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Monday, January 20, 2020

10 Tips for a Job-Winning LinkedIn Profile

Cultural Weekly: Most recruiters have started using LinkedIn to scout for talent. As the largest professional network for jobseekers, networking on this platform has the potential to lead you to your next best job.

A job-winning LinkedIn profile can be made through optimizing different sections of your LinkedIn profile. Even when you are not actively looking for a job, your LinkedIn profile should be perfect.

1 comment:

Alexa Janoschka said...

I don’t have a LinkedIn profile, but after reading this article I think I need to make one. All of the tips that are talked about are pretty elementary principles of a profile, but there were a few useful and creative tips that I hadn’t given much thought to. I think that the article could use a little more information about the “how” of each tip. Yes, I get that I need a good headshot but what makes up a good headshot, can you link a good source to look at examples, what makes up a bad headshot? I really enjoyed tip 4, sometimes you need to eliminate smaller jobs or jobs that don’t show growth or something valuable to the employer. You need to spotlight your best work (quality over quantity). One of the times that I didn’t really think about it continuously being active on your account. It's very important (like a mother social platform) to keep up with it. Also, your work a few months ago may not reflect you as an employee now which can be harmful in the job hunt! I don’t know how many creatives (say compared to business or stem) get jobs using LinkedIn. Id love to see the statistics of what type of profiles and jobs people get through LinkedIn (I bet that data is out there I would just need to do a little digging)