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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Recruiters data mine through profiles to hire people.

My daughter got an amazing job from a world class company walking distance her apartment where they recruited her off her LinkedIn profile. She had every possible qualification they were looking for.

She is in marketing and managed social media for a start up in college so she is great at optimizing her profile.

I have 5,000 connections myself and during Covid when Job hunting was on it 4-6 hours a day every day. I landed a $5,000 a week consulting gig direct hire by company from July to December 2020 then landed my real job on it I started March 2021.

The social media aspect of it when unemployed was huge. I forged an alliance with two people looking for exact job I was and we decided every job we turned down from we would alert the other to apply. A board member at a big form freshly retired from full time work volunteered to do bi-weekly check in via zoom wirg me to keep me on track, the LinkedIn learning is great to add certifications

And posting or at least liking or commenting on posts is important as LinkedIn algorithm puts you higher in recruiter searches if you are active in LinkedIn.

I also data mine companies I want to work at for 1, 2 and 3rd degree connections or if we went to same college or worked same companies to put in employee referrals for jobs I see posted.

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Kudos to you! How old are you, by the way?

I'm a 50+ worker who is considering searching for a new job. I've seen people have so much success with LinkedIn this way.

And thanks for the tip on LinkedIn learning. I'll take a look and see if they have certifications in my area.

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That job search I was 58. Just do the work. It is actually easier in 2024 than 2020 as more jobs and with AI you can get cover letters generated, create professional LinkedIn profiles, there are ones that auto apply jobs. There is one AI tool that downloads all your LI contacts into an email mailing list. You can then email everyone all at once rather than post so more likely it gets read.

For instance there is an AI tool you take resume, and copy in job posting and it spits out optimized cover letter. There are actually LinkedIn learning courses to learn all this.

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