How to land your dream job using LinkedIn
Thursday, March 17th, 2016This is a terrific post from Michaela Alexis. How I Landed my Dream Job in Two Weeks on LinkedIn: #MyLinkedInStory and Tips!
Archive for the ‘Using LinkedIn’ Category
This is a terrific post from Michaela Alexis. How I Landed my Dream Job in Two Weeks on LinkedIn: #MyLinkedInStory and Tips!
LinkedIn Referrals
Thursday, October 22nd, 2015I saw a post by Lisa Rangel, of Chameleon Resumes, titled LinkedIn Referrals: One More Reason to Properly Optimize Your LinkedIn Profile. I hadn't heard of referrals yet, but it makes sense to put this functionality into the product. It was kind of hard to figure out what the heart of referrals ...
LinkedIn’s Résumé Builder. Nope.
Monday, October 5th, 2015Irene McConnell has a post that I totally agree with: Why LinkedIn’s Résumé Builder Is A Massive Waste Of Time. I really haven't met anyone who takes this resume builder serious, but if you are wondering, just read her post.
What LinkedIn Can Do To Make “Posts” Way More Powerful
Thursday, October 1st, 2015LinkedIn Posts is pretty cool. This is the blog-post-like, article-ish part of LinkedIn where you can write something and share it out to the world. There are a number of things that LinkedIn could do to make this more useful, but some of them would certainly increase the spammer's ability to ...
LinkedIn Is Not Optional for New Grads
Thursday, June 25th, 2015Ed Han wrote a great article on Job-Hunt.org about LinkedIn titled Why LinkedIn Is Not Optional for New Grads. His three points are: (1) LinkedIn helps you expand your network (2) You can connect with employers on LinkedIn (3) LinkedIn is essential for interview preparation I wholeheartedly agree with Ed's post. Here are my thoughts: (1) ...
10 LinkedIn Action Steps (Jennifer McClure)
Thursday, May 28th, 2015I see these lists a lot, but I respect Jennifer (and Laurie Ruettimann, who she references in the post). Check out this list. How are you doing on each of them? 10 Action Steps to Get the Most Out of LinkedIn [Beyond the Basics]
Should You Upgrade on LinkedIn? Christine Hueber says NO.
Monday, May 4th, 2015I agree with her, in most cases. Here's her post: Do You Really Need to Upgrade to LinkedIn Premium?
LinkedIn Ads: here’s what can be improved
Friday, March 27th, 2015Not sure if any LinkedIn people saw this, but it's an important post: 8 Things I Hate About LinkedIn Ads I want to spend money on LinkedIn Ads, but the problems listed on this post have put this lower on my priority list... if they could fix some of this stuff ...
LinkedIn: Networking tool or media giant?
Wednesday, March 11th, 2015I agree with what William Arruda says about LinkedIn and the direction it is going here: Is LinkedIn Poised To Be The Next Media Giant? So the big question is, combine this direction with the changes LinkedIn has made that make it less of a networking tool... and where is it ...
Back Up Your LinkedIn Contacts Now
Wednesday, December 31st, 2014Well, for one last 2014 hurrah, here's what I got for you: BACK UP YOUR LINKEDIN CONTACTS! Here's a blog post that shows how to do it. What do you do after you back it up? Maybe nothing, except just smile and know that you spent three minutes on a task that will ...
