3. Pack your headline with relevant keywords Just be sure you look friendly, approachable and professional-and that the photo has good lighting and a non-distracting background. Invest in getting a truly professional headshot taken – or, if funds are tight, have a friend of yours do the honors. Don't sell your personal brand short by using that fuzzy picture from your cell phone or that distant shot somebody took of you on a ski slope. Nothing pops off a LinkedIn search page better than a friendly, crisp, high-quality mug shot. 2. Add a quality photo and background imageĭon't just settle on a good profile photo. Have a great one. This will prevent the system from notifying anybody that you’re making tweaks to your page. If you're looking for a job confidentially or simply want to avoid bugging your friends with notifications, I’d recommend visiting your LinkedIn Settings menu and turning off the “Share Job Changes, Education Changes & Work Anniversaries” setting before you edit your profile in any way. As I’ve worked with many of my career coaching clients to help their LinkedIn pages stand out in today’s climate, here’s a quick breakdown of the top nine tips I’d share: 1. While similar in some ways to a resume, a LinkedIn profile page is truly a unique entity and offers a number of creative ways for you to shine and promote yourself professionally. To see my upcoming posts in your LinkedIn news feed, click the "Follow" button at the top right of the page.Time and time again, I hear people refer to their LinkedIn profiles as an online resume. NEW! (this is where you'll find the app "LinkedIn Students") Some resources for new college graduates: Have some fun this summer and good luck on your job search! The articles are generally good but tend to take themselves rather seriously. There is lots of good free advice out there for new graduates and how to use LinkedIn. I’d like to connect with you on LinkedIn and look forward to talking with you sometime about your career path.” “I was an intern at your company this past summer and I’d like continue the connection on LinkedIn.” Some examples might be: “I see you’re a graduate of my school (name here) with a similar degree. This is a rule I won’t give you permission to break – NEVER send the generic LI connection request “I’d like to add you to my professional network on LinkedIn.” But if you write something about why you’re connecting people are likely to be generous and accept. It’s okay to reach out to connect to people on LinkedIn who you don’t directly know or know well so long as you are polite and give a reason when you send them an invitation on LinkedIn. You remind us of our youth and aspirations. Rule you can break #5 – Don’t talk to strangers But for now, especially if they’re impressive, you can include some of your results. Unless you go into academia you will never be asked about your grades again. This is the last time grades will matter. If professionals from their older 20’s and up are still bragging about test scores and grades without more recent accomplishments (not grades) to replace them, it’s kind of sad. In the case of new graduates, it shows why you don’t have a job and are looking for one so go ahead and include the dates of your education (if you took 10 years to finish a Bachelors, you’ll need to also include some work history along the way!) Young is fine - however be sure you don’t come across as immature. I often recommend job seekers not to “advertise” their age in our youth-centered world by showing that they graduated many years ago. Rule you can break #3 – Don’t show your age “eCommerce | CRM | Social Media Marketing| Market Research | Graduating Dec. Interested in Market Research and Analysis.” Not graduated quite yet but want to get your name out there? You can put your graduation date in your headline e.g. But new grads (and you can be considered “new” for up to a year after graduating) are in high demand and this is the time to flaunt your status! I do however recommend that you are as specific as possible – “seeking opportunity as an electrical engineer” or “*Psychology Graduate, Specializing in Survey Design. It looks too needy and is not attractive to recruiters or hiring managers. It is usually recommended that people do not say specifically on their profile that they’re looking for a job.
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