LinkedIn Guide for STEM

Hello Queens,

I decided to place my LinkedIn guide in an independent post because there is too much good info

for singular replies to the previously placed post requesting more LinkedIn info.

Firstly, your connection limit is 30,000 people. But your group limit is close to 400-500 I think. Will edit with correct answer soon.

For the people new to careers altogether begin by searching industry key words you are hoping for in the groups section.

You want to join professional groups of that sub-field.

An example would be like if I want to go be an astronomer, find astrophysics, optics, and other such groups to join. This is the best way to grow your professional network if you are new.

Try to connect with as many women in your desired field as you can at first. They will understand better why you want to cold-connect with them, and you can mostly avoid creeper guys wanting to "move the conversation to other channels"🙄🙄🙄

Next look through job posts in your field and compile lists of the skills in each job. Go through and try to read up/ study/ train in the 15-20 most common skills in your desired jobs.

LinkedIn has a skill limit of 50.

Place these skills in your profile as having learned them in university. Employers/recruiters will sniff after an employee they don't have to train as much or at all. Recruiters will back search for your skills individually and will find you much easier. You can also enter a single skill to search for jobs that require that skill you already have and train up to really become a top candidate for that job if you want.

You can follow industry leaders, save hundreds of info posts, and find new connections through people that also follow that industry leader.

LinkedIn learning is also an incredible resource if you're willing to do LinkedIn premium, because the skills you train in there will save to your profile and increase demand for your services that way. Also save your certificates from online courses on your LinkedIn profile too if you're in tech, cybersecurity, or programming.

LinkedIn premium is also incredible because you can see where recruiters are searching for you from. Just last week I got searched for by recruiters from Google, the US army, and a few other companies. I only know that because of LinkedIn premium.

If you are meticulously updating your skills and connections while having LinkedIn premium account, you will also get a list of jobs that LinkedIn believes that you are a qualified candidate for, and by that they mean you have at least 3 or more skills that employers wants. Last week I got 143 jobs LinkedIn considers me good for. And I had over 7 skills per job. So it is highly possible for you to also benefit if you're strategic from the beginning.

Good luck and DM me for more specifics if needed.