Where to Look for Remote Opportunities: LinkedIn posts
This week we look at LinkedIn.com.
We look at LinkedIn posts. The next post is planned to be on June 30, 2023.
LinkedIn allows a person to write blog posts.
The blog posts will then appear in a feed that others can read.
A person may write a post about different professional career topics.
One topic a person may write about is different remote opportunities.
A reader may learn about different remote opportunities through LinkedIn posts.
Here are two ways to find out about remote opportunities through LinkedIn posts.
(1) Your Connections and Network–Are you connected with people to have a network?
On the Home page, you will find a feed listing different blog posts on LinkedIn.
The blog posts you will often come from other people in your network.
You may increase the odds of seeing remote opportunities by growing your network.
You can invite other people to belong to your LinkedIn network.
You can send out an invitation request.
You may increase the odds of people agreeing to be in your network by including a personal message. Some ideas for the personal message can be:
- You can communicate how you and the connection are related.
- Or you could mention details about the person who impressed you.
Including a personal note may increase the odds that a person will connect with you.
You may wish to connect with the following people:
- Recruiters and Human Resource professionals in the company that interests you
- Managers in the department in the company that interests you
- Recruiters and Human Resource professionals from temporary agencies. Look for recruiters that specialize in your field.
(2) Keyword Search
You may use keywords in the Keyword Search Box to find remote job opportunities on LinkedIn posts.
You may use keywords to find your next remote opportunity.
A keyword search result will, hopefully, present you with different choices.
Each choice will have brief information about the content of that choice.
You then can select that choice to get more information.
You may find search results listing sections.
A section is a group of similar choices in the search results.
Some sections could be:
- People–choices of different people who have their profiles on LinkedIn
- Posts–Blog posts people have written on LinkedIn
- Jobs–Jobs on LinkedIn
Look at the choices in the Posts section.
Hopefully, you will find a choice that interests you.
Click a choice that you like to explore further.
You will then get a description with more information.
Hopefully, you will find some descriptions with remote job opportunities that interest you.
Using the following words in your keyword search may be helpful.
- The profession you are interested in
- Remote (or similar words like Virtual)
- Careers (or similar words like jobs, occupation, or profession)
Boolean Searching
Boolean Searching rules tell your search engine how to search with the words you type in. LinkedIn uses Boolean Search rules.
An article that describes some of the Boolean search options is:
Article name: Using Boolean Modifiers when Searching for Jobs on LinkedIn
Article address: https://www.linkedin.com/help/linkedin/answer/a507571/using-boolean-modifiers-when-searching-for-jobs-on-linkedin
You may find better results by using Boolean search rules.
Synonyms
Synonyms are different words that express similar meanings.
You may increase the range of your searches by using synonyms. Some synonyms you can use are:
- Professions may use synonyms to have different words to describe the profession.
- You may use synonyms to describe remote work (like using the word virtual).
- You may use synonyms to describe a career (like using the word opportunities, jobs, or profession).
You may find your next remote opportunity in a LinkedIn Blog post.