LinkedIn training tip to speed up your job search

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(Free-Press-Release.com) March 4, 2009 -- LinkedIn has a feature called the LinkedIn toolbar which is a free and very powerful tool for job searchers, and LinkedIn does a poor job of promoting it.

If you install it, your browser will sense when you are visiting a job site like

- Monster.com
- Careerbuilder.com
- Craigslist.org

and will make it easy to see if someone in your LinkedIn network works at the company . Let’s say you are looking at a job post at monster.com for a position at the company HP (Hewlett-Packard).

Here’s how you can use it:

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LinkedIn training tip to speed up your job search

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- The LinkedIn browser toolbar will create a blue panel on the left hand side of the browser.
- The panel will tell you the number of people in your LinkedIn network that are employed at that company.
- If you click on the link, it will show you their names, with your first level connections listed on top.
- You could then ask your first level connections at the company for tips on how to get the attention of the hiring manager.

If none of your first level connections work at the company, click on the link for one of the second level connections. On the right hand side of their profile, about one screen down, you will see which of your first level connections knows the second level connection, and you can ask them for an introduction (probably by phone). You can then ask the second level connection for tips on applying to the company. If you only have third level connections, you can try the same methodology, but you may be less successful.

There is a 3 minute video that shows exactly how it works at LinkedIn Toolbar video

This feature will save you a lot of time and a lot of clicks during your job search, and should be promoted more by LinkedIn. You’ll be shocked at how much time it will save, and you’ll really feel like you are utilizing the power of your computer and optimizing your time.

Good luck, and please pass it on to your friends.

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