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LinkedIn is not just a social network, and it’s not just a search engine; LinkedIn is also a job portal. A veritable warehouse of job listings, you can search LinkedIn for open positions worldwide (see Figure 2-7). And LinkedIn provides more than just a job description — it also provides a section called How You Match. This section highlights the skills pertinent to the position and lets you know if your skills are a match. If you are a premium LinkedIn user, you also get access to a section that shares competitive intelligence about other applicants. You can see where you rank based upon your LinkedIn profile, and you can see the top skills of those who have already applied.

These two areas are great places to discover additional keywords. These skills may also describe your skill sets. If so, not only consider them keywords but also add them to your LinkedIn Skills section.

FIGURE 2-7: LinkedIn’s job postings provide skill suggestions.

To access LinkedIn’s job postings, follow these steps:

1 Click Jobs on LinkedIn’s toolbar.The LinkedIn Jobs page appears.

2 In the Search Jobs text box, enter the position you are interested in and click the Search button.A new page displays with a listing of open positions. You can also designate a location to search.

3 Click the job listing you find most compelling.More information on that position appears on the right side of the screen. Scroll through to find more information.