LinkedIn training tip – faster job hunting with LinkedIn toolbar
You should install and try the LinkedIn toolbar. Most of my seminar attendees are blown away by it, and LinkedIn does a poor job of promoting it. If you install it, your browser will sense when you...
View ArticleLinkedIn training tip for HR and recruiters – a clever talent management...
Summary: If you’re in HR (Human Resources), or you’re a recruiter, you are always interested in recruiting new talent. I assume you use LinkedIn already. However, here’s a quick tip that may change...
View ArticleLinkedIn training tip – Who said “I don’t know this user” to your LinkedIn...
Summary: LinkedIn tells you not to invite people you don’t know, but they don’t make the punishment clear, and it’s harsh. If 5 people say they don’t know you, you get blacklisted, and you can no...
View ArticleLinkedIn training tip – Search People should say Search Profiles
Summary: In the upper right hand corner of your LinkedIn page, it says Search People, but LinkedIn allows you to do so much more, so it really should say “Search Profiles”. See some of what you can do...
View ArticleLinkedIn training tip – Your Professional Headline should be a marketing...
Summary: The Professional Headline in your LinkedIn profile should not just be your current title. It should be a marketing slogan. Details: If you were looking at a Professional Headline in LinkedIn,...
View ArticleLinkedIn training tip – Exporting your connections, or “How do I send a bulk...
Summary: You can export information about all of your LinkedIn 1st level connections to a file. LinkedIn doesn’t give you very much of the information that it has, but it will give you all of their...
View ArticleLinkedIn training – tips for job hunters, Part 1
Summary: Here are 3 tips for job hunters – change your professional headline, answer questions, and put the words “seeking” and “looking” in your profile. “I hope it’s gonna make you notice, someone...
View ArticleLinkedIn training tip – put the name of your city in text somewhere in your...
Summary: Put the name of your city (in text form) somewhere in your LinkedIn profile. Otherwise, you may not be found in searches. Details: LinkedIn training tip – put the name of your city in text...
View ArticleLinkedIn expert tip – find people without paying $25
Summary: Sometimes, you search for someone in LinkedIn, but it says “out of network” because they aren’t a 1st, 2nd, or 3rd level connection, and LinkedIn won’t give you the person’s name. You assume...
View ArticleLinkedIn using your picture to advertise products (social advertising)
Summary: LinkedIn may now use your picture to advertise other products. Change privacy settings if you don’t like this. Details: LinkedIn is doing “social advertising”, which means that they can use...
View ArticleShould you become a LinkedIn LION?
Summary: I think it is a really bad idea to become a LinkedIn LION, except for a few exceptions. However, here’s how to become one if you want to, and I can show you how to get over 1,600...
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