Leaving Vocational Ministry Without Fear:
A 3-Step Safety Guide for a Confidential Job Search
Leaving Vocational Ministry Without Fear:
A 3-Step Safety Guide for a Confidential Job Search
Read Time: 2.5 minutes
Read Time: 2.5 minutes
LAUNCH YOUR JOB SEARCH
LAUNCH YOUR JOB SEARCH
Overview
Welcome to the Ministry To Marketplace Minute! In today’s episode, we’re talking about a sensitive subject: not getting found out by your employer that you’re job hunting. Specifically on LinkedIn. I’m going to get super practical here and give you a quick, 3-step process for making sure you can job search on LinkedIn with confidence. So let’s dive in.
Today's Ministry To Marketplace Minute:
Mindset Shift: Making the post pastor career search easier.
Strategy Shift: Search for non-ministry jobs with confidence!
Do This Right Now: Clean up your LinkedIn presence.
Who Will Hire Me?: 5 ministry friendly organizations with jobs for ex-pastors.
Overview
Welcome to the Ministry To Marketplace Minute! In today’s episode, we’re going to talk about your LinkedIn Profile. Do you need one? Yes, you do. Does it need to be good? Depends on how long you want to be on the job hunt. In the Strategy Shift section, I’m going to break down the 9 parts of your LinkedIn profile you need to set up in order to be considered an attractive candidate online. So let’s dive in.
Today's Ministry To Marketplace Minute:
Mindset Shift: Your online resume as a former pastor.
Strategy Shift: Show your pastor transferable skills online.
Do This Right Now: 3 things you can change in 5 minutes.
Who Will Hire Me?: 5 ministry friendly organizations with jobs for ex-pastors.
🧠 MINDSET SHIFT: Making the post pastor career search easier.
🧠 MINDSET SHIFT: Making the post pastor career search easier.
LinkedIn may be your most valuable asset in the job search. But what if someone sees that you are active or have changed your profile?
This might be one of the most common questions that I get from people in ministry. Whether for fear of getting found out, or just wanting more freedom while navigating the job search.
But what if someone sees that you’re doing that? What will they assume?
Someone on the HR team or ministry board might see your #opentowork banner or a change in your headline. Maybe they’ll see you like someone’s post or connect with a career coach 😉.
Regardless of the reason, that shouldn’t stop you from using LinkedIn.
You can do this instead: BLOCK THEM.
LinkedIn may be your most valuable asset in the job search. But what if someone sees that you are active or have changed your profile?
This might be one of the most common questions that I get from people in ministry. Whether for fear of getting found out, or just wanting more freedom while navigating the job search.
But what if someone sees that you’re doing that? What will they assume?
Someone on the HR team or ministry board might see your #opentowork banner or a change in your headline. Maybe they’ll see you like someone’s post or connect with a career coach 😉.
Regardless of the reason, that shouldn’t stop you from using LinkedIn.
You can do this instead: BLOCK THEM.
♟️ STRATEGY SHIFT: Search for non-ministry jobs with confidence!
♟️ STRATEGY SHIFT: Search for non-ministry jobs with confidence!
Yes, block them.
Blocking someone else on LinkedIn might be one of the most effective things for your job search - if just for giving you peace of mind to do everything that you need to do to get this next job.
Yes, block them.
Blocking someone else on LinkedIn might be one of the most effective things for your job search - if just for giving you peace of mind to do everything that you need to do to get this next job.
What blocking does.
What blocking does.
Blocking doesn’t do anything to that person.
It doesn’t dock points on their account (not the same as reporting).
And it doesn’t notify them if you block them.
What it does do is prevent them from seeing you on LinkedIn.
They can’t navigate to your profile.
They can’t see any messages that you have previously sent, or message you.
They can’t find you in any search results.
They can’t see any of your activity: posts (including #opentowork posts), comments, likes, connections, or follows.
It is as if you don’t exist on LinkedIn to them.
Blocking doesn’t do anything to that person.
It doesn’t dock points on their account (not the same as reporting).
And it doesn’t notify them if you block them.
What it does do is prevent them from seeing you on LinkedIn.
They can’t navigate to your profile.
They can’t see any messages that you have previously sent, or message you.
They can’t find you in any search results.
They can’t see any of your activity: posts (including #opentowork posts), comments, likes, connections, or follows.
It is as if you don’t exist on LinkedIn to them.
How to block people you don’t want to see who are job searching.
How to block people you don’t want to see who are job searching.
It is really simple.
Here’s a quick walkthrough video of how to do it.
Here are the steps:
Navigate to the search function.
Navigate to the search function.
Open the person’s LinkedIn profile page whom you want to block.
Open the person’s LinkedIn profile page whom you want to block.
Click “More” then “Report/Block.”
Click “More” then “Report/Block.”
You’re done! Now do this for the next person.
You’re done! Now do this for the next person.
QUICK WINS
QUICK WINS
✅ DO THIS RIGHT NOW: Clean up your LinkedIn presence.
✅ DO THIS RIGHT NOW: Clean up your LinkedIn presence.
Step 1: Make a list of all of the people whom you don’t want to see that you are job searching.
Step 2: Block them.
Step 3: Adjust your job search strategy on LinkedIn to give you more opportunities.
Step 1: Make a list of all of the people whom you don’t want to see that you are job searching.
Step 2: Block them.
Step 3: Adjust your job search strategy on LinkedIn to give you more opportunities.
🚀 FROM THE COACHING GROUP
🚀 FROM THE COACHING GROUP
I’ve been looking for a job for a few months and haven’t had a single interview to show for it up to this point. But I have two scheduled for this week and am under consideration for another job or two. Feels like things are finally starting to happen!
I’ve been looking for a job for a few months and haven’t had a single interview to show for it up to this point. But I have two scheduled for this week and am under consideration for another job or two. Feels like things are finally starting to happen!
🤝 WHO WILL HIRE ME?: 5 ministry friendly organizations with jobs for ex-pastors.
🤝 WHO WILL HIRE ME?: 5 ministry friendly organizations with jobs for ex-pastors.
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Rooting for you! 🚀
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Todd Linder
Founder and Head Coach // Connect with me on LinkedIn
Todd Linder
Founder and Head Coach // Connect with me on LinkedIn
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