Getting hired 101 | Lessons from Where's Waldo

Getting Hired 101 | Leveraging LinkedIn

Benjamin W. JacksonLinkedIn Global Customer Operations – Talent Solutions

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Fail in fast forward.

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Benjamin W. Jackson

Greater Omaha Area l Online Media

www.linkedin.com/in/benjaminwjackson

Lessons that shaped my perspective

Customer Engagement Strategist, Intentional Leader, Entrepreneur

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Modern Job Seeking

Develop yourprofessional network

Strategically pursue job opportunities

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Establish Your

Online Identity

Become a Search Wizard

Optimize Your Profile

Get Recommended

Get Endorsed

Relationships Matter

Research and Connect

Groups, Influencers & Connections

Reduce the noise

Search like a pro

Job Seeker 2.0

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Becoming Waldo


STEP #1Establishing your online

professional identity

Our Mission.

Connect the world’s professionals to make them more productive and successful

The world’s largest professional network

1 As of Oct 29 2013

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277M+Members Worldwide

Growing at more than two members per second >3M

91%1

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Company Pages

Fortune 100 companies use LinkedIn Talent Solutions to hire

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Our Vision.Create economic opportunity for every professional in the world

The business of connecting talent with opportunity

Talent Solutions

Marketing Solutions

Premium Subscriptions

Providing passive recruiting at scale and adding social relevancy to active job searches

Delivering marketers targeted access to one of the most influential, affluent and educated audiences on the web

Enabling professionals to be more productive with premium tools tailored by customer segment

10©2014 LinkedIn Corporation. All Rights Reserved.

01 Ask the Wizard


IdentityConnect, find, and be found

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Customize your URL

1. Job & career highlights2. Company & industry notes 3. Personal Notes

1. Short term experience2. Ongoing involvement3. Strategic level advising


Social Validation | Recommendations01

Justin FowlerOwner of Fowler & Associates Insurance Services

Ben is a great idea man, reliable business partner, and an individual with a high degree of integrity. I've been extremely impressed by the creative campaigns that he developed while running his own companies in the past as well as the advice he has given me and other professionals on our marketing programs. Ben has a way of getting people enthused about their projects and delivering on deadlines that will impress you. You can count on him to help your business and you will enjoy the process. October 15, 2010, Justin was Benjamin's client

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Ask some of your connections – like other service members and former colleagues – to write recommendations of your work.


Social Validation | Endorsements

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Adding skills and expertise makes it easy for your connections to endorse you for your knowledge and strengths, and helps you show up in relevant searches.

Awesomeness99+

Good Looking57

Funny47

Smells nice35

Most Endorsed For…

STEP #2

Developing yourprofessional network


It isn’t what you know, it is who you know…

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Connect with people you know and trust

Join groups that your connections and prospective employers are involved in

Manage those relationships and add value to others




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STEP #3Strategically pursue job

opportunities

Identify and Focus

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Find Open Opportunities

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Find jobs by keyword, title, company and a number offilters by leveraging advanced search.


Think like a hiring manager

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• Can you describe your Most Significant Accomplishment?

• Scenario: How would you solve our current business problem?


Think like a recruiter

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• We only hire interesting people who add value.

• Culture is my biggest concern, qualifications & experience are secondary

• When in doubt, do something.


Don’t be that guy.

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Modern Job Seeking

Develop yourprofessional network

Strategically pursue job opportunities

01

Establish Your

Online Identity

Become a Search Wizard


Get Recommended

Get Endorsed


Research and Connect

Groups, Influencers & Connections

Reduce the noise

Search like a pro

Job Seeker 2.0

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Becoming Waldo


Transforming the way the world works.

Questions?

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