Wouldn’t it be great to know how a job candidate will perform on the job? A recent Mashable article reports on a study that states future job performance can be predicted from a person’s Facebook profile. Researchers graded Facebook profiles based upon openness, conscientiousness, extraversion, agreeableness and neuroticism. “Six months later, the researchers compared the …
The Wall Street Journal recently published a great article about the importance of your LinkedIn profile picture. Your profile picture is instrumental in forging your online brand and identity. According to LinkedIn research, profiles with a profile picture are seven times more likely to be viewed than profiles without a profile picture. This is huge! Since your profile picture directly affects your profile’s open rate, rather than uploading an outdated photo of yourself taken at a wedding, why not approach the selection of your profile photo strategically?
Link to WSJ article, The Art of Online Portraiture by CHERYL LU-LIEN TAN
Here are some tips I culled from the article along with my own reaction and recommendations:
While I was doing my morning one on one LinkedIn Makeover session with a client, I noticed there was a change in the way LinkedIn presented the Skills section. LinkedIn used to provide the opportunity to list your proficiency level and years of experience along with the skill. This has changed and now you are limited to just the skill. It makes sense. Those fields added very little value to the profile because everyone listed themselves as “Experts” regardless of their years of experience or true proficiency level.
Here’s what the new Skills section looks like now:
I found a new review of my book, LinkedIn Makeover on Barnes & Noble! [quote]I didn’t know anything about LinkedIn when I actually started using it. I was confused with trying to understand it on my own. When I got Donna’s book and started reading it, Linked In started to make sense to me. Her …
Most people use the default URL for their LinkedIn profile. It’s rather ugly and looks like this:
https://www.linkedin.com/pub/your-name/31/54a/b91
It certainly isn’t a URL that you can remember easily or market offline.
Don’t worry, there’s hope! LinkedIn allows you the ability to customize your LinkedIn profile address!
Here’s a short (less than 2 minute) video that shows you how to customize your LinkedIn profile address:
Last week I announced my book, LinkedIn Makeover: Professional Secrets to a POWERFUL LInkedIn Profile made it onto Amazon’s Kindle. This week, I am just as proud to announce LinkedIn Makeover: Professional Secrets to a POWERFUL LinkedIn Profile is now available on Barnes and Noble’s Nook!
If you want a job or a promotion or just want to be taken more seriously as a professional, a polished LinkedIn profile is essential! My book walks you through, step by step, how to OPTIMIZE your LinkedIn profile so you stand out from the crowd! Remember, people are researching YOU! Make sure what they find represents you positively! And with my book, you can rest easy knowing your LinkedIn profile is optimized for being found AND that it portrays you as an expert in your field!
Don’t have a Nook or Kindle? What if you just want a pdf copy of my book to read from your computer or print out yourself?
Last night I uploaded the Kindle-version of my book, LinkedIn Makeover: Professional Secrets to a POWERFUL LinkedIn Profile. The book is exactly the same as the paperback except it’s been formatted for the Kindle. In this book, you’ll learn how to optimize your LinkedIn profile, step by step. It’s an easy and fun read full …
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