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Volunteer Leadership in the LinkedIn Experience Section

Expand your LinkedIn Experience section by including volunteer leadership positions past and present. Many people include these contributions in the Volunteering Experience and/or in the Organizations sections. However, there is no reason not to include key volunteer leadership roles in the Experience section along with paid work positions. And there are many reasons to do so.   Benefits of Including Volunteer Leadership Roles in Your Experience Section When you include a volunteer leadership role in your Experience section, other members of that organization can write you recommendations for your contributions in that role. Recommendations are important part of your profile. [...]

By |2016-06-20T11:16:11-06:00June 20th, 2016|0 Comments

LinkedIn Recommendations Should Reflect Your Brand

The ability to get and receive recommendations is one of the best features on LinkedIn. Recommendations provide a way for potential clients and referral partners as well as hiring authorities to learn about your character, your achievements, and the ways in which you provided value to those you served. Recommendations are far more important than simply having some of your skills be endorsed. Endorsing a LinkedIn connection for a skill takes very little effort and is often done quite casually. On the other hand, when people write a recommendation, they typically put some thought into what they say about you [...]

By |2016-06-08T22:28:35-06:00June 8th, 2016|0 Comments

Is Your LinkedIn Public Profile Holding You Back?

Did you realize that there might be sections of your LinkedIn public profile that aren’t appearing when people find you via an internet search? One way to see how your profile appears to the public is to go to your LinkedIn profile and then click on the button that says View Profile As. Notice that at the very top of your screen you will see the words: This is what your profile looks like to: The word Connections then displays on your screen, but if you click on the arrow to the right of Connections, you will see the option of [...]

By |2016-06-01T22:00:13-06:00June 1st, 2016|0 Comments

Issues with Outdated Email Addresses on LinkedIn

Is the email address that displays in your LinkedIn profile the one you want your LinkedIn connections to use to reach you? It is entirely possible that the email address that you used when you created your LinkedIn account is the displaying email address. Heck, you might not even be using that email account any longer. To be sure that the email address that displays is the one that you DO want your connections to use to find you, here is what you should do: How to Update the Email Address Section on LinkedIn Start by clicking on the words [...]

By |2016-05-23T22:09:39-06:00May 23rd, 2016|0 Comments

Brand Yourself With Your LinkedIn URL

Did you know you can customize your LinkedIn URL? By that I mean, you can control what appears under your LinkedIn photo where it has a URL that starts with https://www.linkedin/in and then has your first and last name and a random series of letters and numbers. That is the URL that was assigned to you when you created your LinkedIn account. Doesn’t it make more sense to have a customized LinkedIn URL that brands you and makes you distinct? Here’s how to do that: How to Customize Your LinkedIn URL Go into your LinkedIn profile. Look right below your [...]

By |2016-05-18T22:27:42-06:00May 18th, 2016|0 Comments
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