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LinkedIn Success To Do List

by  on  in LinkedIn, LinkedIn Tips

LinkedIn currently has more than 277 million users in 200 countries and territories around the world, They host 3 million business pages, 2.1 million groups, and 77% of all published jobs. So it’s easy to understand why LinkedIn is the most popular social networking site for professionals, job seekers, and businesses, and enterpreneurs selling their services. About 48% of recruiters post their jobs exclusively on LinkedIn. After the recent Microsoft purchase, LinkedIn is only expected to grow more as Microsoft is certain to integrate some or all of its Office 365 Cloud products with the platform.

Getting to know how to navigate LinkedIn is very important for professionals in active or passive job searches. The following list has been compiled from the collective expertise of knowledgeable recruiters and resume writer colleagues that have spent years assisting job seekers with their career documents as well as LinkedIn profiles.

  • A professional photo
  • A customized profile URL
  • A keyword injected headline
  • A profile summary rich in keywords that sets you apart from the crowd
  • A concise career story that is easy to understand
  • Profile sections structured so that your career trajectory is easy to read
  • Powerful action based statements
  • Quantified achievements per job role
  • At least 50 skills that connections can endorse you for
  • Be a member of at least 2 LinkedIn groups 
  • Have at least 2-3 recommendations or more
  • Showcase certificates and highlight your education

 

Profile Sections Character Counts and Image Dimensions

With the release of the “new desktop experience” for LinkedIn in early 2017, some of the character limits and graphic sizes have changed. This cheat sheet will provide a quick reference to the current guidelines (as of November 2017).

Character counts on LinkedIn include letters, numbers, spaces, and punctuation.

Name field:

First name: 20-character limit

Last name: 40-character limit

Headline:

120-character limit

Summary:

2,000-character limit

Summary preview:

Depending on the device being used (desktop vs. mobile), LinkedIn will show the first two lines of the Summary (and then a prompt to “See More”). The preview is approximately 25-40 words (or 200-250 characters) — again, depending on the device.

Vanity URL (customizing your LinkedIn public profile URL):

30-character limit (5-character minimum)

http://www.linkedin.com/in/________

Cannot use spaces, symbols, or special characters

The customizable part of the URL is not case sensitive (JaneJobseeker, janejobseeker, and Janejobseeker will all point to the same profile).

The URL can be changed up to five times within six months (however, changing your URL frequently is not recommended). If a URL has been used and then changed, that URL will be unavailable for use by anyone for six months.

Website URL (links):

256-character limit

Status Update:

600-character limit

LinkedIn Publishing:

Headline: 100-character limit

Post: 40,000-character limit

Experience:

Job title: 100-character limit

Position description: 2000-character limit (200-character minimum)

Recommendations:

3,000-character limit

LinkedIn Groups:

Conversation title: 200-character limit

Body: 2,000-character limit

Comments: 1,000-character limit

Maximum Number of First Degree Connections:

30,000

Graphics:

Personal Profile Image: 

400 x 400

Maximum File Size: 8MB

Acceptable File Formats: PNG, JPG, GIF

Personal Background Image:

1584 x 396

Maximum File Size: 8 MB

Acceptable File Formats: PNG, JPG, GIF

My 2017 Reflections Guide For an Improved Me (Grab a Free Copy)

by  on  in Career Tips Tools Advice, Job Search, Questionnaire, Self Help, Self Improvement, Worksheet
Happy New Year 2017!  
Answer the questions to help you reflect and improve in the new year!

One last parting gift to help you bust into 2017.

We wanted to give our clients and followers with an adapted guide from one that has been used successfully by many people in 12 step fellowships to get to the heart of the issues in their lives that might be holding them back. While we make no express claims or guarantees about using the guide in our free resources and tools section, we do feel it is a good place to start in getting to the root of what could be holding you back from career and success in general. Take a look at some of the following questions you will answer as you work through the guide and if you would like to see more and give it a try just follow the link to the download page.

 

1) Am I generally restless, irritable (which means “easily annoyed”) and discontented

(which means “never satisfied”)? YES _____ NO_____.

• Do I experience these feelings often? YES _____ NO_____.

• Do I feel like I never belong or that I am not a part of, even at work or home? YES _____ NO_____.

• Am I usually uncomfortable in my own skin? YES _____ NO_____.

• Do I experience an ongoing sense of sadness? YES _____ NO_____.

• Do I often feel like “something is missing”? YES

Does there always seem to be the same thing bothering me? YES _____ NO_____.

• Can I easily solve a problem YES _____ NO_____.

• Or does the problem linger for months or even years? YES _____ NO_____.

2) Am I having trouble managing my personal relationships?

• Do I take care for others too much, to the point where I neglect to do the things I need to do to take care of myself? YES _____ NO_____.

• Is there anyone in my life that dominates my thoughts, my actions or how I feel? YES_____NO_____.

• Is there anyone in my life who is controlling me through their actions?

YES _____NO_____.

• Do I snap at people or talk harshly? YES _____ NO_____.

• Do I find I disagree with most people? YES _____ NO_____.

• Do I always want things my own way? YES _____ NO_____.

• Is there a personal or work relationship that ended that I refuse to give up on? YES _____ NO_____.

• If so, do I keep trying to find ways to contact or see this person or company?

YES _____ NO_____.

• Am I happy with the way things are in my current relationship or work status?

 

*If you would like to see more and give it a try just click the image below to the free tools download page*

*This guide is on the last 2 files at the bottom in both PDF and Word formats*

My 2017 Reflections Guide For An Improved Me

2017 Reflections Guide For An Improved Me

Welcome to the New Job Search Superhero Blog

by  on  in Applicant Tracking Systems - ATS, Career Tips Tools Advice, Welcome

#JobSearchSupergero

We are working to migrate everything from our old website and upgrade to a secure site that protects our clients information as well as our website.  We hope you will join us for weekly posts about the latest job search methods, résumé writing tips, free career tools, templates, and more.

Here is some of what you’re in store for if you stick around:

Old timer resume?

Can I write a résumé without sounding like an “old timer?”  Sure, it’s being done all the time.  Just put down only the last 15 years’ worth of companies you’ve worked for, then include a section titled “Other Experience” where you list the skills gained in the previous jobs.  This way your age is less obvious and you are not dating yourself.

Do keyword research and analysis on the job you want and your current resume.

Go to a job site like www.indeed.com and search for the job you want and logistical area that you want.  Then you’re going to copy and paste the job description into Notepad or a Word document.  This is just to save it for when you lose the page.  Now go to another site called Wordle at http://www.wordle.net/create and copy and paste the keywords from the job description into the text box.