5 Savvy Tips To Get The Most Out Of Your LinkedIn Page
Whether you are looking for a new job or not, it is important to keep your LinkedIn up to date! If you are looking for a job you want to make sure you are coming up in searches. Even if you aren’t searching, a recruiter from your dream company might be looking for the perfect candidate which could be you. So it’s important to keep updating your LinkedIn. Here’s a few of our top tips for how to get the most our of your LinkedIn to get that dream job.
Customise your URL
It looks much more professional to have a customised URL with your name not a combination of numbers. To change your URL you simply just need to head to your profile, select ‘edit public profile & URL’ and put in your customised URL.
Update Your Work
If you have just started a job or have been there for years, make sure you post about it. Have you written any big accomplishments that have happened over the past few years? Have you updated your profile when you have had a promotion? It is easy to leave your LinkedIn once it is all set up, but your profile will be much more appealing if you show all of your latest news.
Complete your profile
Follow the LinkedIn steps and make sure that your profile is fully complete. This means you won’t have missed out any exciting work that you could have highlighted. It also means you are more likely to be searched for, which is great if you are searching for a job.
Join Groups
An easy way to connect with similar people to yourself is to join groups. The group might be led by a company that interests you, or people with similar job titles or made for a topic that interests you. Connecting with people that are in these groups will benefit you hugely. Especially as they might be the right people to network with.
Publish updates
Whether it means writing your own short post or sharing a post, making sure you are active on LinkedIn can help your profile reach more people. You might want to share an industry update, post a promotion or any other relevant updates. Anything relevant to your industry/job that might help you to be found by the right people.
Do you have any top tips for making the most out of your LinkedIn page?
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