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Added: 2026-05-11

[00:00:00]Uh, 98% of of cover letters don't get read.

[00:00:04]They never get downloaded. They never see the light of day. You might as well just be playing the lottery because that's that's the kind of odds that you're doing when you're doing an application only strategy. That's the real key to make sure that you become successful in your job search.

[00:00:20]100% you're going to have to get out there. And LinkedIn is a fabulous tool to do that. Go all in on LinkedIn. 100% go all in on LinkedIn.

[00:00:30]That is the way that you get visibility.

[00:00:34]Hello everybody. Once again, welcome to the Get Hired LinkedIn Live. This one today, we're going to be doing a big Q&A session. This is very much over to everybody here.

[00:00:47]Questions that you've got all regards job related. And you can use other job other other questions if you really like. It would make it quite interesting if you did. Um, David, uh, you've got a a question here.

[00:00:58]So, I'm an IT contractor for my own limited company. Should I post on LinkedIn as my company or as myself?

[00:01:06]Which would be more credible?

[00:01:08]100% you.

[00:01:10]You are the brand of it. And there is so much evidence with this. And I know that we we all have the same bit because we see lots of big brands Apple and Amazon and everything else and they're quite, you know, we see the advertising on TV which is about the companies and that kind of brand.

[00:01:28]Don't worry about going into that. This whole process and what it's all about is about you and your expertise. If you're looking to get more business, especially if you're an IT contractor, and you're looking to try and get more business through your own your own limited company, it is you that is the value.

[00:01:47]And that's why you should be absolutely creating that value brand for yourself, David. And I'm sure you've got so many things that you can talk about. So many personal um, issues that you have. There is a real temptation to want to go down that route of of company branding. But, the evidence is very clear and especially now with the way that social media is, it's about personal stories.

[00:02:11]It's about authenticity. It's about you 100%. You are the brand that you need to promote. So, absolutely for for yourself there, I would absolutely do that for it as well. Um you've got a a lot more coming through here and and also Nena, you you say a really really good point here in terms of that your perfection is your downfall and then I procrastinate and content doesn't get posted. That's coming from somebody who's just done 100 days in a row of posting every single day. So, you can con doesn't matter how much experience you have and how much you've been doing it, you will still have those feelings. And the the search for perfection absolutely is going to really make you struggle with getting out there and posting for it for yourself. It's it's one thing I think that that really stops and prevents people from doing it. I'm going to also put on couple of questions that I've got that have come through from myself as well. So, one of them here that we've got um was what is the biggest mistake you see people making on LinkedIn right now? I'm sorry, I'm just cutting and pasting putting them up for you cuz I think it would be a little bit easier to do that way. So, look, the biggest mistake that I think people are are doing on LinkedIn right now is sort of what we There's a couple of things that they do.

[00:03:33]First first and foremost is that worry factor. Is worrying about what to say, when to say it, whether they should be whether it's right to do. So, it's just that stopping yourself from doing it and we've talked about that. So, it's really important to get that out there. The number two is consistency. Is the volume of how often you post, how often you engage.

[00:03:56]And I know that can be really stressful for a lot of people, and really difficult for people to really really cope with and what to do.

[00:04:04]>> [clears throat] >> So a really good way around that is just get making sure you go through a process of planning out your content, understanding what it is you want to do.

[00:04:15]AI is great at helping you create those kind of plans. Go into ChatGPT or Claude or whichever one is your preferred AI and go go to them and then ask the question, this is who I am, there is my profile, create a content plan for me to be posting each day and create the subjects. And that then helps you.

[00:04:37]The other thing that's really good on LinkedIn is that you can schedule your posts as well. So it doesn't mean that you're having to sit there every single day and think how do I write this. You can schedule and you work out your pace on when you want to schedule and how much you want to do from that side of things. But look, schedule as far in advance as possible so that it's it's done and all you can then do is concentrate on doing the follow-ups. And the follow-ups are really important on LinkedIn. It isn't a magic tool where you just put a piece of content out there and hope something happens. You've got to engage with it as well. So the people who are commenting on it, make sure you engage. Make sure you engage and comment every single day in volume with your target audience's posts as well.

