Here are the 5 simple (yet powerful) tips to master with LinkedIn that can help you find a job quickly.

1. Search Optimization
presented by Paul Anderson,
Career Columnist, National Speaker,TV Co-Host

2. Former Hiring Manager

3. Seattle Times Columnist

4. TV Co-Host

5. Featured By

6. Five behaviors to
master
• Research
• Prospect
• Promote
• Connect
• Engage

7. Research

8. Research
• Learn about an individual
• Who are my competitors
• Do I want to work at this company

9. People Research

10. Look them up

11. Summary

12. Experience

13. Education

14. Recommendations

15. Additional Information

16. Mutual contacts?

17. Recent activity and updates

18. Who am I up against?

19. Look them up

20. Technical PM’s - Seattle

21. How do you stack up?

22. R&D

23. What companies would
I like to work for?

24. You have several
options
• Companies Feature
• Competitive Analysis
• Insightful Statistics - Before & After
• “People also viewed” feature

25. Companies Feature

26. Competitive Analysis

27. Competitive Analysis

28. Insightful Statistics

29. Insightful Statistics

30. “People also viewed”

31. Prospect

32. Prospect
• Look for a job
• Find company decision makers
• Companies that hire your expertise

33. Looking for a job?

34. LinkedIn Jobs

35. Groups Have Jobs

36. Group Jobs

37. Don’t apply cold!

38. Try Connections

39. Where are the decision
makers?

40. Advanced Search

41. Foster Pepper Partners

42. Isn’t this
amazing?

43. What about finding out
about companies that
hire my expertise?

44. Advanced Search Results

45. Promote

46. Promote
• Your expertise
• Become visible

47. Share a presentation

48. Attach your blog

49. Share your portfolio

50. Connect w/ group manager

51. Engage in discussions

52. Search Answers

53. Answer Questions

54. Share good information

55. Connect

56. Connect
• Group Managers
• Group Members
• Questions & Answers
• Recruiters & HR Professionals
• Former Colleagues & Alumni
• Peers

57. How to reach out
without getting marked
as “spam”?

58. Engage

59. Engage
• Read update (the ones you’ve kept visible)
• Steer up conversation

60. Network updates

61. Ask strategic questions

62. Review

63. Why LinkedIn?
• 100+ Million Users
• Wealth of Information
• Competitive Analysis
• Connect with Anyone
• Find Jobs Faster!

64. One more thing...

65. How do you get
headhunted?

66. Questions?
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