The Best Tool To Change
Careers As A Former Pastor:
How To Use LinkedIn Better
Than 90% Of People
The Best Tool To Change Careers As A Former Pastor: How To Use LinkedIn Better
Than 90% Of People
The Best Tool To Change
Careers As A Former Pastor: How To Use LinkedIn Better
Than 90% Of People
Read Time: 5 minutes
Read Time: 5 minutes
Overview
Welcome to the Ministry To Marketplace Minute! Today, we’re talking about LinkedIn. Most people use it to 10% of its potential. We’re going to change that for you today to make sure that you can really leverage it to maximize and accelerate your ministry to marketplace career change. Let’s dive in.
Today's Ministry To Marketplace Minute:
Mindset Shift: The best tool to transition from ministry.
Strategy Shift: Leveraging LinkedIn to make your pastor
career change.
Do This Right Now: Commit to doing this every day.
Who Will Hire Me?: 5 ministry friendly organizations with jobs
for ex-pastors.
Overview
Welcome to the Ministry To Marketplace Minute! Today, we’re talking about LinkedIn. Most people use it to 10% of its potential. We’re going to change that for you today to make sure that you can really leverage it to maximize and accelerate your ministry to marketplace career change. Let’s dive in.
Today's Ministry To Marketplace Minute:
Mindset Shift: The best tool to transition from ministry.
Strategy Shift: Leveraging LinkedIn to make your pastor career change.
Do This Right Now: Commit to doing this every day.
Who Will Hire Me?: 5 ministry friendly organizations with jobs for ex-pastors.
Overview
Welcome to the Ministry To Marketplace Minute! Today, we’re talking about LinkedIn. Most people use it to 10% of its potential. We’re going to change that for you today to make sure that you can really leverage it to maximize and accelerate your ministry to marketplace career change. Let’s dive in.
Today's Ministry To Marketplace Minute:
Mindset Shift: The best tool to transition from ministry.
Strategy Shift: Leveraging LinkedIn to make your pastor career change.
Do This Right Now: Commit to doing this every day.
Who Will Hire Me?: 5 ministry friendly organizations with jobs for ex-pastors.
LAUNCH YOUR JOB SEARCH
LAUNCH YOUR JOB SEARCH
🧠 MINDSET SHIFT: The best tool to transition from ministry.
🧠 MINDSET SHIFT: The best tool to transition from ministry.
I’m convinced, LinkedIn is the best place to find a job if you’re transitioning from ministry to the marketplace.
It has the most job opportunities that align best with your skills.
It is the easiest place to find connections that lead to introductions, which leads to interviews.
It has the most people that are active on the social side (posting + commenting) and talking about work with ministry backgrounds. Which makes it the most likely place to connect with those people.
I talked about the types of people you should connect with in Who Will Help You Get A Job As A Former Pastor? The 7 Types Of People You Need To Reach Out To.
But I think most people are using LinkedIn wrong.
Or at least, they are not leveraging it to the full potential when looking for a career change from ministry.
So let’s talk about how you can leverage better in 5 specific ways.
I’m convinced, LinkedIn is the best place to find a job if you’re transitioning from ministry to the marketplace.
It has the most job opportunities that align best with your skills.
It is the easiest place to find connections that lead to introductions, which leads to interviews.
It has the most people that are active on the social side (posting + commenting) and talking about work with ministry backgrounds. Which makes it the most likely place to connect with those people.
I talked about the types of people you should connect with in Who Will Help You Get A Job As A Former Pastor? The 7 Types Of People You Need To Reach Out To.
But I think most people are using LinkedIn wrong.
Or at least, they are not leveraging it to the full potential when looking for a career change from ministry.
So let’s talk about how you can leverage better in 5 specific ways.
♟️ STRATEGY SHIFT: Leveraging LinkedIn to make your pastor career change.
♟️ STRATEGY SHIFT: Leveraging LinkedIn to make your pastor career change.
If you really want to leverage ALL of LinkedIn to maximize your job search, here are 5 simple ways that you can do it.
If you really want to leverage ALL of LinkedIn to maximize your job search, here are 5 simple ways that you can do it.
1. Research new job types.
1. Research new job types.
LI’ve talked about finding job types in two different newsletters, Best Jobs for Pastors: What Jobs Can Former Pastors Do After Leaving Ministry? and 6 Steps to Finding the Right Corporate Job Title After Leaving Ministry. But here’s another way you can do some narrowing:
Instead of assuming you want to be in "Customer Success,"
search for the functions of the jobs you want.
Go to search bar > hit enter > click "People," > click "All Filters" > scroll down to "Title" > type in a generic word like "sales" or "learning" or "customer."
Now you can see people that work in those jobs, but in titles you may not know about.
I’ve talked about finding job types in two different newsletters, Best Jobs for Pastors: What Jobs Can Former Pastors Do After Leaving Ministry? and 6 Steps to Finding the Right Corporate Job Title After Leaving Ministry. But here’s another way you can do some narrowing:
Instead of assuming you want to be in "Customer Success,"
search for the functions of the jobs you want.
Go to search bar > hit enter > click "People," > click "All Filters" > scroll down to "Title" > type in a generic word like "sales" or "learning" or "customer."
Now you can see people that work in those jobs, but in titles you may not know about.
