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How to Write a Standout LinkedIn Headline

You’re on LinkedIn to be noticed for the rights reasons. Potential employers will search for you, and colleagues, clients, and customers are bound to check you out at some point too. Your profile is your brand, so don’t let yourself be oh-so-bland. When it comes to acing your profile, the headline is arguably the most…

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How To Automate Your Job Search On LinkedIn

Yes, their stock price crashed by 40%, but LinkedIn still remains the most popular professional networking site. Of all the global professional networking sites, it is also the largest, with over 238 million users in over 200 countries and territories around the world. It’s no surprise that LinkedIn’s most important revenue stream comes from Talent Solutions, used…

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8 Mistakes Leaders Make on Their LinkedIn Profiles

When was the last time you were contacted by a recruiter because they found you on LinkedIn? If your answer is “never”, or “more than 6 months ago”, it’s likely your LinkedIn strategy (or lack thereof) is hurting your job search. At the senior manager and executive level, recruiters and headhunters actively search for top talent, relying less on…

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17 Must-Haves for Your LinkedIn Profile

So you’ve got a LinkedIn profile, and you want it to be perfect – so what do you add? This infographic by our friend Neal Schaffer at Maximize Social Business lists 17 things your profile must have. Takeaways: A serious profile picture is necessary on LinkedIn – you don’t want one that will turn people…

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10 Ways to Create an All-Star Graduate LinkedIn Profile

Graduate recruiters are using LinkedIn to find the best candidates in the market. Meanwhile tech savvy job hunters have been using the site for a number of years to network with other professionals in the field or to ‘follow’ companies they wish to work for. As a graduate, it’s important not only to have an…

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How to Create the Perfect LinkedIn Profile

Got a LinkedIn profile? Congrats. Now, you’re only competing for attention with another billion users. By putting some time into building your profile, you can stand out from the crowd. We’ve put some of our tips into the infographic below. You may or may not reach perfection, but hopefully, you’ll get some ideas. Takeaways: Start…

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How to Ensure Your LinkedIn Profile is Found in Google

With more than 225 million business individuals now on LinkedIn, there is a growing trend to ensure that a LinkedIn profile is not only created professionally, but can also be discovered by search engines such as Google. As a result of the public nature of the majority of users’ LinkedIn settings, an increasing number of…

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5 Reasons Recruiters Don’t Click on Your LinkedIn Profile

LinkedIn is the most professional social network on the internet – but are you missing out on job opportunities? This infographic by LinkedIn in 30 Minutes and AvidCareerist shows you the top 5 reasons why recruiters may not click on your profile. Takeaways: Are you on LinkedIn? That would be a good start… Is your headline…

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Top 10 LinkedIn Tips for Professionals

I was recently interviewed about LinkedIn in a publication called DerivSource – a site for professionals active in derivatives processing, technology and related services. Basically folks working in derivatives banking in places like the City of London and  Wall Street. As DerivSource sits behind a paywall, I’ve republished the article by Julia Schieffer below. Here’s a…