by K B , updated on November 1, 2020
If you’re shy I’m sure you’d rather have teeth taken without anaesthetic than be caught showing off talking about yourself on LinkedIn.
I totally get that.
I am often quite shy myself.
In fact, one of the reasons I explored social media as a way of building my business, is that I really suck at cold calling.
I wanted people to come to me if they needed help, not chase them down and insist I was the answer to a problem they did not know they had.
The bad news is that if you feel awkward or introverted online, you are actually cutting off a strong source of quality job leads.
LinkedIn is now a weapon in most recruiters’ armoury for hunting down staff.
So if you’re an introvert or shy this post is specifically for you.
The examples I am about to provide come from real life LinkedIn profiles where people have won interest from recruiters and head hunters.
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by K B , updated on November 11, 2020
Ok, true confessions time.
It’s late Easter Sunday and it took an Easter beach walk to give me the head space to upload this blog post.
The pic is of a flower I saw on my walk.
I uploaded it just because I can.
A few weeks back I had the amazingly exciting experience of being invited to join the facilitation team for one of Mashable’s tweet chat’s #BizChats.
With 21 million social followers, Mashable’s audience is UBER.
Here’s the stellar team of interview and career experts who joined me.
Heath Lehman: CIO, Author, Speaker, Career Expert, the CIO of qbot.com and Co-Founder Esume.com.
Kate White: New York Times bestselling mystery author, career expert, motivational speaker, rule breaker and former Editor in Chief at US Cosmopolitan – visit her site here: www.katewhitespeaks.com.
Kevin Kermes: Founder of All Things Career; He writes for more than 290K susbscribers weekly @everyveteranhired &@careerattract.
Meghan M. Biro: CEO of www.talentculture.com and Contributor to @EntMagazine@Forbes @HuffingtonPost.
Susan Joyce: Online job search expert and president of netAbility, Inc.
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by K B , updated on March 7, 2015
If you’re looking for Tuesday night’s ABC radio podcast on how to get a job on LinkedIn, here it is.
Click this link here to get straight to the ABC site to access the podcast. (It opens a file on your computer).
Or you can find it here for the next month or so. (“Your Employment Profile”: Podcast dated the 24/2/2015)
I had the very great pleasure of appearing on the Tony Delroy show, with my friend and long term partner in crime, Bronwyn Murphy.
Bronwyn is an experienced recruitment manager, trainer and operations manager. You can find her on LinkedIn here.
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by K B , updated on November 1, 2020
Have you ever wondered why some people attract job offers from LinkedIn, and you do not?
Good news is here! Help is at hand.
There are some simple things you can do right now, to attract recruiters, head hunters and employers to your LinkedIn profile.
These are proven tactics my clients have used to find jobs using LinkedIn.
So, I want you to read every word of this post, and try what I am about to tell you.
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by K B , updated on November 1, 2020
Karalyn here.
Hello and Happy New Year.
I don’t generally talk about myself on this blog, because that’s not what this is about.
However I assume you will read this as you’d like to make some change to your job search or career.
So, I’d like to share a few things about my experience with change that might help you make a move.
2014 was a time of big change for me.
I rented out my place in Sydney, after being unhappy there for 5 years.
I gave all of my house stuff to charity and friends and I moved to Melbourne to be closer to my family.
I ended significant relationships that were fundamentally dishonest.
I started restructuring my business to become more mobile and online (It’s partly working. The pic is the view from my favourite working spot on Melbourne). This restructure has seen me work late into the night over many nights sometimes wondering if there is any point to continuing when the whole world seemed to be out having wonderful weekends.
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by K B , updated on November 1, 2020
Do telephone interviews make you nervous?
Is it because you have an accent that gets in the way of people understanding you?
One thing that scares the living daylights out of many of my clients from overseas, is the dreaded Australian telephone interview.
You can have researched the role, scrutinized the company and tailored your CV to the finest degree.
However the truth is, that when someone picks up the telephone to interview you, you’re pretty much back to square one.
You need to sell yourself, all over again.
So I’d like to introduce you to someone who can help with reducing your accent, sounding like an Australian and mastering the telephone interview.
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If you’re shy I’m sure you’d rather have teeth taken without anaesthetic than be caught showing off talking about yourself on LinkedIn.
