HOW TO APPLY JOBS IN LINKEDIN

Linkedin

Introduction:

Linkedin is a biggest online platform for professional networking. Like other social networking websites, this platform has also a lot of features. You can share your thoughts by writing articles, sharing photos and videos with the professional people within your network. Like naukri and other job portals, one can apply for jobs also and this is now very effective. Most of the big organizations prefer to share the job openings in Linkedin now a days.

How to search for Jobs:

In this article, we will discuss how to apply for jobs in Linkedin. It is very much important to create a strong profile in Linkedin. A complete and matured Linkedin profile reflects your professional experience to your connections, current and future employers, and recruiters. Your Linkedin profile showcase your professional life, milestones, skills and interests. After creating your profile in Linkedin, you can start searching for relevant jobs. To get a detailed idea about how to create Linkedin profile you can visit my other article.

There are THREE ways of finding jobs in Linkedin.

1. Suggestions by Linkedin app:

Based on your profile, Linkedin automatically suggests some suitable jobs to you. There is a tab on the top of your profile named "JOBS" (shown in below picture) where you can click and find the suggested jobs. After getting the results, you can click on the suitable job opening and go through the job description. If you find it suitable, you an apply for it.

Job suggestions by Linkedin

2. Use search option:

At the top of the profile, a search option is there. If you want to search job in any specific domain or field, you can type it and search. There is an option to find jobs in specific location also for better choice. Search results will appear as below mentioned image.

User search option

3. Search jobs by Company:

Linkedin offers you the facility to find a job as per your choice of company. For example, you can find suitable opening for any specific company if they have any. To do so, you need to put the company name in the search box at the top right corner of your profile. It gives you a result of that company page where you can find a tab with "jobs". Click on that and you will go to the job posting page of that company and apply for the same. Below image will help you to get more clarity.

Search by Company

How to Apply for jobs:

There are TWO ways to apply for jobs in Linkedin

1. Direct Apply:

Here you have to fill up a form provided by the company to apply for the job. It takes some time to complete the procedure.

Direct Apply

2. Easy Apply:

It is comparatively easy and you need to click on the Easy Apply button and rest part is some clicks away. But in this case, your profile is the key to get noticed by the recruiter. Because, there is no form or link where you can update your professional experience or educational details.

Easy Apply

Submit

During the job application, this application shows how many connections are working there in that specific organization. You can always ask recommendations from them or ask them to refer you for that position. Believe me that really works.

Conclusion:

So, you can see that, Linkedin job application has so many good features that you can select any option or all the options to get a perfect job for you. This plaform is now a days very much trustworthy and reliable as, unlike other job offering platforms, companies directly handle their Linkedin pages and therefore, the responses are fast, review processes are genuine and they often revert back with right reason. Wish you all the best for a good job search. For any assistance or query, feel free to revert back.