Sat, 4 October 2014
show notesSearching for jobs on LinkedIn Update. Last week I talked about the 5 ways you can search for jobs but someone has revealed a 6th way - searching or browsing through updates in a company page Some companies will have a specific 'careers' page on their company page (see top arrow) but you will also find jobs advertised in their status update stream (see bottom arrow) News New YOUniversity section which gives college/school students some great tools to help them select the right university for them. This is divided into three integrated pages, lets look at each; Decision Boards. This is the area where students can organise their search for the right course and university using a combination of organizational, social and insight tools. Rankings. (See image at the top of the page) This is the most controversial element where universities are ranked according to the 'success' of their alumni with getting the jobs they wanted. There were only five careers listed when I looked but I am sure more will be added in time. Finder. Simply enter your criteria such as career (ie law) and location (ie London) or/and employer (who you want to work for) and it will tell you how many alumni from each university achieved these goals. Other news - SlideShare gets its first ever iOS app, I'm shocked they didn't have one already but it does look pretty good Also LinkedIn is introducing a new 'Actions' section into the profile views section of Linkedin. I don't have it but Jo Saunders has written agreat post about it. Searching. I'm still getting some odd results no doubt due to the new Galene search engine. My latest findings suggest that closeness in network has moved down the pecking order. What are your experiences of search, any different? POEM Actually maybe its not a poem, but amusing all the same! Thanks to Carl Whalley for sending it in; Mark Williams has moved his mouse! Would you like to endorse Mark with his new skill: 'Mouse Moving", so future employers can help him use it to realise his full potential? Company Page Frustrations. I got to see first hand just how hard it can be when trying to add images to company pages, merge profiles and create showcase pages (you can only create 2 each day - goodness only knows why!) and the interesting fact came out from LinkedIn admitting that the only browser LinkedIn is fully compatible with is Mozilla Firefox so I have started using it for all my LinkedIn activities and I must admit it is a pretty good browser and many activities do seem a bit smoother/quicker. Question. How do you find the time to use LinkedIn effectively? This is such a great question and not an easy one to answer as its something we all struggle with. My three tips are;
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