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This LaziMILLENNIAL Lounge post was written by Natalie Gullatt. Natalie is an Atlanta-born millennial and marketing professional. She’s also extremely passionate about helping out fellow millennials and providing mentorship and advice whenever possible. So it was no suprise when she jumped at the opportunity to share her LinkedIn success stories.
That’s right – stories.
Natalie shares two instances in which her presence and activity on LinkedIn led to a new job and a salary bump. (Between me and you, #2 is Natalie’s – and my – fave!) Read on to learn how she did it and how you can too!
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LinkedIn Success Story #1
In November 2015, I received my first full-time marketing job with a software as a service (SaaS) company called LivePerson by applying through LinkedIn.
Since I had moved back to Atlanta after graduate school, I had been searching the job section on LinkedIn for marketing jobs in the city.
I saw the LivePerson job posting and reviewed the company. I made sure my LinkedIn profile and resume were sufficient and applied.
A week or two after applying, I received an invitation for a phone interview.

I eventually got the job – not only because I applied through LinkedIn, but also because I used LinkedIn appropriately.
LinkedIn Success Story #2
The story of how I got my current job is one I love even more.
After working for LivePerson for about a year, I beefed up my LinkedIn profile. I added content that I created, blogs I wrote, and skills I gained. I used the STAR method (Situation Task Action and Results) throughout my LinkedIn profile.
I was pretty active on LinkedIn and recruiters began to reach out to me pretty regularly, about once per month.

I spoke with the recruiter and he expressed a need he had for a position to be filled at Oldcastle.
At the end of the conversation he mentioned two roles he thought I would be a good fit for and decided to send me the job descriptions. The company had a greater and more urgent need in Atlanta, and the other opportunity would require me to relocate to Colorado.
He then set up a meeting between the Director of Corporate Communications in North America and me.
The conversation went well. About two months later I received an offer which included the salary I requested and a significant pay raise from my previous position!

It is also important to engage frequently by commenting on others’ achievements or industry related content. LinkedIn is a powerful tool if used correctly.
Hopefully Natalie’s LinkedIn success stories have inspired you to step up your LinkedIn game! To make sure you’re optimizing your profile for maximum success, I’ve created a free 13-step guide to help you get your account set up and ready for job leads to start rolling in!
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I definitely need to update my linked in profile and start utilizing it properly!
If you can set aside an hour here or there on a weekend, you’ll be rolling in no time! Thanks for reading 🙂
Great to hear others stories to motivate us to be more productive with our own profiles
Dope! I’ve had a LinkedIn account since high school, (lol why?!), but just started getting more active on iit for the last year.
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Wow Nia. You were ahead of the game! lol
I honestly have never really gotten into LinkedIn. Reading this makes me think differently
Hey Ami! Try it out if you get a chance. It can’t hurt right?
Wow I have underlooked LinkedIn for a while I need to vamp up my resume thank you for waking me up girl 🙂
Np Rose! I think people underestimate but it def has power 🙂
This is great! I love liknedin! I am def updating my profile this weekend.
Hey Lyneisha! I’m glad to hear it. I try to update mine periodically too so I don’t have a whole bunch to do at once. 🙂
I need to use LinkedIn more, so many opportunities there
Yes, so many! Thanks for reading.
Great post! I just updated my resume, I’ll get to LinkedIn this weekend.
Cool! Let me know if I can help in any way. Also we have to resched our Pinterest session!