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1. The Habits
of Highly
Efficient
Searchers

2. Truly global. Ever-growing.
238M+ members
+4M / month, +2 new members / second
7M+
Canada
50M+
Europe
77M+
United States
1M+
United Arab
Emirates
19M+
India
12M+
Brazil
2M+
South Africa
4M+
Australia
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Italian, Japanese, Korean, Malay, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Spanish,
Swedish, Turkish.
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3. They do their
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4. …
Are you connected to your
clients, coworkers, &
industry?
Have you joined professional
groups?
Have you updated your
Profile to broadcast your
search?
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5. On the LinkedIn
Homepage
In their Inbox
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Software Engineer
When they
search for jobs
ACME Systems
Via Mobile
LinkedIn App
When they
research your
company
When they
network with your
employees

6.  Conceptual Search
 Implicit Search
 Indirect Search
 Similar Profiles
 Profile Matches
 Natural Language
Search
And you
thought the
red ones
were rare!
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7. –
Bookmark
Me!
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8. They’re
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9. AND
Include both
e.g. sales AND Spanish
OR
Include either
e.g. RN OR “registered nurse”
NOT
Exclude
e.g. manager OR director NOT CEO NOT VP
“ ”
Multi-word term/phrase
e.g. “project coordinator”
( )
Pair/apply to all
warehouse (picking OR stocking OR shipping) AND forklift
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10. Cheese
AND
Bread
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11. (Cheddar OR colby OR pepperjack)
AND
(Rye OR wheat OR white)
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12. Sauce
AND
Meat
AND
Vegetables
AND
Cheese
AND
Bread
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13. (Aioli OR “yellow mustard” OR pesto)
NOT
(Mayonnaise OR “honey mustard”)
AND
(Bacon OR egg OR “french fries”)
AND
(Turkey OR ham AND “roast beef”)
AND
(Lettuce AND tomato AND pickles)
AND
(Cheddar OR colby OR pepperjack)
AND
(Rye OR wheat OR white)
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Me!
(contract OR contractor OR contracted OR contracting OR
consult OR consultant OR consulted OR consulting OR "on
assignment" OR “off assignment” OR temp OR temporary OR
“per diem” OR “hourly rate” OR “corp to corp” OR 1099 OR
“on project” OR “bill rate” OR billrate OR “pay rate” OR
payrate OR freelance OR freelancer OR freelancing OR
“currently looking” OR “looking for work” OR “looking for
assignment” OR “seeking assignment” OR “seeking work”)
NOT (recruiter OR recruitment OR recruiting) AND skillset
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16. NOT “XYZ Corporation”
Ways to use
NOT
Manager NOT Director
Acountant NOT Accountant
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17. They take
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19.  Custom Filters
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21. They
4
their chaos

22.  Organize work from multiple searches
 Store profiles of interest before taking action
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They

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30. 6
They invest in their

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34. They never stop
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2
3
4
5
6
7
They do their
They’re
They take
They
their chaos
They
They invest in their
They never stop
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38. Questions?
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