⭐ How to put on LinkedIn that you are actively looking for a job? 【2020】

¿Cómo poner que estoy buscando trabajo en LinkedIn? There is no specific option on LinkedIn where you can mark that you are actively searching for a job.

However you can add it in your profile, you can do it in the title of your presentation or in the excerpt.

To do this, follow the steps below:

1. Login to https://www.linkedin.com
2. Click en > Me
3. Click on> View profile
4. Click on the pencil edit profile
5. Add a phrase that refers to the fact that you are looking for a job
6. You can put this phrase in the * Headline
7. You can also include it in * Excerpt
8. Click on> Keep

How to set up LinkedIn to search for a job?

No se puede configurar un perfil para buscar empleos, esta social network consiste en subir tu perfil profesional, y aunque existan muchos objetivos de esta plataforma, hasta ahora LinkedIn no tiene una división que pueda separar a persons con y sin empleo.

However, for both cases, some details can be added to your profile so that when an employer wants to hire you, they know that you are open to listening to proposals and I consider you within their possibilities. Also, it is not necessary to put the exact phrase: "I am actively looking for a job", you can add a more professional phrase.

Advice: When you want to find work on LinkedIn or a physical medium, do not ask, better Offer. You won't get a second chance to make a (good) first impression.

Therefore, to put on LinkedIn that you are looking for a job.

Never use:

"I'm looking for a job, I'm a mathematics teacher"

Better put:

I am a mathematics teacher and I offer my services, knowledge, skills, abilities and years of experience to the company that requires it.

When we join LinkedIn, most of us do it to find work, of course there are those who also want to socialize with professionals, but we are going to focus only on users who are looking for a job.

It is very common for professionals on LinkedIn to put in their presentation that they are actively looking for a job, but do you know what this means?

What does active job search mean?

Putting on LinkedIn that you are actively looking for a job is like putting that you are without a job and that you are also looking for one, which has nothing wrong, and is congruent, since the social network has as one of its objectives to help find members are employed, so you don't have to feel sorry or embarrassed about telling LinkedIn companies that you need a job and want to get hired.

When a company is in the recruitment of personnel, it reviews all the profiles that it considers are suitable to occupy the job position.

To get the attention of the businessman, you can directly or indirectly state that you are currently out of work. Keep in mind that putting this can bring you many advantages but also disadvantages.

Below we help you put that you are looking for a job on LinkedIn, without this discrediting you as a professional and you can finally be hired.

Should you put an active job search on LinkedIn?

As we mentioned before, telling LinkedIn companies that you need a job can bring many advantages and disadvantages:

Advantages of activating job search on LinkedIn

• Companies will see you as a professional with immediate availability
• You do not have to be ashamed of this, if you are offering good service
• You convey that you are very excited to be hired
• Companies see you as a proactive professional
• Improve your percentage of being hired

Disadvantages of putting on LinkedIn that you are actively searching for a job

• Some companies may see you as "Desperate"
• Companies are not only looking for workers, they focus more than anything on "Collaborators"
• If you use the same phrase "Active job search", you will have a lot of competition and you will not stand out.

Deactivate on LinkedIn that you are actively searching for a job

If you have already found a job, you have to remove the phrase that you initially put when you were out of work.

Follow these steps to disable active job search on LinkedIn:

1. Login to https://www.linkedin.com
2. Click on> Me> View profile
3. Click on the pencil edit profile
4. Remove the phrase that refers to the fact that you are looking for a job
5. delete said phrase from * Holder and / or * Extract (Depending on where you put it)
6. Click on> Keep