[00:05:22]Because that's how you're going to start driving more traffic to your profile and indeed to your posts as well. So absolutely, I think those are the are the two sort of biggest mistakes that I think that most people are really struggling with out there. So from a from a point of view where I think that that should happen, I think certainly that's where I would make a difference.

[00:05:45]Um Yianna, hi. Hope you're well. Uh, on follow-ups specifically, I document what happens when candidates follow up after a final round silence from the other side, the hiring manager and recruiter side, how important is it that content creators follow up with their audience after a post lands? Is it the same psychology? Well, look, I I'm in the same same vein. I think it's really important that you sort of you create that conversation.

[00:06:14]The way that you know, one I think it's just polite anyway. People um, put comments on your on your posts, you want to go back and you want to uh, interact with them and create a conversation. If somebody's saying something to you about it, absolutely respond to it. So, I there's a couple of things that I would do here. On your own post, when you have a comment on there, absolutely go through, chamber of some time into your into your calendar. What I tend to do is I'll um, time uh, permitting throughout my day, work permitting and otherwise, is I will put in half an hour to say, "Comment responses." And I'll just go in and start commenting. Foxy's always laughed at me because he'll know when I'm doing it because I I answer several comments at the same time when I've I'm doing blocks of of commenting. But, I think it's really important to do. So, when you have those comments coming through, uh, absolutely respond to them.

[00:07:06]And look, there's nothing wrong with you then seeing if you've got somebody who you're not following, who's not following you, and they've commented on uh, on your uh, particular post, go on to their profile, have a look at them.

[00:07:19]Are they part of your your target audience? Have they got content that you've got? Go and have a look at some of their posts.

[00:07:25]Go and go and see whether you can add some value on that. Reciprocate. So, give some follow-ups there as well.

[00:07:32]That's the nature That's the social side of social media. LinkedIn loves it. What they want is they want more and more engagement on their platform. They want more conversations taking place.

[00:07:45]The more conversations that happen, the more likely they are to continue to push your post. They're more likely to give it a bigger spread because they will pick it up and think clearly this is interesting. People are leaving comments.

[00:08:00]They will also judge it based on the length of that comment as well.

[00:08:04]So, they will judge by keywords within it and how that length of it as well. If you're just putting great, fantastic, thank you, congratulations, they're not going to really pick that up as it's an interesting conversation that's taking place.

[00:08:18]But if you leave a a a longer comment which is adding value, that is using the sort of the keywords that are based in that particular post, absolutely they will do. They will absolutely pick that up. So, I I think that's really important to do that. So, 100% I think that that doing follow-ups on on LinkedIn is probably the number one thing in terms of making sure that your your content lands and also whether or not you will actually get more scope and more more reach out there. So, I hope that that works for you as well, Yana. Um Mandy, hi. Okay, how often should I be updating my profile with regards being open for work?

[00:09:06]Great question.

[00:09:08]If you haven't all done it, first and foremost, 100% audit your profile. Make sure you're fully optimizing it. Make sure that you've got you're showing value. You've got a great about you section. Make sure that you've got an updated profile picture as well, that it reflects who you are and who you are now as well. Make sure that it's not something cuz we're all tempted to do it where you've sort of cut away because you attended a wedding and you quite like the picture and it looked quite good a a years ago. No, just take time.

[00:09:37]Look, we've we've all got great mobile phones. We've all got some friends and family who are more than happy to take a picture of you doing that. Get a picture done. Just take a whole series of them.

[00:09:46]Pick the right one. There's plenty of tools out there that you can do to edit it, you know, to make sure it looks a little bit nicer for you and, you know, soften that, get rid of some of the the wrinkles. I can't do anything about my hair, I'm afraid, but, you know, I'm not going to stick something on on my editing tool. So, it is what it is, but absolutely update all of that. And then go through your whole LinkedIn profile making sure that you're showing value, showing results, what your skills are, what you can add to a future employer.

