Recruiters sift through hundreds of LinkedIn profiles in a typical week. So, they do not have time to read each profile carefully. In fact, they spend only a couple of seconds deciding whether to contact you or to click "back" and view the next person on their list.
In this article, Job Search Expert (and former recruiter) Biron Clark shares the 5 key elements of your LinkedIn Profile the typical recruiter wants to find in a quick scan of your profile. Then, he shares how to grab their attention when they do that scan.
LinkedIn provides the best avenue for a recruiter to
quickly learn enough about a person to see if they should be contacted for a particular job opening. Candidates need to leverage LinkedIn as much as possible to be included in these searches.
Present yourself to recruiters without any extra outreach effort on your part. Set up your Profile well, keep it current, stay active on LinkedIn, and LinkedIn does the work for you. In this article, Working with Recruiters Expert Jeff Lipschultz shares 6 activities that will make you more easily found.
The secret for increasing visitor traffic to your LinkedIn Profile is to apply effective Search Engine Optimization (SEO) techniques. Effective SEO for your LinkedIn Profile is not as difficult to do as it sounds. Basically, LinkedIn is a very
large database of profiles that uses key fields to order (or "index") the profiles.
If you understand (and leverage) LinkedIn's indexing method, you’ll be in a better position to grow your traffic. To increase the keyword density effectively, follow the 5 tips described in this article by LinkedIn Expert Laura Smith-Proulx for effective LinkedIn SEO and more views of your Profile.
LinkedIn offers many opportunities to include appropriate
keywords for your job search and career. Not being found kills your credibility, and 47% of employers are less likely to contact you for an interview if they can't find you online.
In this article, IT Job Search Expert Don Goodman walks you through 7 ways to make your LinkedIn profile more easily found by recruiters. The examples are for information technology professionals, but, even if you are not an IT professional, you can easily apply these ideas to your profile using Don’s excellent advice.
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