LinkedIn
LinkedIn is a social networking site targeted for professionals. The goal being to allow registered users to create a network people with like interests and careers. You can have a LinkedIn page for your business, but you must first have a personal profile page set up.
Who is on LinkedIn?
Click here to start a LinkedIn Page
Your profile is fully visible to all LinkedIn members who've signed in to LinkedIn. You can control what appears on your profile, notifications to your network, and your profile privacy preferences.
Having a profile on LinkedIn helps:
Tips for creating a great LinkedIn profile:
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LinkedIn is a social networking site targeted for professionals. The goal being to allow registered users to create a network people with like interests and careers. You can have a LinkedIn page for your business, but you must first have a personal profile page set up.
Who is on LinkedIn?
- The world’s largest professional network on the Internet with nearly 660+ million members in over 200 countries and territories.
- Of all the users, 57% are male, 43% of the users are females.
- More than 20M open jobs on LinkedIn Jobs
- 90K schools listed
- 35K skills listed
- The world’s largest professional network on the Internet with nearly 660+ million members in over 200 countries and territories.
Click here to start a LinkedIn Page
Your profile is fully visible to all LinkedIn members who've signed in to LinkedIn. You can control what appears on your profile, notifications to your network, and your profile privacy preferences.
Having a profile on LinkedIn helps:
- Manage your personal brand image online
- Create opportunities by helping you get noticed, find jobs and network with professional with similar interests.
- Build a network and track your professional journey. You can showcase your achievements and experiences on your profile. You can add sections to your profile to display your skills and expertise. A complete LinkedIn profile will increase your discover-ability and profile search appearances.
Tips for creating a great LinkedIn profile:
- Have a professional looking profile picture. Add a background image to personalize your profile. tips for picking the right LinkedIn profile photo.
- Create a headline that will stand out.
- Write a summary in the about section that should provide your goals, skill and experiences.
- Fill out all your relevant work and education. Keep this update as your experiences grow.
- Add skills that help showcase your abilities.
- Request and or give recommendations. Usually if you give one the person will provide a recommendation for you as well.
- Create a personal URL for your LinkedIn Page – Create a personal URL
- Use your profile strength meter to gauge the strength of your profile.
- Find at least 50 connections with similar interests or career goals. You will probably find more. Take the time to find quality connections.
- Join and participate in groups. There are thousands of groups to join of all different hobbies and interests.
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