[00:10:17]That's what's really important. It's always tempting when we're starting to do our our LinkedIn profile that we sort of just mirror our CV, that we think that that's what it should be. And then often what we do is just starting to say the things that we've done in almost, you know, like, I I was the sales director.

[00:10:35]I ran several people in my team. You know, it's just like bland statements that everybody can easily put in there.

[00:10:41]What makes a difference is showing the things that you've achieved, the differences you've made, the things you've changed, the value you've added, and working out for your target company what value you're going to add there as well. So, adding that in as well. I would regularly do that. I would regularly check your profile, just audit it. And if you really want to get some some help help for teams tips, you know, what I'm going to say.

[00:11:08]Use Claude Use ChatGPT.

[00:11:11]Um, get them to analyze sections of your LinkedIn profile. You can, if you want to, just put your whole profile uh URL into it and say, "Analyze this and optimize it. Give me suggestions of what you think I should be doing." But explain what it is I want to add value.

[00:11:28]I want to make sure that and for my target kind of role. So, explain the role that you're looking for, explain the type of skill sets that you're going to need, the kind of problems you're going to need to solve, and it'll prompt it for you. So, it'll help you.

[00:11:43]Obviously, don't just cut and paste it and put it in there. Use it as a as an aid to really help you out from that side. So, look absolutely from that.

[00:11:52]I would also add, cuz I think it's really important cuz you've mentioned about the open to work. There's always questions about whether or not to use the the open to work banner. Remember if uh you haven't seen here before, there are two types of open to work on LinkedIn.

[00:12:09]The one that I call the secret one, which is the one that works behind the scenes that recruiters can see whether you're open to work. That is absolutely vital. 100% if you are looking for a job, make sure you've clicked that one on so that recruiters can see. And the reason why that's so important is that invariably all the recruiters, what they will do, and a lot of them will do this when they're not posting the job. They're actually confidentially looking for a role, they're proactively head hunting, they will use LinkedIn Recruiter, and quite often they will filter their searches based on open to work. So, the ones who have clicked that, and they will see that. So, 100% do that. If you want to use the banner, completely up to you. And I would say it's useful on two things.

[00:12:55]So, what if you've fully optimized your profile and you are creating content and you're commenting and you're engaging and you're driving traffic to your profile, I would absolutely put it on.

[00:13:07]You don't need to put it anywhere else.

[00:13:09]You don't need to create content saying I'm looking for a job or anything like that.

[00:13:12]It's there. It's in the background. You can see that, and they will it will um surreptitiously, what it will do for everybody is they will think, "Ooh, that's that's really interesting that they're open for work. They're looking for work now." And they'll look through your profile in a better way, and that's where it's so vital to make sure that you've got all that value in your profile so that you can see very quickly what the um the problems are in terms that you can you can solve. Um okay, let's have a look through. We've got a We've got a few more uh through that. And thanks, Mandy, uh for the question here. Uh let's have a look. I'm just randomly I'm not actually reading them, so let's just do it live. I am in touch with a US recruiter for a job in Leicestershire.

[00:13:53]That happens, you know, the world is a small place. Uh do they use AI differently over there? If you use English English and not US English, for example, will the algorithm punish my CV, or should I say resume? That is a great question. That is a really good question. First of all, in terms of AI, uh yeah, there are differences. So, over here we have uh the EU AI Act that is coming into into play for the most of Europe. Uh the UK is adopting similar um uh similar regulations as well. So, it's going to be really important as to what where that is. The main regulation is that uh across the EU, it's not going to be a human that is going to be rejecting your CV I'm not going to be AI that it's going to be rejecting your CV. It has to be a human. Uh over in the US, they don't quite have those regulations in in place yet. They are having some, and some states have more than others. So, it will depend what that is. Um in terms of whether it's uh US English or English English, if you're applying for a role in Leicestershire, they're going to be expecting English English. I've worked for a number of large, very large global technology companies, and absolutely they they would it wouldn't matter. So, if I'm looking uh to fulfill roles in the US from the UK, I'm not going to be penalizing people based on the fact that they're not using UK English. I understand the the differences, so that won't happen.

