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Job Search During Unemployment

Career Lifecycle: Part 1

How to Land a New Role in 2025

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Embrace a New Approach

In today's dynamic job market, traditional job search strategies are no longer enough. To help you land your dream job this year, we've gathered top tips from three industry experts:
  • Victoria Butt, recruitment expert, shares three underrated and under-used tactics to elevate your career prospects.
  • Brigid Leishman, career development expert, guides you through updating your online presence.
  • Jason Ajai, interviewing expert, walks you through how to prepare for your next interview like a pro.

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Job Search During Unemployment: How to Land a New Role

Join us as we deep dive into the How-Tos of 3 tactics to embrace to elevate your career this year.

Don't miss recruitment expert Victoria Butt as she shares how to go beyond traditional job search strategies with these underrated approaches:

    • building your personal brand through bite-sized content,

    • strategically engaging your network (including those broader connections), and

    • practising reverse recruitment by pitching tailored value directly to companies.

3 Underrated (& Under-Executed) Tactics I've Seen Work

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Did you know your Online Presence affects your Job Search Success?

​Elevating your visibilty with a strong online presence and LinkedIn strategy can make all the difference when your are seeking a new role.
In the article below, Career Development Expert Brigid Leishman will teach you:

    • How to Optimise your Profile Using AI Tools

    • How to Engage with AI-Powered Insights

    • How to Enhance Content Strategy

    • How to Personalise your Networking

    • How to Think about your Timing

Make the Most of AI to Lift your LinkedIn Presence
The evolution of AI is happening so quickly that it can be hard to figure out exactly what you don’t know.
When it comes to LinkedIn and making the most of the platform, it’s good to understand how built in AI functionality can significantly enhance your professional networking, content strategy, and career growth.
Here’s Brigid's top tips, including some third-party solutions to help you lift your LinkedIn game.

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1. Optimise Your Profile Using AI Tools

    • AI-driven tools, such as LinkedIn's Resume Builder or third-party platforms like Grammarly, Teal, or Resumeworded.com to review and refine your profile for clarity, professionalism, and keyword optimisation.

    • AI also powers LinkedIn’s “Profile Suggestions,” providing recommendations to improve your headline, skills, and summaries for better visibility.

    • And you can give your profile pic an upgrade using sites like secta.ai or the GIO app for a cost-effective face lift.

2. Engage with AI-Powered Insights

    • LinkedIn's analytics tools, driven by AI, offer insights into who is viewing your profile, engagement on your posts, and follower demographics. Use these insights to tailor your content and network-building efforts.

3. Enhance Content Strategy

    • AI on LinkedIn helps suggest trending topics and hashtags relevant to your industry. Use these prompts to create timely, engaging posts.

    • Tools like ChatGPT or other AI writing assistants can help generate ideas, draft posts, or create responses, saving time and boosting quality.

Caution: Only use these writing assistants for prompting or getting you started. AI driven posts and comments can be easy to spot and are not a good look if you are trying to engage and build your network.

4. Personalise your Networking

    • LinkedIn’s AI suggests “People You May Know” based on shared interests, mutual connections, and industry relevance. Use these suggestions to expand your network thoughtfully.

    • Personalise connection requests by incorporating mutual interests or referencing shared affiliations.

    • You can use AI tools such as TextBlaze, a Chrome extension to help you build shortcuts for connecting and engaging.

5. Think about your Timing

    • Timing is important. Whether you are posting, reposting, or commenting, think about when the people you are trying to attract are likely to be online.

    • If you don’t post or comment during high traffic time periods, your content is likely to get lost or dumped.

    • The algorithm favours posts or comments that get attention in the first hour of posting. This also means not posting and then ghosting. Stick around for an hour or so that if someone engages with what you have to say, you can respond.

By embracing LinkedIn’s AI tools, you can enhance your professional brand, build meaningful connections, and learn a host of new skills to keep you relevant.

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​Connect with Brigid for more LinkedIn support

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Now... Learn How to Master Your Career Story: Interview Success Guide

Did you know 80% of job seekers struggle when asked to describe their experience in interviews? Many talented professionals miss opportunities simply because they can't tell their career story effectively. On the flipside, those who master this technique are turning 67% of their interviews into job offers.

Watch the video below, where interviewing expert Jason Ajai will teach you:

    • The exact structure successful candidates use to keep the interviewer engaged

    • How to craft your 2-minute career summary

    • Real examples of powerful achievement statements

Watch Before Your Next Interview
Connect with Jason at InterviewFit for more assistance.
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