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LinkedIn Launches Tools Aimed at Pandemic Job Seekers
LinkedIn's announced a new Career Explorer tool that can uncover careers you could transition into and might not have considered by mapping the skills you have to thousands of job titles. LinkedIn advises that explorer will highlight additional skills you may need and...
How to Let Recruiters Know You Are Open to Work
In this article we explore the LinkedIn Open to Work feature and explain how to enable and manage this feature on your LinkedIn Profile. If you are in active job search or open to new job opportunities, you can let recruiters and / or your network on LinkedIn know...
How to Access Think Bespoke’s Career Coaching and Job Search Services
Marina Pitisano joined Think Bespoke's team in 2015 as our Career Coach supporting clients who are planning to actively look for jobs or are thinking about making a change in roles. She supports these individuals as they develop their networking plan, resume and...
5 Steps to Boost Your Online Profile in 2020
Today's article is designed for those who want to boost their online profile in 2020. While playing a bigger and better game online may have been on your to do list for most of the year, for so many professionals, it's often an important, but not urgent, to do list...
Essential Career Planning Tools to Manage Parenting & Work
Today’s article is designed to give you some essential tools as you navigate your responsibilities as a new parent and think about restructuring how you engage with work to accomodate the cherubs in your life. With most of my younger cousins having babies over the...
How I Overcame My Discomfort with Personal Branding
What I have discovered from my own and my client's journeys with raising their profile online and establishing their thought leadership is that where there is discomfort there is growth. Learning to embrace your personal brand is part of learning to embrace yourself,...
How to Conduct Job Search Using LinkedIn
Job search on LinkedIn will serve you well in a number of ways beyond just applying for advertised positions. It is also a key research step, giving you a sense of the types of roles available in your industry, the key selection criteria and the recruiters who are...
5 Must Have Criteria for Your Next Career Move
If you are thinking about your next career move, and are not sure where to start, it is very common to feel stuck. When you feel stuck you tend not to take action. You know you need to do something, but also know that online platforms like LinkedIn have changed the...
5 LinkedIn Tips for Career Change
A question I am often asked is "How do I use LinkedIn if I am changing careers?" If you are thinking about making a career change, and would like to know what role LinkedIn can play in helping you make that move, please read on. 1. Learn as Much as You Can About Where...
Do You Need a Board of Directors for Your Professional Journey?
you make important decisions these days? Are they left on the back-burner and you get stuck in indecision? Or perhaps you make decisions on the run and deal with the consequences later! When you wish to make important decisions about your career or business, it is...
How to Update Your Career Interests on LinkedIn
An increasing number of people I meet got their last job from being approached on LinkedIn. At the time of writing this blog post there were 84,400+ jobs listed on LinkedIn in Australia, 18,400+ jobs listed in Melbourne, 29,000+ in Sydney and 9,900+ in Brisbane. For...
Career Q & A: Why You Need to Use Your Time Wisely
Many people are surprised when they read about the diverse profiles of the client communities I serve. I often work with mature clients, professional men and women, who are likely to have owned or run their own business or are experts in their chosen field. I enjoy...