Introducing Rob Kim

- [Narrator] This is an audio course. Thank you for listening LinkedIn News. (bright tune) - [Andrew] If you're anything like me, you'd hope that your work speaks for itself. The only problem with that is that sometimes it doesn't work or people aren't paying attention, so you need to speak up. We're talking all about it on today's episode. From LinkedIn News, this is "Get Hired," a podcast for the ups and downs and the ever-changing landscape of our professional lives. I'm Andrew Seaman, LinkedIn Senior Managing Editor for Jobs & Career Development, bringing you conversations with experts who, like me, want to see you succeed at work, at home, and everywhere in between. We all feel powerless from time to time. That's especially true during job searches and at low points in our careers. In those moments, we need to be our own advocates, but that can be difficult. How can you speak up for yourself or push your own work without coming off as showy or like a nuisance? Well, joining us today is Rob Kim, who is a LinkedIn top voice and a career educator at the University of British Columbia. Rob posts about so many job search and career topics, but he also talks about pushing the envelope for yourself. He also practices what he preaches. For example, he recently worked to take on a secondment to gain experience in a different part of his organization. Here's Rob. - [Rob] I don't know if a lot of people actually know if secondments exist in their organizations. It's a nice way for you to kind of get some experience in different sector. There's a little bit of a nice job security feature where you're able to return back to your original role. It's kind of funny, Andrew, I kind of looked at the posting. I was like, you know, on the fence. I'm like, ah, I don't know if I should. Just having a couple people reach out to me to say, hey, you should think about, you know, or look at this role, I actually had, I think three people bring up the role to me that helped me apply. - [Andrew] Well, I have no doubt that you're going to do amazingly well. You are one of, I think, the best career job search strategy people on LinkedIn. - [Rob] I don't know about that, but thank you so much for saying that. - [Andrew] I have no doubt you're going to succeed in that role.