Jeff Young

𝗣𝗹𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗲 𝗰𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗸 𝗙𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘄 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘃𝗲, double 𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐦𝐲 𝐛𝐞𝐥𝐥, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗰𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗸 "𝘀𝗲𝗲 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲" 𝘁𝗼 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗻 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗺𝗲!
Namaste  🙏  🖖  As a Professional Networker and #TheLinkedInGuru (Teacher), I have provided nearly 200 free LinkedIn workshops in the last 3 years.  I've been on LinkedIn since May 13, 2004 (one of the first 600,000 members to join-member #594945).

🙏  I do not do one-on-one training.  I provide free LinkedIn seminars!  🖖

I talk about #TheLinkedInGuru #GuruGoodNews, #TrustYourTribe, #LinkedInTraining, and #CareerDevelopment

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I have been teaching LinkedIn for 18 years now.  That's over 1000 seminars X about 20 people per seminar = over 21,000 people (without taking into account the "ripple" effect)!

🙏  I have provided the text below for use as a Speaker Bio should you need one.  Please use whatever portion you think appropriate.  🖖

🙏  𝐉𝐞𝐟𝐟 𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐠 𝐝𝐨𝐞𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐢𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐰𝐚𝐲 𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐨𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐋𝐢𝐧𝐤𝐞𝐝𝐈𝐧 𝐨𝐫 𝐌𝐢𝐜𝐫𝐨𝐬𝐨𝐟𝐭.  🖖

Jeff is a highly qualified Education and Performance Development executive with 30+ years of progressive experience in program design and delivery, and 35+ years of engagement and project management experience. His expertise lies in his ability to identify organizational needs and develop training programs suited to all levels of personnel. Just as significant are his contributions to improved business performance, productivity, quality and profitability.

Jeff is a former Director and Account Manager with Intellinex, an eLearning venture of Ernst & Young, LLP and has helped manage and mentor thousands of people in many different organizations. Since his retirement from OCLC, where he worked as an Enterprise Project Manager, Jeff has been deeply involved in community service by volunteering for and helping manage several local non-profit organizations.

Specialties:
★ Networking, Social Networking
★ LinkedIn Training, LinkedIn Trainer
★ Project Management
★ eLearning
★ Management Consulting

Most recently, Jeff has been devoting his time to being a Professional Networker, teaching Networking and LinkedIn and he has trained thousands of professionals in how to maximize their networking skills and best utilize networking tools. Please see the links in Jeff's Featured Section for examples of his presentations and tips on how to use LinkedIn.

Namaste 🙏 🖖

Professional Networker, LinkedIn Training, LinkedIn Trainer, LinkedIn Tips, ★ #TheLinkedInGuru ★

Bob McIntosh

As unemployment rates for higher-level job seekers have reached an alarming level — commonly referred to as the "White Collar Recession"— I make it my mission to empower 𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗷𝗼𝗯 𝘀𝗲𝗲𝗸𝗲𝗿𝘀 to take control of their job search and secure rewarding careers. 

I accomplish this by delivering a variety of high-impact webinars, offering personalized one-on-one coaching, and sharing actionable job-search advice on LinkedIn. 

While my services are free, they’re often described as 𝗿𝗶𝘃𝗮𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗼𝗿 𝘀𝘂𝗿𝗽𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗽𝗮𝗶𝗱 𝗼𝗳𝗳𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘀.

𝗖𝗔𝗥𝗘𝗘𝗥 𝗖𝗢𝗔𝗖𝗛𝗜𝗡𝗚

I relish meeting with clients individually. This is where we form a bond and get to the nitty-gritty of the job search. Because of my expertise, I'm assigned to coach the career center's high-level clients.

𝗪𝗘𝗕𝗜𝗡𝗔𝗥 𝗙𝗔𝗖𝗜𝗟𝗜𝗧𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗡𝗚

Designing and delivering webinars allows me to reach thousands of statewide job seekers a month. There is great value in the webinars I lead, as evidenced by the high ratings I receive.

𝗟𝗜𝗡𝗞𝗘𝗗𝗜𝗡 𝗧𝗥𝗔𝗜𝗡𝗜𝗡𝗚

Job seekers and career coaches recognize my expertise in leveraging LinkedIn for the job search, so they look to me for advice.

