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#139- Jeremy Schifeling, former hiring manager at LinkedIn and founder of The Job Insiders, explains what LinkedIn can be used for, how you can best optimise your LinkedIn profile and ways you can use LinkedIn to change your career.

What you'll learn

• [1:40] Different ways skills can be transferable.
• [2:35] How Jeremy became a LinkedIn guru.
• [03:58] The number one misconception about LinkedIn.
• [04:52] How best to use LinkedIn.
• [06:40] Ways to add value to your LinkedIn profile.
• [08:33] How posting on LinkedIn can help build your personal brand. 
• [11:19] The purpose of your LinkedIn profile.
• [13:12] Why your LinkedIn profile should be different to your CV.
• [16:41] How to use LinkedIn to transition into a new career.
• [19:42] How to attract the right people on LinkedIn.
• [22:29] How to make your LinkedIn profile stand out and be memorable.
• [27:40] Who you should connect with on LinkedIn.
• [32:45] How to avoid your current employers finding out you want to transition to a new career.
• [36:50] The best platform to connect with old colleagues.
• [38:55] How to use LinkedIn to meet your goals.
• [41:01] The future of LinkedIn and how AI will change how we use LinkedIn.

Resources mentioned in this episode (some of these are affiliate links and we may get a commission in the event that you make a purchase - this helps us to cover our expenses and is at no additional cost to you):

• LinkedIn
• Linked, Omar Garriott and Jeremy Schifeling
• Teach For America
• Jobscan.co
• LinkedIn Learning
• Coursera
• Snappr.com
• Followupthen.com
• The 2-Hour Job Search, Steve Dalton

For the show notes for this episode, including a full transcript and links to all the resources mentioned, visit:

https://changeworklife.com/how-to-get-the-most-out-of-linkedin/

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