[00:15:17]It shouldn't do if they're using AI to screen. Not all companies are. Um usually they will tell you. So, if they are using AI in any of their screening or any of their processes, they will give you a disclaimer right at the front, right right from the get-go. So, I would be extraordinary if they're not because there has been some some legal cases over in the US regarding discrimination and that has been used as a consequence of of AI. So, it'll be really important for them to do that. So, you should know up front if they're doing it. If they've done that and you've seen that, you'll know they're going to be using it from that side. But, but yeah, look, you know, they will look at it slightly different maybe because of the different cultures they have there, but look, absolutely give that a go. So, best of luck. I hope that works well for you.

[00:16:08]Let's have a look here. We've got a long one here from Philip. Philip, hi. Hope you're well regarding posting. When I was doing this late last year, the intent was the following: demonstrate what I could do, what I wanted to do, and things that interest me. Mix it up with posts or longer form essays.

[00:16:24]Thoughtful commenting every day. It's never for the numbers or the engagement.

[00:16:28]The focus always needed to be land was landing a job and not becoming a slave to the LinkedIn algorithm. By saying that, clickbait posts work. Anyone [laughter] remember Spangles?

[00:16:39]So, look, there's some really good points here, Philip. I think that that's really important. First and foremost, do not keep worrying over whether or not the algorithm is working in your favor. So, I think that's a really good point that you raised there.

[00:16:54]It is irrelevant. Don't worry about the algorithm. Worry about whether your content is strong, whether it is something that's interesting, whether it's going to be interesting to your target audience. And that's what's really important cuz if it is, then yes, it's going to start resonating and you will get that feedback immediately. If not many people are viewing it, and it's a little bit lower than it, well, clearly they're just not interested in it. Don't take it personally. It's not the algorithm. It's just the fact that no one's interested in that post. That's great feedback. You know not to do it that way. It might also be that, yeah, absolutely, you've probably not created a great hook. It might not be something that is, quote unquote, click-baity. And it's important to remember look we're we're in interest media. It is absolutely based on whether somebody is interested in the subject you're talking about. And the way that the algorithms work now is that if you're talking about um for this let's use it then as an example. If you're talking about music, it's going to be pushing it to people that have been engaging with music and talk about music and they like So, that's going to be the audience it'll push it to cuz the likelihood is that they will like it.

[00:18:07]Similarly, if you're talking about finance, it's probably going to be pushing it to people who like finance, who want to see that. So, that's more and more where it is. It is the For You section that you see in X, the For You section that you see on TikTok. LinkedIn is very much moving in that same way. It's the TikTok-ification of all social media. It is the way that they work. So, you're absolutely important uh to do it from from there. So, let's have a look and see we've got a a few more questions here. I've got another one here I wanted to uh raise that came through from uh myself earlier. Is applying to jobs still worth it in 2026 or is networking now the main game?

[00:18:52]Um Look, my I it's you're still going to have to apply for a job, but there's there's lots of difficulties here in the application-only strategy.

[00:19:03]First and foremost, as we know, instead of 10, 15, 20 years ago, when you applied for a job and then you you know, there might be 20 other people in there and the odds were pretty much in your favor of getting an interview.

[00:19:17]It was it was you probably had a a one in four chance of getting an interview.

[00:19:22]Those odds have dramatically lengthened.

[00:19:25]So, now instead of it being a one in four chance of getting an interview, it's a it's a 90 um I I got to get this right. 98% chance that you won't even get a communication back. You got a 2% chance if you actually get some kind of communication back. That's how much the market has changed.

[00:19:43]The whole thing's changed on its head.

