"Hi X, I hope all is well and you and the family are staying healthy. The (Insert recent virtual program or post by the other person) was really insightful, it has been so helpful to learn about X during these unusual times.
While things are definitely not business as usual in our world now, I am exploring what other roles might be open as I seek out new challenges. I know that you are active in X group and here on LinkedIn and I was hoping you would keep me in mind if you hear of anything that might be a good fit. I am really hoping to find a role that uses my X, Y and Z skills in an collaborative team setting.
Would love to meet up for coffee or lunch when things reopen and catch up.
Thanks so much for keeping me in mind,
First name
Lynne CoganCareer Coach for Realizing Professional Dreams
858
07/23/20 at 11:48PM UTC
I love the opening to your text/message. It is personal and shows your appreciating of the other person.
My suggestion is to be much more specific about what you are looking for. This is not what your end goal, but the one thing you are looking for next.
For instance, if you are looking for information about a company or industry:
"While things are definitely not business as usual in our world now, I am exploring what other roles might be open as I seek out new challenges. I have done some research on your employer and find it quite interesting. The specific challenges it is currently facing are areas that I've assisted other companies with.
"However, I have several questions about the company that only an employee would know. Would you be willing to have a 20-minute Zoom coffee meeting or lunch, so we could discuss these?"
Of course, you could be looking for something entirely different, such as a introductory to a certain person or a sponsor or a mentor or thoughts about whether or not to get a certification. Some of these can be discussed via text/message, however, asking someone to be a sponsor or monitor would best be done via a meeting.
Do you see? Now, you have given your connection something solid to assist you with.
And always remember to ask how you might be able to assist them.
Does that help?
Anonymous
07/24/20 at 11:54AM UTC
Thank you for the reply. I am not really looking for company feedback because there are so few jobs posted for what I do. I am hoping to uncover a job not posted on job boards or something being created fresh. There are not a lot of jobs that come open for what I want and when they do, I want to hear about them quickly and hopefully have someone say “oh I know someone who would be interested in that, let me get you their contact info. “
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Alycia A. Smith-Solomon
12
07/23/20 at 4:41PM UTC
You’re open *
Taylor444Project manager and relationship builder
128
07/23/20 at 3:07PM UTC
It sounds like you're doing all the right things.
I'm not familiar with the current situation of your field, but many companies are in a hiring freeze or are furloughing/ laying off workers right now. My sister-in-law and dozens of her colleagues were recently let go (she is in the architecture/ design field too) because her company was hit hard by covid-19. My guess is that other companies are in a similar situation and just aren't hiring.
Be patient, keep networking, join a professional association or group, and hang in there. I hope you find something soon.
Pamela Othen
112
07/23/20 at 2:46PM UTC
I recommend making a list of the companies in your field that you wouldn't mind working for and check out their career sections for open positions. Job postings on the popular sites only represent 15% to 20% of what's out there.
JYJ
2.31k
07/23/20 at 2:27PM UTC
You are doing all the right things. Don't panic on not hearing back from people. Everyone is worried about their own jobs right now. Companies are still laying people off. It's rough out there, but not impossible.
I target the decision makers. I go straight to the top with my pitch and bypass recruiters. I have landed several of my past opportunities this way where they actually created a role for me. Had I waited for a posting or a recruiter, those jobs never would have happened.
P. Jeanne Myers
12
07/23/20 at 2:12PM UTC
As some one in architecture & design, I found that reach out out to my local AIA executive director, looking at the AIA job boards, and reaching out to local product/manufacturing reps was a MUCH better way to network than just Linked-in. Often times, the AIA Ex.Dir. & reps will know of companies looking (or needing to look) before jobs ar posted or HR gets involved.
Also participating in local programs that get your name and face out there is very important.
Good luck.
Anonymous
07/23/20 at 2:09PM UTC
Make sure your LinkedIn Profile is 'key word' optimized. I get contacted regularly for jobs (most of which I'm not qualified for) because my profile contains the magic words, although not in the right order to actually make me qualified.
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