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How to Network on LinkedIn and Create Career Opportunities

Hosted by Ivana Wang, Nora Michalski, and Ryan McNeely

697 students

In this video

What you'll learn

Know who to connect with on LinkedIn

Identify the right people for your goals, including peers, hiring managers, mentors, and potential connectors.

Write messages people want to answer

Learn how to personalize connection requests, outreach messages, and follow-ups without sounding generic or pushy.

Build trust before you send the message

Use your profile, posts, comments, and engagement to create familiarity and make your outreach more credible.

Why this topic matters

Successful LinkedIn networking is about reaching the right people with a clear reason to connect. In this session, you will learn how to identify valuable connections, build trust through your profile and activity, write messages that feel personal, and follow up confidently—so online connections can become conversations, relationships, and career opportunities.

You'll learn from

Ivana Wang

Serial career pivoter who've helped professionals land their dream opportunities

Hey, I'm Ivana 👋

If you're sending tons of applications and hearing nothing back, I've been there. Rejected, ghosted, wondering what I was doing wrong.

What changed wasn't my resume. It was realizing 80% of roles are filled before they're posted. The people getting hired weren't applying more. They were already in the room.

I made four industry pivots, including into AI Product Management, by building my network from scratch and reaching decision-makers early. That became the GPS System, and it's what I now teach.

The professionals I coach targeting SWE, PM, and roles in tech see real traction within 60 days, without mass applying.

This is for tech professionals ready for their next move, career pivoters, and new grads breaking into the industry.

Nora Michalski

Silicon Valley mentor helping high-achievers move from stuck to strategic

Nora Michalski is a professional development mentor with a Master’s degree in psychology and over 26 years in self-development, teaching, and mentoring.

She built an award-winning international wellness business before spending a decade in Silicon Valley, including experience with Apple, Intuit, Logitech, and AI startups.

Her work helps high-achieving professionals move through procrastination, self-doubt, and inner resistance so they can take clearer, more aligned action in their careers and businesses.

Ryan McNeely

Tech founder, 15+ yrs Silicon Valley, blends neuroscience with career strategy

Ryan McNeely spent 15+ years as a tech leader and founder in Silicon Valley, working with large and small companies including Salesforce and Meta.

Drawing on decades of study in neuroscience and ancient wisdom traditions, he developed a framework most career coaches never touch: the inner game.

He is the founder of CareerBliss Academy and Heart School Community, and hosts a free weekly Career Empowerment and Meditation Seminar combining practical strategy with neuroscience and ancient wisdom.

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