On Episode 59, find out how to get started with using LinkedIn: one of your BEST friends during the job search 

59. How To Get Started with LinkedIn For Your Job Search

One of the biggest mistakes that people make during their job search is NOT leveraging technology during their career exploration and job search through LinkedIn. LinkedIn lands thousands of people jobs on a daily basis, so why would you lose out on money and potential new opportunities by not using it?

What’s your relationship with LinkedIn? Love it? Hate it?

Regardless of how you feel about LinkedIn, you can’t afford to NOT use it during your job search. Period.

Y’all, the modern job search is broken. BROKEN. We no longer live in the old days where employers would advertise a job in a local newspaper, and candidates would CALL the hiring manager or MAIL in their application. In those days, employers received a manageable number of applications and the hiring manager ACTUALLY READ all of the apps!

In today’s world? We have the internet, and companies post their jobs EVERYWHERE, meaning that ANYONE IN THE WORLD can submit an application online. This results in one job posting receiving hundreds of applications and most of them never get read (sad but true).

How do you stick out? How can you make it to the top of the pile? 2 big strategies:

1) Networking: connecting with people who can HELP you, refer you, talk to you, open doors for you

2) Optimizing your LinkedIn: when you optimize your LinkedIn, you attract hidden opportunities and recruiters come to you with opportunities

On this episode, I tackle #1 and how to do this via LinkedIn (the easiest way to manage and engage with your network). I’ll teach you how to get started with LinkedIn, the 8 steps you need to take to get to a “basic” level, how to start building your network and begin to connect with relevant alumni.

On Episode 58, learn about the Career Triad: Function, Industry and Geography, and how it impacts your job search!

58. How The Career Triad Impacts Your Job Search Effort & Timeline

When you start to do more targeted career exploration, it’s time to introduce the CAREER TRIAD: Industry, Function & Geography.  The Career Triad is an invaluable tool that will help you get clear on the type of industry, function & geography that is important to you in your next career move.

On this solo episode, Priscilla explains how the Career Triad can help you do targeted research & career exploration while also helping you make a decision on the type of career transition you’re going to make!

What you’ll learn from this episode:

• How to research and decide on the kind of industry that you want to work in – it’s a BIG decision that sets the whole vibe for your day to day job

• The difference between a Functional Department (Ex: Marketing) versus Functional Roles

• The role that geography plays in your job search opportunities and networking

• How to factor in your timeline and level of effort that you want to apply into your job search – what it means for the type of career change you want to make!

On Episode 56, find out why it’s SO important that you create our Career Portfolio (inventory of your skills, strengths and greatest hits) before your job search!

56. How To Figure Out Your Next Career Move, Pt. 3: (Prototypes & Career Portfolio)

Welcome back to the Career Exploration Series that began on Episode 46, 49 and 52! On this episode, Priscilla dives into 2 critical topics: 1) Building your career portfolio, and 2) Protoyping – AKA running career experiments before committing to a path.  Your career portfolio takes stock of your strengths, transferable skills and “Greatest Hits”.

On this solo episode, Priscilla shares 2 strategies that you need to do as you begin to narrow in on your career exploration: the Career Portfolio and Protoyping.

What you’ll learn from this episode:

• Why you can’t approach your career exploration as if you were on “Married at First Sight” TV Show and should absolutely first date and get to know your career options (via Prototypes)

• How to conduct a thorough review of your top skills, strengths and “Greatest Hits” so that you can build your Career Portfolio 

• The types of Career Experiments that you can run depending on your runway (how long you have in terms of time / your resources before your next career move)

• Ready to make a career change?

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