[00:19:44]So, if you're going for just an application only strategy, it's going to be a long time for you to do it. And on top of that, as I posted this week, the amount of percentage of jobs that are never posted, that never see the light of day, absolutely is going to to work against you. So, networking, and I would say creating content, branding yourself, getting visibility is super important in 2026. You are still going to have to strategically apply. That absolutely you're going to have to do that. But it's it's really important. So, I don't think it's an it's an either or, but it's absolutely important to make sure that going all in in LinkedIn, and that's what I would be I suggest this to every single job seeker, 100% if I my lost my job tomorrow, I wouldn't be applying for any job. I would be just all in on LinkedIn.

[00:20:39]No matter what kind of volume I'm doing now, I would 10x it. I would make sure that every single person in my target market knew of my name.

[00:20:49]Knew what I could value I could add. I would want them to see that. And I'd I want to try and proactively, first of all, get people to come and speak to me as much as I can do, but also go and do some direct outreach. I'd be engaging constantly with with uh their different posts and content that is out there as well. So, look, it's a it's a sort of a two-stage there as well.

[00:21:12]Mandy, I've applied for over 100 and only had five interviews. That's actually not a bad >> [laughter] >> not a bad return in in 2026. I think that actually it's not bad, but it tells you everything you need to know about this market. It is super tough out there at the moment. So, 100% that is what I think is is going to make the difference as well. Yana, Nigel thank you. A lot of what you've covered today we've already started implementing and the impressions are showing it.

[00:21:42]144,000 in 28 days. Great performance.

[00:21:45]Really really good. Consistency and engagement strategy is really working.

[00:21:49]Really valuable session. Thank you very much. I I much appreciate that. And yeah, look, absolutely.

[00:21:54]You know, by if you're hitting the right mark and you're talking about the things that that people want to listen to and they want to engage with and they want to consume, you're going to do well with it. You are going to start getting seen and that's the real key to make sure that you become successful in your job search.

[00:22:14]100% you're going to have to get out there and LinkedIn is a fabulous tool to do that. By the way, I say all of this, LinkedIn don't pay me any money for it at all. I should really get sponsorship from them, but I don't get anything from them at all. But I I absolutely believe in that tool. It is a is a fabulous tool. It also works in your favor because it's essentially a monopoly.

[00:22:34]There really aren't any other tools like it out there. That's the reason why they have 1.2 billion people on their platform.

[00:22:42]You know, basically all the people who you would want to try and engage with 99.9% of them are going to be on LinkedIn.

[00:22:51]And the overwhelming majority of them probably 98% of that don't post. They are just consumers of content. They want to see it. and sometimes they will post certain little bits. Now and again, they'll comment on different different areas there. That's where you've got to make sure that you're clicking in to see them. You've got to make sure that you're raising your profile, but if you're talking about the areas that they're interested in in their market, they will engage with you. They will see you.

[00:23:22]And it's not just recruiters, and this is the thing that you really got to bear in mind. If you're job searching, don't just say that my target audience are just recruiters. No, it is the hiring managers. It's the founders of companies, the CEOs, the chief marketing officers, the sales directors, the finance directors, whatever part of the business it is that you work for, those are the people those people who work in the business. You want to get them to be looking at it. And they're the ones that will If they suddenly see you, they may well go to the recruiter that they have working for the company and go to straight to them and say, "I wish to go and speak to Nigel. They go and let's let you know, I've seen that but I've seen this person I've written you Can you go and engage with them directly?" So, 100% it's really really important to make sure that you're um uh that you're getting seen uh in 2026.

[00:24:15]That's going to be the real difference between whether or not you you do well in a job search or not. And that will change all of those uh those different stats that you have uh in terms of getting seen as well. Uh I've got one other coming through here. I'm sorry it comes under my name, but it's just the way that that YouTube's working. Uh are we seeing the death of the cover letter?

[00:24:37]Um That's a great one. I And I I get asked this a lot about that. Cover letters is is a real contentious subject because some people absolutely love them, especially the the careerist uh recruiters who've been in a long long time, the ones who like to do CV writing and cover letter writing services. They probably do want to promote that.

