Four Must-Haves for Your LinkedIn Profile

Four Must-Haves for Your LinkedIn Profile A LinkedIn profile is a must in today’s job searching world. With a majority of employers using LinkedIn as a sourcing tool to find candidates, you don’t want to miss out on the opportunity to have your information available 24/7. With having your information available at all hours of the day, you’ll want to consider these four tips when creating or updating your profile. #1 | Completed Essentials When an employer does an initial search for candidates, the three elements of your profile that initially show up are your name, your picture, and your headline. You want to be sure you have all of those items completed and customized to you. Make sure your picture is recent and high quality. Be sure your headline is something that is customized to your and your current situation. What do you do or what are you passionate about? What are you searching for? What do you offer? #2 | An Effective Creative Summary LinkedIn offers an “About” section on your profile. It is so important that you are completing your bio and making sure it is value-packed. Focus on your mission, your accomplishments, and your specialties. Check out this post on writing a brilliant bio here: https://feather-communications.com/blog/how-to-write-a-brilliant-bio-top-5-tips/. #3 | Complete Your Experiences You can add your work and volunteer experiences to your LinkedIn profile, but it is important you are not leaving it up to others to interpret your experiences. For each experience you list on your profile, add accomplishments and skills gained or developed. You can also add files or a URL to each of your experiences if you have examples of your work that you are able to share. #4 | Make Use of the Accomplishments Section One of the last sections of your LinkedIn profile is “Accomplishments”. There are many different items that you can add to this section such as organizations, courses, and awards. One of the most underutilized sections is “Projects”. This is a great place for items such as work projects, capstone projects, or even other course projects that may be relevant to your career. Moving forward, come back to your LinkedIn profile regularly. Just like today’s recruiting trends, LinkedIn is always updating and innovating. The tips listed here are just the start of things to consider when crafting your profile. If you are still unsure of how to include certain information or how to communicate your value in your profile, I’d love to chat â€" click HERE now!