𝗩𝗢𝗟𝗨𝗡𝗧𝗘𝗘𝗥𝗜𝗦𝗠

I proudly volunteer for Candorful, an organization that offers mock interviews to transitioning military Veterans and their wives. 

𝗜 𝗚𝗘𝗧 𝗜𝗧!

You don't need to be told that being out of work can be emotionally and financially challenging. I've been there. So I'll be the last person to tell you not to feel stressed and discouraged. However, I will tell you that unemployment is temporary and to 𝗡𝗢𝗧 go it alone.

Webinar Facilitator ~ Career Coach | LinkedIn Trainer | LinkedIn Profile & Resume Consultant

I'm more than a webinar designer and presenter; I'm a career coach and LinkedIn trainer who constantly thinks of ways to better market my clients in their job search. Through disseminating trending job-search strategies, I increase their chances of finding jobs. 

HIGHLIGHTS 

❍ 𝗜𝗻 𝗲𝗳𝗳𝗼𝗿𝘁𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗵𝗲𝗹𝗽 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗟𝗼𝗻𝗴-𝗧𝗲𝗿𝗺-𝗨𝗻𝗲𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗼𝘆𝗲𝗱 (𝗟𝗧𝗨), 𝗜 𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗮 𝘀𝘁𝗿𝘂𝗰𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝗷𝗼𝗯 𝗰𝗹𝘂𝗯 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗱𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗽𝗼𝗽𝘂𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻.
❍ My "𝗚𝘂𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗦𝗽𝗲𝗮𝗸𝗲𝗿" webinar is the most successful of our webinars, averaging more than 100 attendees.

❍ 𝗜 𝗿𝗲𝗰𝗲𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝟮𝟬𝟭𝟵 𝗠𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗛𝗶𝗿𝗲 𝗜𝗻𝗴𝗲𝗻𝘂𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗮𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗱 for my part in delivering webinars on various job-search topics for MassHire Lowell Career Center. 🏆

❍ I'm proud to have created the first LinkedIn program at the Career Center of Lowell (now MassHire Lowell Career Center). 

❍ Job seekers travel from across the state to attend my LinkedIn and Advanced LinkedIn webinars.  Other One-Stop career centers suggest their clients attend my workshops. 

❍ Staff refer their clients to me for structured mock interviews that I film and critique. Their clients tell me they're grateful for this opportunity.

❍ I'm assigned to meet with high-level, long-term unemployed (LTU) job seekers one-on-one.

SELECTED WEBINARS I LEAD

ChatGPT ~ Knockout Resume ~ Building Your Resume ~ LinkedIn Unleashed ~ Is Your LinkedIn Profile Strong Enough? ~ Answering Tough Interview Questions ~ Preparing for Telephone Interviews ~ Writing Cover Letters & More ~ Crushing Stereotypes: Power of the Mature Worker ~ Earn Your Worth ~ Taking Your Job Search to the Next Level ~ Labor Market Research ~ Finding Your Networks: Ending Your Job Search ~ Emotional Intelligence in the Job Search ~ Introverts Strengths and Struggles in the Job Search ~ Your Brand: Your Job Search ~ Avoiding the Application Blackhole ~ and others.

𝟯𝟬 𝗧𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘀 𝗡𝗼𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝗗𝗼 𝗼𝗻 𝗟𝗶𝗻𝗸𝗲𝗱𝗜𝗻 (𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝗗𝗼 𝗜𝗻𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗮𝗱)

As a follow-up to two articles I wrote on the don'ts job seekers shouldn't commit on LinkedIn, and what they should do instead, I thought I would combine them in one article. I've also added 10 new don'ts.

I know there are plenty of other don'ts you shouldn't commit, and I know you won't agree with some of what I say; this is one man's opinion of LinkedIn's worst and best practices.

I've separated the Don'ts and Dos into three categories: the profile, networking, and engagement. I'm not making a judgment as to which order the categories should be addressed, but profile should definitely be your first step in your #LinkedIn strategy.

