HOW TO OPTIMIZE LINKEDIN FOR JOB SEEKERS
How to Optimize LinkedIn for Job Seekers. Furloughed? Downsized? Re-orged? Laid off? No job? Dusting off your career documents just in case? It’s never too late to manage your career.
It’s also never too late to reinvent yourself in a new career and explore your options.
Why not start or update your LinkedIn profile too?
Here are some things you need to know to optimize.
- An essential fact to note is that you need to have a “- present” job listed on LinkedIn profile, so the algorithm helps, rather than hurts, you. Read here and here.
- Make sure you turn on the Open to Job Opportunities feature.
- Follow the numerous tips here and here or from any blog on vista.today
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AUTHOR BIO
Lynne M. Williams is the Executive Director of the Great Careers Network, a volunteer-run 501(c)3 nonprofit organization that provides career development and networking connections for 1) job seekers in career transition, including veterans, and 2) employed and self-employed for career management.
Aside from writing keyword-focused content for ATS resumes and LinkedIn™ profiles, Lynne is writing her doctoral dissertation on LinkedIn™ for Job Seekers. She is a contributing author on “Applying to Positions” in Find Your Fit: A Practical Guide to Landing the Job You Love, along with the late Dick Bolles, the author of What Color is Your Parachute?, and is also a speaker on career topics.