[00:24:59]Um but in my experience, uh 98% of of cover letters don't get read.

[00:25:06]They never get downloaded. They never see the light of day. Um it is an additional tool. Now, there is a there is a challenge because there's an awful lot of processes where they will ask for a cover letter and you can't submit your pro your your application unless you submit a cover letter.

[00:25:22]The reality is LinkedIn does all of that for you. LinkedIn is is your branding document far more than a cover letter ever do. And the this is goes back to the challenge with an application only strategy because what you're doing is in the old world, what it was was that you're trying to get visibility with the recruiter who's making a decision whether or not to see you. The problem with that is that system's broken so badly.

[00:25:48]You're lucky if you get 6 seconds of your CV read. 6 seconds, if you're lucky.

[00:25:53]And cover letters is going to be far less than that. What most recruiters will do is if they are going through each of your application, they're quickly flick on the on the CV. Is it something that's worth doing it? If it is, they'll go and check your LinkedIn profile. That's the modern world. You know, your cover letter might just talk about a few different bits. Your your LinkedIn profile is going to tell 10 times more about you and about what you're about, what kind of value that you can add. And indeed, when we're talking about those personal posts as well, a little bit of authenticity, what it would be like to work with this person.

[00:26:30]A cover letter is never going to do that for you. So, if you don't have to do it with cover letter, don't do it. If you have to do it, then good. You know, then look, you you're going to have to you're going to have to do it.

[00:26:40]Absolutely foxy. A cover letter is pointless in my opinion.

[00:26:43]And and I agree with you. If nobody's reading them, then what's the point? But there's a there's a big question mark, I think, for the recruitment industry as a whole that absolutely they need to to take accountability in terms of look what's the point of of doing this? Why why on earth have we have we asked for a cover letter if nobody's actually reading this? What's the point of of doing that? So we've got a a few others here.

[00:27:09]Um I think let's let's find out this one. I think this is a really interesting question here because this goes down to the engagement type of it and there's absolutely some question marks I think that in terms of how you engage directly with the business. What's the best way to approach a hiring manager directly?

[00:27:30]This is a really great question and the reason why that's so valuable is because I mean I get it. I can talk about from my personal experience.

[00:27:39]I receive on average from just my work in terms of recruiting, I must get between anything between 20 to 100 messages every single day on LinkedIn.

[00:27:53]At least.

[00:27:54]I I get that many of which a large proportion of them are just here's my CV, I'm looking for a job.

[00:28:03]Let's set up a time for me to discuss that and they attach the CV.

[00:28:08]Is it like it's the it's the LinkedIn in mail or email version of cold calling of the old spam that you might get. You know, it's it doesn't really add value to you if you're doing that because these are people I've never met before.

[00:28:26]I don't know anything about them.

[00:28:28]They've not introduced themselves. I I just don't know. They're just literally begging for a job and I understand the pressure that look they need a job and they're looking for it and I'm a recruiter and I work for a a large organization got lots of jobs and stuff like that.

[00:28:40]I get that but I have so much volume to do. I can't physically respond to every single person who does that.

[00:28:46]But what I do do, absolutely, is I see the people who comment on my on my post on my content.

[00:28:53]I see people who are adding value to it.

[00:28:56]I see the content that comes through because I'm searching for different types of people. I can see that and I think, "Oh, that's really interesting."

[00:29:02]I'll click on their profile. I see what they can do and I'll reach out to them directly. That's more valuable. For me as a recruiter, that's that's the path I will do because it'll create more control. If I just purely answer every single unsolicited message, email, in-mail that I get, I would have no time to do anything else at all. It would be impossible. So, there is a there is a time for direct approaching, but I would always recommend that direct approaching is part of your follow-up strategy. It isn't the first port of call.

[00:29:37]So, in other words, do a follow-up of once you've been engaging in your content that someone's engaged directly.

[00:29:43]So, let's say somebody I've engaged with somebody else's content, you've engaged with my content, then you can do a a message to say, "Really insightful post that you did the other day. I really like this, that, the other. I work very similarly in in this before and this is what I found and this is why it resonated with me. Thanks very much." I wouldn't even be asking for anything and that's the real key to it.

