If you are an accountant or professional, chances are that you have set up a profile on LinkedIn.
You might even have uploaded a CV.
So far so good.
I was recently seeking some services from another professional.
My LinkedIn connections were an obvious place to start.
After all many of them were people I had met at events over the years.
What surprised me was that some had no way of contacting them other than via LinkedIn.
The problem is that as the person looking at their profile I have no idea how responsive they are to messages sent on LinkedIn.
So how does this relate to you if you are actively looking for a new job.
Recruiters, whether internal or working behalf of an organisation are likely to use LinkedIn as part of their process to find potential candidates.
If they search and find you, chances are they will want to speak with you or reach out to you quickly.
If your profile includes contact information they will be able to do that easily.
If it doesn’t the opportunity for you to be a potential candidate will be lost.
Recruiters won’t put in a ton of effort to reach you.
You as a candidate actively job hunting need to make it easy for them.
Now you might be apprehensive because you worry that you will get bombarded with calls or emails.
In reality this is unlikely to happen.
What’s more likely is that you will get a once in a while contact for a role.
So if you are job hunting and want to use LinkedIn as one of your channels to find your next role make sure you:
- Include contact information on your profile.
- Get into the habit of regularly checking your messages on LinkedIn or use the app so that you are alerted to the fact that a recruiter is trying to reach you.
Doing this will reduce the risk of you missing out because it’s just too much effort for the recruiter to contact you.