2. Find organizations that fit your values.
2. Find organizations that fit your values.
Instead of going with your list of the 15 organizations you know about, find ones that are doing great work and are really similar!
Go to search bar > type in an organization's name you want to work for > click into their company page.
On the right hand side of the screen, you'll see two sections:
"Pages people also viewed" and "People also follow."
Those will be similar organizations right there! (you can also expand the list by clicking "Show all")
Instead of going with your list of the 15 organizations you know about, find ones that are doing great work and are really similar!
Go to search bar > type in an organization's name you want to work for > click into their company page.
On the right hand side of the screen, you'll see two sections:
"Pages people also viewed" and "People also follow."
Those will be similar organizations right there! (you can also expand the list by clicking "Show all")
You can also find “Ministry Friendly” companies through the method I outlined in Who Will Hire Me As A Former Pastor? A Step By Step Guide To Finding Ministry Friendly Companies.
3. Figure out what should be on your resume.
Don't know what to put on your resume?
Find someone in the job that you want with a background similar to you.
Go to search bar and hit enter > click "People" > click "All Filters" > scroll down to "Past Company" and type in a few organizations that are similar to the one you work for > scroll to Title and do what you did for number 1 above.
Don't know what to put on your resume?
Find someone in the job that you want with a background similar to you.
Go to search bar and hit enter > click "People" > click "All Filters" > scroll down to "Past Company" and type in a few organizations that are similar to the one you work for > scroll to Title and do what you did for number 1 above.
Now you'll be able to see people that have worked at the same (or similar) ministry you do that also have jobs you're interested in.
Open their LinkedIn profiles, scroll down to their experience and see how they explained what they did.
There are plenty of articles I’ve written about this you can go deeper on in the blog.
4. Expand your network with people you know.
4. Expand your network with people you know.
Don't know who you should connect with for your job search?
Find people that you already know, even if you haven't talked to them in a while!
Go to search bar > hit enter > click "People," > click the "2nd" button.
Now you can see who the people you are already connected with are connected to.
Likely many of them will already be people you know, just not yet connected with on LinkedIn.
Now you can see who the people you are already connected with are connected to.
Likely many of them will already be people you know, just not yet connected with on LinkedIn.
5. Engage with people that don't know you yet.
5. Engage with people that don't know you yet.
Are there people that you don't know but would benefit from connecting with?
The best way to engage with them is to comment on their posts.
Not everyone posts, but engaging with those who do matters!
Go to search bar > hit enter > click "Posts" > click "All Filters" > scroll to "Author company" and type in the organizations you want to work for > click "Sort by" and choose latest.
Now you will see everyone who posts at that organization and the most recent posts.
Time to comment and start helping people get to know you!
You could do all of this in just 15 minutes every day and I guarantee you’ll learn more about,
What job type you should be looking for
What words and phrases you need to be using to communicate your experience
Where you should be looking for jobs
Who you should be connecting with to get introductions
Now you will see everyone who posts at that organization and the most recent posts.
Time to comment and start helping people get to know you!
You could do all of this in just 15 minutes every day and I guarantee you’ll learn more about,
What job type you should be looking for
What words and phrases you need to be using to communicate your experience
Where you should be looking for jobs
Who you should be connecting with to get introductions
You can also find “Ministry Friendly” companies through the method I outlined in Who Will Hire Me As A Former Pastor? A Step By Step Guide To Finding Ministry Friendly Companies.
3. Figure out what should be on your resume.
Now you'll be able to see people that have worked at the same (or similar) ministry you do that also have jobs you're interested in.
Open their LinkedIn profiles, scroll down to their experience and see how they explained what they did.
There are plenty of articles I’ve written about this you can go deeper on in the blog.
Don't know who you should connect with for your job search?
Find people that you already know, even if you haven't talked to them in a while!
Go to search bar > hit enter > click "People," > click the "2nd" button.
Are there people that you don't know but would benefit from connecting with?
The best way to engage with them is to comment on their posts.
Not everyone posts, but engaging with those who do matters!
Go to search bar > hit enter > click "Posts" > click "All Filters" > scroll to "Author company" and type in the organizations you want to work for > click "Sort by" and choose latest.
You can also find “Ministry Friendly” companies through the method I outlined in Who Will Hire Me As A Former Pastor? A Step By Step Guide To Finding Ministry Friendly Companies.
QUICK WINS
QUICK WINS
✅ DO THIS RIGHT NOW: Commit to doing this every day.
✅ DO THIS RIGHT NOW: Commit to doing this every day.
Copy this list and put it on a note on your computer somewhere.
Set time aside on your calendar each day or week to do these activities.
Participate! Lurking on LinkedIn will only get you so far. Start commenting and engaging with people!
Copy this list and put it on a note on your computer somewhere.
Set time aside on your calendar each day or week to do these activities.
Participate! Lurking on LinkedIn will only get you so far. Start commenting and engaging with people!
🚀 FROM THE COACHING GROUP
🚀 FROM THE COACHING GROUP
Note from Todd: I loved seeing how the group rallied and celebrated this person getting a job! It is special when you’ve got a community around you like that!
Note from Todd: I loved seeing how the group rallied and celebrated this person getting a job! It is special when you’ve got a community around you like that!
🤝 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
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