[00:30:06]Always give give a principle in social media of giving first rather than trying to get something back. So, you're not actually asking for things. Take time to be able to do that. That's the way that is going to be much more effective in terms of where we go on there. Okay, let's have a little look through here.

[00:30:24]As ever, oh, Philip, thank you very much. Great discussion inside. Have a good week. Hope you'll find a job of your dreams. Thank you very much, Philip, for for coming along today and and wishing you well as well.

[00:30:36]Um Anna, thanks for doing these sessions.

[00:30:39]They keep keep me going. What you said once of winning the lottery when we at least get to a first stage interview is exactly how I feel." I know, listen, I absolutely, we've all been in these in these places. Life sometimes cannot be overly fair and and I myself have gone through exact the same principle that everybody else has had, the pressure of I've not I've not got work. I've got to try and find it. How do I get out there?

[00:31:06]How do I reach the right people? How do I ensure I do that? I've got you know, people have gone through that I need to apply for a job process. I've I've been that as well.

[00:31:16]So, I've learned through the hard knocks of what how to do it to how to navigate through. I absolutely know, um, the pressure that you can have with it, which is why I say it [clears throat] is 100% it is absolutely vital that if you are searching and everything else, don't feel tempted the fact that I'm just apply I've done haven't I done well, I've applied for 50 jobs today.

[00:31:38]I must get that. It's a numbers game.

[00:31:40]Sooner or later somebody will come back to me. It's it is a numbers game, but you've got to play the right the right one.

[00:31:48]And if what you're doing here, absolutely, you might as well just be playing the lottery because that's that's the kind of odds that you're doing when you're doing an application only strategy.

[00:31:57]So, it's really vital to make sure that you put your effort, put your process into creating content, getting yourself out there, creating your videos, doing newsletters, get yourself out of your comfort zone. First of all, what it will do is it will find an immense amount of, um, of your own creativity. It will, uh, provide you with a a format of feeling far more in control.

[00:32:22]I think what a lot of job seekers find, especially right now, that you feel that you've got zero control over the process, that you're just firing off your CV into a black hole and getting nothing back and it feels hopeless because nobody's responding. You can't speak to anyone. You can't ring them up.

[00:32:39]You can't say have you got my seat.

[00:32:41]They're not going to come back to you.

[00:32:42]But by creating content, engaging with people directly on their posts, by doing follow-ups, by changing your profile, but you're actually starting conversations. It feels far more like you're in control of your own destiny. And that's why it's so important to do it that way as well. So, I wish you all very much the best in terms of that way that you need to do. Okay. So, look, let's let's just have a look here and see if we've got any more as we're coming towards the the end of this Q&A session. Foxy, you'll do better if they approach you anyway. Making yourself visible on LinkedIn is the best play these days.

[00:33:21]100% 100% I I watched I don't know whether anyone follows it Gary Vaynerchuk. Um produces a lot of good content on on on various different media channels.

[00:33:32]Talks a lot about social media marketing guru over in over in the states.

[00:33:37]I saw a video specifically about him where he was he was asked the question about finding a job and his response exactly the same. Go all in on LinkedIn.

[00:33:48]100% go all in on LinkedIn. That is the way that you get visibility and visibility will create the opportunities. The opportunities will create the opportunity for you to get offers and get hired. That's the way to mainly make a difference. Okay. So, look, we're coming towards the end. It's been a a fascinating session. Wishing you all the very very best. I hope your job searches go well.

[00:34:12]Wishing you the best of success. I hope you get out in this amazing weather as well. It is a real good especially when you have the stresses and strains. Get out there. Get the sun on your face.

[00:34:20]Enjoy that. Get the vitamin D. It always makes a big difference. Enjoy the weekend wherever you are in the world.

[00:34:26]Thank you very much for coming along and I shall see you same time next week.

[00:34:31]Take care everybody.