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LinkedIn SkillsLinkedIn has expanded the Skills section of the LinkedIn profile to provide greater insight and depth into individual skills. Take the Skills Tour! The Skills page provides you the with related skills, people within your network who have the skill, articles and slideshows about the skill, as well as online courses to help you develop the skill . This new functionality is very reminiscent of the old Skills page that LinkedIn removed back in 2013. You can access these pages through

The Low Down on the Changes Coming to LinkedIn GroupsLinkedIn is making major changes to LinkedIn Groups. The notice arrived a few days ago.   These changes mean different things to different people. In this post, I will detail how these changes affect regular Group members and current Open & Member's Only Group administrators. Regular Group Members If you are a typical Group Member, the changes to Groups will affect you in a number of ways: It's harder to find Groups to join since some

What You Need to Know Before Submitting Your Claim I received an emailed legal notice from LinkedIn on Friday notifying me of a class action lawsuit. I also got a bunch of emails from people asking me if it was truly genuine or some sort of phishing email. It is true. LinkedIn just recently settled a class action lawsuit for $13M. The lawsuit accused LinkedIn of accessing members' address books to send an email connection request. The court ruled that the members did give permission to import th

Have you wondered what you can do to improve your chances of getting noticed on LinkedIn? Today's your lucky day! Business Insider reached out and asked me to give them my best tips for getting noticed on LinkedIn. The video is below: Here's an outline of the tips I offered on getting noticed on LinkedIn: Getting Noticed on LinkedIn Transcript 1. Add Keywords There are certain areas within your LinkedIn profile that are very sensitive to search engine ranking-- the two most important fields are

The Commercial Real Estate Show™ is a nationally syndicated weekly one hour talk radio show about business and commercial real estate related topics. The popular show is well known for high-quality content delivered in a professional enlightening style. Host, Michael Bull, asked me to be a guest and I couldn’t say YES fast enough. We talked about the reasons for optimizing your LinkedIn profile, how to better leverage LinkedIn for business purposes, and more! Watch below: Visit the full Show pag

I recently talked with a recruiter, my inside informant shall we say, to find out what recruiters look for on LinkedIn profiles and how they use LinkedIn to find potential job candidates. My source uses LinkedIn on a daily basis. It’s an active part of reviewing candidates for positions and she says that a candidate’s profile is always open on the computer when an interview occurs. When looking at a LinkedIn profile, there are several critical areas the recruiter looks for to gauge who you are a

Have you heard of LinkedIn’s Publishing Platform? As a LinkedIn member, you have instant access to this wonderful tool at no additional cost. Simply put, LinkedIn's Publishing Platform is blogging made super easy! No longer do you need your own Website to blog. Now, you can do it straight from LinkedIn. With the platform, you can follow fellow publishers and build your own followers at the same time. One of the biggest benefits is using the platform to brand yourself as a thought leader. By usin

I often get questions from people regarding LinkedIn. When I feel the question is shared by others, I post it here on my blog for all to read.   Question: Answer:

I often get questions from people regarding LinkedIn. When I feel the question is shared by others, I post it here on my blog for all to read.   Question: My Answer: If you liked this post, you may also enjoy: Ignoring or Accepting a LinkedIn Connection from Your Nemesis Yesterday evening I received an invitation to connect from an old colleague. Nothing unusual about that, right? Wrong. This particular person behaved odiously toward me when we worked together. One of those toxic types. Whe