Forget about Applying for Jobs on LinkedIn or Indeed and Do This Instead

Hi and thanks for joining me for another job search tip. I'm Bart, your friendly career coach. Are you applying for jobs posted on LinkedIn or Indeed and getting no response? There are a few reasons why you are not seeing results but I will show you what you should do instead. Hundreds, maybe even thousands of your competitors are applying for the same position that you're applying for. You have a lot of competition. Did you notice how many job positions on LinkedIn have the word promoted next to them? This is to get more people to apply, therefore increasing your competition. Another reason you may not be getting a response is because the job is not available anymore but the posting is still there. A job posting will be displayed on LinkedIn jobs until the employer closes it or after six months if the employer forgets to close it. Oh, and did you know that when you apply for a job on LinkedIn but the employer changes his mind, deletes the job posting, then changes his mind again and reposts the job posting? Well, if you applied the first time that the job was posted, then your application will not be associated with the reposted job. So, it's the same as if you never applied. Okay, so what should you do to increase your chances of getting a response to your job application if you do apply on LinkedIn or on Indeed? That is, of course, if your cover letter and resume is written effectively and customized for that specific job. Well, step one, find a job posting on LinkedIn jobs or indeed.com that you like. Step two, find the website of the company that is advertising the job. Step three, find the careers page or the link to the careers section on that company website. Step four, now see if you can find the job posting that you originally found on Indeed or LinkedIn on the company career page. If it's there, submit your application directly on the company website. That way, your application goes directly to the company's database, not LinkedIn or Indeed. But if you go to the company career page and the job that you're looking for is not there, it means the company is not hiring for this job or the job advertisement you found on LinkedIn jobs or Indeed is old and has expired. But you may be asking, what if the company is small and does not have a career page on their website? In that situation, call the company, use the phone, and ask if the job is still available. I once saw a job posting on Indeed.com. I went and found the company website. They didn't have a career page, so I called the company. And the owner answered the phone. That's how small the company was. And he didn't know anything about the posting on Indeed. I'm glad I called the company because otherwise, I would have wasted my time submitting my application through Indeed and then hoping to get a callback. In another situation, I applied for a job using LinkedIn jobs. I also applied for the same position through the company website because I did locate the job posting. And then later, when I asked the company if they had received my application through LinkedIn, they said they never even saw it. They called me back because of my direct application through their career page. I hope that this tip will help you get more responses to your job applications. And as always, if you have any comments or questions, please make sure to put them in the comments section below this video.