Day: August 2, 2016

Don’t Be Like Karen on LinkedIn

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I received a connection request from someone with it made a terrible mistake with her LinkedIn profile.

 

Don’t make the mistake Karen made

 

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Someone send me a connection request today on LinkedIn and I thought it was hysterical. It was a real profile (I have to say that because a lot on LinkedIn aren’t). This one was for a marketing manager at a chiropractic organization.

Do you know what was written underneath her company name for her current employer?

Nothing.

Absolutely nothing.

And that was true about what she wrote about the previous employer, too. That employer was unrelated so it wasn’t a big deal but for the current employer?

You’re a marketing manager and you don’t describe anything that you do, how are you marketing yourself?

Seriously, is this how you market yourself?

How do you create the situations where people are reaching out to you about opportunities?

I know you may say, “maybe she is looking at opportunities?”

That’s certainly possible but I want to remind you of something. The person who gets ahead isn’t always the smartest all work the hardest (although those are great qualities to have). The person who gets ahead is the one who remains alert opportunities sometimes those are internal to your firm; most of the time they are external to it.

So, don’t be like Karen. Give you information on your LinkedIn profile that makes you attractive to a potential employer.

It’s very expensive for you not to do it.

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Do you think employers are trying to help you? You already know you can’t trust recruiters—they tell as they think you need to know to take the job they after representing so they collect their payday.

Jeff Altman, The Big Game Hunter has been a career coach and recruiter for what seems like one hundred years.

JobSearchCoachingHQ.com is there to change that with great advice for job hunters—videos, my books and guides to job hunting, podcasts, articles, PLUS a community for you to ask questions of PLUS the ability to ask me questions where I function as your ally with no conflict of interest answering your questions.

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The Biggest Negotiating Lie Employers Tell

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Jeff Altman, The Big Game Hunter, explains the biggest lie employers tell when they negotiate a job offer with someone.

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This is going to be a relatively short video but one of the more important ones for you to listen to because of the layout very simply one of the prevailing tricks employers use in order to hire people.

That’s the use of the term, “permanent position.”

Firms use the term like you to have a job for life and the fact of the matter is, I want to have you to this loud and clear, there are no permanent positions anymore.

Your only usable to an employer for as long as they need you and is long as they can afford you. Period.

You can do a spectacular job for that firm but they can’t afford you, if the economy craters, and they need to lay off people who are going to be a potential target.

Don’t kid yourself anymore when you hear the term, “permanent position.” It’s a full-time position. That is they want to hire your full efforts from 9 to 5 and beyond but it is not I repeat NOT a permanent position.

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Do you think employers are trying to help you? You already know you can’t trust recruiters—they tell as they think you need to know to take the job they after representing so they collect their payday.

Jeff Altman, The Big Game Hunter has been a career coach and recruiter for what seems like one hundred years.

JobSearchCoachingHQ.com is there to change that with great advice for job hunters—videos, my books and guides to job hunting, podcasts, articles, PLUS a community for you to ask questions of PLUS the ability to ask me questions where I function as your ally with no conflict of interest answering your questions.

Connect with me on LinkedIn

Trying to hire someone? Email me at JeffAltman@TheBigGameHunter.us

Why Do People Post Articles on Their LinkedIn Accounts?

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Why does someone post something on their LinkedIn accounts?

I mean, why should someone share an article or a video?

It’s not like they know something about the subject. So why share it?

People post articles on LinkedIn in order to convey the notion that they have expertise.  It’s all about developing a reputation as an expert. It’s a branding statement.

I want to be clear that some people post stupid things; I’ll Use the Example from Facebook of the cat photos. There is no reason to post that to LinkedIn.

There are people who post political stuff to LinkedIn. The post that either.

What you’re using LinkedIn for is to build the notion that you are an expert at something so that people want to reach out to you.

People posted on their LinkedIn account, post stuff in groups, that’s all designed to create the impression that they are knowledgeable in this area.

They share information that conveys the message, “I agree with this,” or, “I know this too.”

Doing so gives the idea of real knowledge.

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Do you really think employers are trying to help you? You already know you can’t trust recruiters—they tell as they think you need to know to take the job they after representing so they collect their payday.

The skills needed to find a job are different and complement the skills needed to do a job.

Jeff Altman, The Big Game Hunter has been a career coach and recruiter for what seems like one hundred years.

JobSearchCoachingHQ.com is there to change that with great advice for job hunters—videos, my books and guides to job hunting, podcasts, articles, PLUS a community for you to ask questions of PLUS the ability to ask me questions where I function as your ally with no conflict of interest answering your questions.

Connect with me on LinkedIn

The Thursday Supplement to No BS Coaching Advice July 28 2016

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Read The Thursday Supplement to No BS Coaching Advice July 28, 2016

In this supplement, I provide info about a few jobs on recruiting for, how to search all positions I am trying to fill, plus videos entitled, “change may take time,” and “recruiters have called me about the same job.”

 

Do you think employers are trying to help you? You already know you can’t trust recruiters—they tell as they think you need to know to take the job they after representing so they collect their payday.

Jeff Altman, The Big Game Hunter has been a career coach and recruiter for what seems like one hundred years.

JobSearchCoachingHQ.com is there to change that with great advice for job hunters—videos, my books and guides to job hunting, podcasts, articles, PLUS a community for you to ask questions of PLUS the ability to ask me questions where I function as your ally with no conflict of interest answering your questions.

Connect with me on LinkedIn