Wednesday, October 12, 2011

Optomizing Linked In: Making the Best of Your Linked In Account

This article talks about everything that needs to be on a linked in profile in order to make it more effective. This article provides helpful suggestions on how to make your linked in profile even better.

First of all, the article suggests users of linked in need to make sure their profile is complete. Creating a complete profile includes providing as much information about work history and skills as possible. The article also suggests to maintain up-to-date contact information, headlining, and pictures as well. Creating a complete profile can help the user's name show up more in search and potentially lead to more job opportunities.

Second, the article suggests users of linked in ask and give useful recommendations. It can be crucial to have useful recommendations on a user's profile. Also, it is important to not place recommendations on a profile which are repetitive.

Third, this articles suggests to add applications which add value to your profile and are a way to profile what is going on in life that can add to your professional appearance.

Fourth, the author of this article says that users of linked in should give their opinions by responding to other user's posts dealing with different professional issues that the user is dealing with. By participating in these posts it is a way to get a user's name out there and become and influence among linked in users.         

Lastly, the author of this article also suggests to use the linked in resume builder that linked in provides to their users. I think this could be a good idea, but it important to avoid to have a resume look to much like a template.

All in all, through utilizing these concepts in a linked in profile, a linked profile can be more effective and show up more in search results.                                                                                                      

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