Seven Ways to Connect LinkedIn with Your Job Search

The advice VP of Content and Engaged Learning Brian Clapp dispenses resonates with the college community, which is where this week’s question for the WorkInSports Podcast comes from:

“Hey Brian, you came to my college classroom last week and shared some really dope info. You spoke about LinkedIn a lot as a networking tool that makes sense. I really want to start using LinkedIn and being more social media productive. Are there other cool ways to use this platform?”

LinkedIn is a game-changer and can augment your career search if you use it effectively. In today’s episode, we offer some LinkedIn profile tips and discuss how to use tools such as:

1. Boolean searches (utilizing quotation marks and parenthesis to narrow searches, examples below)
   • "Sports Reporter" (searches for profiles with only that job title)
   • "Sports Journalist" OR "Sports Reporter" (finds profiles with either job title)
   • "Sports Reporter" AND "Boston" (narrows to profiles with job title matching location)
   • "Sports Reporter" NOT "ESPN" (excludes designated company from search results)
   • "(NFL OR MLB OR NHL) AND Journalist" (includes specific leagues and profession)
2. “My items”
3. The “Open to Work” tag
4. LinkedIn Articles
5. Name pronunciations
6. Private mode
7. InMail (sending messages without connecting)

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Listen to the full episode for a crash course in using those tools to make LinkedIn work in your favor throughout your career. Also, subscribe to the WorkInSports Podcast for additional sports career advice and check out more content on our YouTube channel.