Do You Really Exist as a Job Seeker if You Aren’t on LinkedIn?

Over 94% of internal and external recruiters use LinkedIn to source candidates.  If you’re a professional it is critical that you are on LinkedIn with a magnetic, complete profile to attract recruiters to you.  Start with these 3 tips:

• Professional Looking Headshot: You can do this using your own camera/cell phone or have it done professionally, but if you do it yourself please no pics with the fish you caught or cut out of a crowd where we see someone else’s shoulder)
• Engaging Headline: You have 120 characters, so use them all. Combine the job title you want, like Director Product Management, with job skills and key attributes. Separate each using the vertical line “|” typically found on your keyboard near the “Enter” button.
• “About” Summary: You have 2,000 characters, so use them all. This section is written in first person (I am) that highlights your key skills and why they should be interested in talking you.

This is more important . . .

LinkedIn Communicates What You Want, Not Where You’ve Been

. . . than ever, with LinkedIn adopting a new user interface that looks similar to Facebook.  You must master LinkedIn in your job search.  No other social media tool is nearly as powerful.  Please contact me if you  are unsure how to do this and want to learn.

My name is Mark Lauterbach and I am a Chief Job Search Architect and Success Strategist. I founded Jump UP the Ladder, a Job Search Accelerator, based on my 20 years’ experience coaching others through their job search as well as having successfully navigated 7 job changes during my career.  To receive my free weekly Job Search Tips Newsletter subscribe here!