How to Use LinkedIn to Find Your Dream Job, Client, or Company

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Today I'll be discussing how you can use LinkedIn to find your dream job, client, or company (that only 1% of people know).

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But 99% of them are stuck on beginner mode...

Most don't know how to use it to find their:

• Dream company

• Dream client

• Dream job

But when used right, it can do all of the above with ease.

Here's how.

👊 Actionable Steps

1/ Use Quote Searches to Find Exact Roles & Jobs

Add " " to your search...

You'll ensure exact results.

For example, search:

“Senior Product Marketing Manager”

Your results will look like this...

Only includes Senior Product Marketing Managers

But results WITHOUT quotes include product managers and junior product marketing managers.

2/ Use Minus Signs (-) to Exclude Keywords

You wanna find marketing professionals not in advertising?

Search: Marketing - Advertising

Results: People who have "marketing" in their profile but not "advertising".

Here's another example...

Ex: You’re a Software Developer Who Wants a New Job 

You wanna work with Python but not JavaScript

Search: Python - JavaScript (use job filter)

Results: Jobs that mention Python and exclude JavaScript

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3/ Use the 'NOT' Command to Exclude Any Topics

The NOT and (-) functions both allow you to exclude terms.

For example, search: software developer NOT project manager

You'll get jobs to exclude "project manager" but include "software developer" in the job title.

The Difference Between Minus (-) & 'NOT'

(-) will exclude "project manager" jobs even if it doesn't include "software developer"

Got it?

Perfect… Let’s keep going.

How do we use the NOT command?

Use 'NOT' Command to Exclude Job Titles, Companies, & Experiences

Here’s a concrete example:

You wanna search for people in Finance but exclude investment banking?

Type: Finance NOT Investment Banking

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4/ Use 'OR' Command to Search For Multiple Jobs Or People 

Instead of 2 searches use the OR command and combine them.

Here’s an example:

Search: Data Analysis OR Machine Learning (in the people filter)

Check out these results...

You'll get people with either Data Analysis or Machine Learning experience

5/ Use 'AND' to Combine 2 Characteristics 

Wanna further filter your searches?

Use the AND command…

Here an example:

Jobs: Project Management AND Agile 

>>> PM jobs that need an agile skillset

Use 'AND' to Search for People Too 

Check out two more examples...

1: Marketing Manager AND Technology

Results: Managers in Tech

2: MBA and 10 years in Finance

Results: People with an MBA and finance experience

6/ Use Paranthesis () to Combine Searches

Use the () command to group search terms together.

Warning... This gets advanced.

Want an example?

Data Science (Python OR R) AND (SQL OR Big Data)

Results?

Data Science jobs that require either Python or R and either SQL or Big Data

Wanna search for people?

Here's another example:

(Marketing Manager OR Product Manager) AND Technology 

Results?

Marketing or Product Managers in the Technology industry

6 Advanced LinkedIn Search Techniques

• Quotes (" ")

• AND (both)

• NOT (exclusion)

• OR (1 or another)

• Minus (exclusion)

• Paranthesis (combinations)

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