#LinkedInTips #LinkedInUnleashed #LinkedInProfile

👊 I’m on the frontline fighting The Good Fight against unemployment 👊 Career Coaching ◆ Webinar Facilitating ◆ LinkedIn Training ◆ Candorful Volunteer ◆ LinkedIn Contributor #LinkedInUnleashed©

As a follow-up to two articles I wrote on the don'ts job seekers shouldn't commit on LinkedIn, and what they should do instead, I thought I would comb

Open article: 30 Things Not to Do on LinkedIn (and What to Do Instead) by Bob McIntosh • 13 min read

30 Things Not to Do on LinkedIn (and What to Do Instead)

𝗦𝗶𝗰𝗸 𝗕𝗿𝗮𝗴, 𝗕𝗿𝗼

Before the holidays, our social media specialist, Jim Foley, asked me for some content for testimonials that would appear on our #Facebook and #LinkedIn pages. 

Just more work for me to do, I thought. I will have to dig up some comments people wrote on my webinar surveys. 

Then it occurred to me that some of my former clients wrote recommendations for my #LinkedIn Recommendations section.

So I sent him two. Task completed. He could choose which one/s to use.

What I should have done was send him some testimonials from happy clients that were stored in a 𝗕𝗥𝗔𝗚 𝗳𝗼𝗹𝗱𝗲𝗿. 

Here's the rub: I stopped storing words of kindness in it like 10 years ago, after accumulating 100 emails. Since then, I could have accumulated many more recent emails.

Not only could I offer them in future work testimonials, but I could also 𝘂𝘀𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗺 𝗶𝗳 𝗜 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗳𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱 𝗺𝘆𝘀𝗲𝗹𝗳 𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸. But, alas, I dropped the ball.

Current employees and job seekers, look at my failure as a learning lesson for you.

Do you have a brag folder?

#JobSearch #BragFolder #LinkeInUnleashed

𝗗𝗼 𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝗪𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝗪𝗶𝗻 𝗘𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗼𝘆𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗢𝘃𝗲𝗿?

I’ve been listening to Brian Ahearn, CPCU, CTM, CPT, CMCT’s audiobook 𝙄𝙣𝙛𝙡𝙪𝙚𝙣𝙘𝙚 𝙋𝙚𝙤𝙥𝙡𝙚: 𝙋𝙤𝙬𝙚𝙧𝙛𝙪𝙡 𝙀𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙮𝙙𝙖𝙮 𝙊𝙥𝙥𝙤𝙧𝙩𝙪𝙣𝙞𝙩𝙞𝙚𝙨 𝙩𝙤 𝙋𝙚𝙧𝙨𝙪𝙖𝙙𝙚 𝙏𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙇𝙖𝙨𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙀𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙘𝙖𝙡. 

I read it a few years ago, and one of the seven principles he emphasizes has stuck with me; it is #Liking.

Most job seekers assume the goal is to make employers like them, and that’s true. But the principle of Liking says that when you genuinely show interest in an employer, the odds of them liking you increase.

I was speaking with a client yesterday (I'll call him Tom) who’s interviewing for a second role at a life-science company. When he talked about the organization, his face lit up like a 400W bulb. He was clearly excited. 

I’ll bet you dollars to donuts that he showed a genuine liking toward the company during the course of the interview process. Because when he described to me missing out on the first role, his expression betrayed him; he looked despondent.

Here’s the interesting twist in Tom's tale: before the final #interview for that first role, someone stopped Tom and asked whether he had other opportunities on the table. That person knew Tom wasn’t getting the role, but they were on the hiring committee for the next opening. Word travels fast.

I told Tom this was a very good sign. The company liked him. "You think, Bob?" he said, his face lighting up again.

You can’t fake Liking an employer, and employers can usually tell when you are faking it. Some job seekers think it's about shallow flattery and huge grins, but it's not. 

Employers look at skills first, of course, but when candidates are closely matched, intangibles matter. Liking is one of them.

You won’t like every company you apply to; that’s exactly why you shouldn’t apply everywhere. Be selective. Build a target company list. 

When you interview with companies you genuinely want to work for, the Liking factor kicks in naturally, and your chances improve. 

Brian will appear as my Guest Speaker on January 26 at 2:00 p.m. EST. He's going to talk about "Getting to Yes" in the job search. I highly recommend that you attend this event. No, you don't have to be a member of MassHire Lowell Career Center.

#JobSearch #InterviewTips #LinkedInUnleashed

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