Thread by @omoalhajaabiola

How to land your dream job as a Nigerian freelancer (some may even sponsor your relocation).

I won't call this a secret or an expo, it's what you can find by a simple Google search. We will be using LinkedIn to look for business owners, companies and establishments who need

remote workers. Some of these people need immediate hire(s), some need freelancers for a long-term project.

During the Writing Workshop with @ToyosiGodwin, I talked about why you need to have an irrestitible LinkedIn profile. We will be using our LinkedIn profile as a resume

here. When you are applying for most of these jobs, LinkedIn will automatically download your profile, save it as PDF, and send it to the recruiter. So, I assume anyone using this method either has a good LinkedIn profile or professional freelancer resume. Read more about

how to create a professional resume here enhancv.com/resume-example…

With any of these, your dream job is just a click away. I am talking about the kind of job that's soul-soothing, one that can change your life and career.

Ready? Grab your coffee and detach yourself from

unnecessary distractions.

Go to Linkedin, tab the search bar and a space to enter your keywords will appear. Let me show this using my profile.

As a freelance copywriter, let's search for some companies currently looking for freelance copywriters

So, I entered the keywords because I'm looking for a freelance copywriting gigs, click the first option I circled "Freelance copywriter in "JOBS".

Use the keywords in your niche. Click it and let's continue.

Confused? No, it's not.

See it as different categories of search

terms. If you are looking for freelance copywriter (maybe for a recruitment agency like @CV_Loft ), you can click people.

Something like the below image appears when you click "Freelance Copywriter in JOBS". Click on the bolded bluish square at the top hand right corner of

the page. When you click it, this is what appears:
These are the filter options for our keywords.
Sort by should be "Most Relevant"

Date Posted can be "Past Week" or "Past month" (past 24 hours if you are looking for the newest job)

Experience level should be any or

streamline it to your level of expertise. People like @hannytalker can chose expert for a freelance recruitment gig.

Understood? Alright, let's continue...

Before that, sip your coffee.

When you click job type, this shows. Some companies include full-time (even if the job is

remote. Some include part-time but I recommend keeping it as "Any".

Under Remote, tick the box because we are looking for a remote gig.

Now to LinkedIn Features, if you have the time, a professional freelancer profile or portfolio, you can select "under 10 applicants"

And also "Easy Apply".

What this feature does is to filter out those jobs with external application process (outside LinkedIn). Easy apply means you want to use your LinkedIn profile to apply for jobs (reasons to have a good profile). Click Apply and you will have tons of

jobs that have "Easy Apply option".

If you check the bottom page, you will see something like "Get Job Alerts for this Match".

It works like Google Alerts

LinkedIn will send you email, notifying you that someone somewhere is recruiting for the roles you subscribed to

Let's use copywriter role at Value City, Furniture, as an example. When you click it, you will see the job details and remuneration. But I want to talk about how to connect with the HR manager of this company.

Reading this post, it shows that they are into furniture

When you scroll down, you will see that this job was posted Sara Zancan. A smart freelancer will send a connection request to Zara and a good relationship (by liking and commenting on her post) will be birthed and who knows, you can be recommended for jobs.

I talked about how to

Scrape Zara's email address during the class.

This applies to any role you are looking for in any country of the world.

I understand you might not need this but someone on your TL might, why not RT for the person?

You can as well use this for scholarship search and companies who can sponsor your relocation in your #japa dream.

However, LinkedIn works with clarified searches

Someone looking for scholarships can enter "recruiting for MS funded positions in my lab" as the search term

Linkedin will return results (content) that has everything in the keywords.

This is where it get so interesting

If you enter "currently recruiting for funded MSc positions in my lab (this time with the two quotations), LinkedIn will give you all posts that are written in the

same way as your query.
You need great tools (some of which are free extensions using google chrome) for your prospecting. We will talk more about this other time.

Don't forget to join my channel where I talk more about freelancing
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