LinkedIn Networking: outreach and content

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I'm learning "LinkedIn Networking: outreach and content" on The Future Market. Lesson 1: "Research employers and build a target list".

What the lesson teaches:
- Job Bank (Government of Canada) calls networking "an effective way" to search the hidden job market, in person and online, and says many openings are filled informally through personal and professional contacts. It also advises you to research employers you wish to work for, and notes many companies post jobs in a careers section on their own websites.
- Follow a Page: On LinkedIn you can follow an organization or skill Page from its Page or through search. LinkedIn Help says you can follow up to 1,000 organizations, and that posts from followed Pages appear in your homepage feed.
- Privacy: LinkedIn Help says your public profile information is visible to all Page admins when you follow a Page.
- A target list can be 10 to 15 employers: the name, why it interests you, roles you could do, and the careers page link.
- What to look for: what the employer does, recent news, jobs they post, and words they use in job ads. Use those words in your own profile where they are true.

The exercise I'm working on:
Build your target list with at least 10 employers. Follow their Pages and write one learning line for your top three.

I'm stuck. Please:
1. Explain the main idea in plain, simple words with one everyday example.
2. Walk me through the exercise one small step at a time. Ask me what I've done so far before giving the next step.
3. Don't just give me the final answer. Help me do it myself, and check my work when I share it.

I'm a parent helping my child (about 8 years old) with a lesson called "Research employers and build a target list" from the course "LinkedIn Networking: outreach and content".

Here's what the lesson says:
Before you knock on a door, it helps to know who lives there. A target list is a short list of places you would love to work. You read about them first, so your hello makes sense.

The activity:
Build your target list with at least 10 employers. Follow their Pages and write one learning line for your top three.

Please explain this so an 8-year-old understands: short sentences, a fun everyday example, and no hard words.
Then give me 3 simple questions I can ask my child to check they understood, and a way to do the activity together, one tiny step at a time.