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Announcing "I’m on LinkedIn: Now What?"
You’ve dutifully created your LinkedIn profile, added data on your employment history, snared some connections, and scored some recommendations. Now what? This new resource by Jason Alba of...
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Why your next job might come via LinkedIn
As you might expect, I speak with many senior executives and other job hunters on a regular basis. As we review their job search techniques and situation, the common refrain I hear is that they’ve set...
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What does your LinkedIn headline say about you?
Did you realize that LinkedIn has a built-in marketing and search engine-friendly capability that is easy to use–and often overlooked? Well, neither do most job hunters. The best 120 characters of...
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5 Reasons Why Your LinkedIn Profile Isn’t Working
By now, you’ve certainly heard why a polished, professional LinkedIn Profile could actually be MORE important than your resume. However, you could spend hours perfecting your Profile, and still not...
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7 Phrases to Strike From Your LinkedIn Profile
An interesting practice seems to have cropped up among self-written social media profiles, where phrases that are taboo on resumes (like “self-motivated team player”) are creeping back into lists of...
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Why Just Joining LinkedIn Is Not Enough
If you’re like many job hunters today, you’ve heard the buzz about LinkedIn as a must-use job hunting tool that can help land your next gig. Yet, you might have signed up for a Profile at the site,...
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Who’s Viewed Your Profile on LinkedIn – And What Do They Want?
Scroll down the sidebar of your LinkedIn Home Page, and you’ll eventually notice the blurb that asks “Who’s Viewed Your Profile?” If you click on it, you’ll see a page entitled Profile Stats, which is...
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What Recruiters Really Think About Your Missing LinkedIn Photo
For years, job hunters have been told that their resume should arrive sans photo in order to avoid discrimination (either in their favor or against them). Now, we’re being urged to provide a photo in...
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The 5 Most Worthless Phrases in Your LinkedIn Headline
Your LinkedIn Headline is arguably the most important piece of real estate within your Profile. Yet, most users remain confused about its true function, and what to use (in place of the default, which...
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Stop Waiting for LinkedIn to Produce Magic Results
In my recent conversation with Andrea Coombes of Wall Street Journal’s MarketWatch, we discussed the common pitfalls most job seekers (boomer-age and otherwise) make in using LinkedIn. Of course, we...
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What’s The Secret to Getting Hired From LinkedIn? (Part 4: Boosting Your...
Frustrated with LinkedIn and waiting to see if things change? I hope not. If your Profile is passed over by employers, you need to use these power-packed LinkedIn strategies: Part 1: Build More...
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Stop! Don’t Update Your LinkedIn Profile Without This Step
Applying for jobs on LinkedIn, but no one is biting? What could be wrong? You might have missed the critical step of putting your LinkedIn Profile into a Word document first, and then running spell...
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How to Add Your Success Stories on LinkedIn for Better Traffic
Have you noticed that your resume content and achievements are often too long to fit into your LinkedIn Profile? Despite the ease of uploading content into LinkedIn, there’s no way around the...
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How to Stop Your Work Anniversary Notifications on LinkedIn
Do you get annoyed with the flood of “Congratulations!” notes on LinkedIn every time your work anniversary rolls around? If so, I have a simple fix for this problem: remove the Months on your jobs in...
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Are These LinkedIn Problems Affecting Your Job Search?
Experiencing problems using LinkedIn? Take a look at these issues, along with quick fixes for better job search results.
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Using mundane phrases (like "self-directed team player") on LinkedIn? Here's why you should change things up. The post 7 Phrases to Delete From Your LinkedIn Profile appeared first on Premium Executive...
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