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LinkedIn is the main platform that people use today when searching for a job and having an optimized LinkedIn profile is very important.
Learn how important social media is in your job search today, and how to optimize your LinkedIn profile for a more effective and organized approach to your job search.
Learn how to bust the myth that you must focus most of your job search on applying to job boards and job postings, and how to optimize your LinkedIn profile for a more effective approach to your job search.
About new career opportunities. Wouldn’t that be ideal? Recruiters contacting you?? It happens … when you have your LinkedIn profile set up in a way that gets you noticed and found!
Your LinkedIn profile is important, especially if you are looking for a new job or career opportunities. You need to grow your connections so that you can find opportunities and so that recruiters can find you.
This exact thing has happened to many of my clients because they took the time to set up their LinkedIn profile so they could make these opportunities possible. They know looking on Indeed, CareerBuilder, and other sites is NOT the best way to find a job.
One of the myths of job searches is that the best way to find a new job is through online job posting sites. This could not be more wrong. I’ll be sharing some of these myths in an upcoming training, so stay tuned for that announcement later this week, but in the meantime, today’s video lesson shares advice and tips on how to get your LinkedIn profile noticed.
Our training program, Inside Scoop on LinkedIn for Job Seekers, will provide you with high-value information, job search strategies and tips, plus the secrets behind using your LinkedIn network to find the perfect job – literally – the inside scoop you need to find a job!
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Katherine Burik is a Job Search / Career Coach and, in this video, she shares how and why to ask others questions in LinkedIn and increase you ability to create relationships. LinkedIn conversations can turn into a relationship. That relationship can help you in your job search, career, or in just learning something new from someone who has had similar experiences but maybe from a different perspective.
Here is how we did it…From Inquiry to New Job Search Materials in One Week.
A recruiter sent me a lead – a small company General Manager, James, wanted out of his current situation. The owner was making him crazy, so he started to look. The recruiter knew she could not present him with a patched together resume and vague LinkedIn profile. She sent me the lead.
James was very frustrated with the fellow who owns this business. He thought he was not getting the investment and rewards he deserved. I looked at the current resume and could not understand why James was so cocky. The resume was a list of tasks and responsibilities that any Operations Manager might present. There was nothing to indicate James had any reason to be so confident.
As I asked questions, James described accomplishment after accomplishment, demonstrating how he doubled the size of the business in ten years through creative ventures taking advantage of opportunities only he saw. NONE of this was visible in his job search materials.
We had plenty of conversations that gave me the information I needed to update the resume in the first three days.
Then we talked about the changes needed in his LinkedIn profile so he could present a unified personal brand that would make sense to potential employers. We focused on these areas:
Accomplishments: We copied the new resume content, heavy with accomplishments, into James’ LinkedIn profile. This increased the keywords.
Pictures: James substituted a nice headshot for the original pictures of his family doing some activity in the distance. We uploaded a beautiful landscape of the Grand Tetons he took on a family vacation to be his background photo, establishing his love of the outdoors.
Skills and Recommendations: We added skills related to the General Manager role he wants. James secured a few recommendations from colleagues, team members and customers, with more to come.
It is too soon to know whether these changes will result in a new job, but the recruiter is thrilled. She feels confident in presenting James for General Manager opportunities that come up. James is very pleased. This exercise gave James a new confidence in his value, even if he stays in his current role.
What value can YOU derive from an updated resume and LinkedIn profile? Even if you do not plan to leave your current organization, that boost of confidence might be just what you need to regain confidence and propel you to the next level.
We offer many packages to update your resume and LinkedIn profile. We work fast to produce outstanding results.
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