Using LinkedIn to Attract Recruiters

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Using LinkedIn to Attract Recruiters Gail Houston - ghouston – Dec 2015

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Using LinkedIn to Attract Recruiters

Gail Houston - ghouston – Dec 2015

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Recruiters are looking for youbut how do you stand out and get noticed?

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See How You Rank In Your Industry

Write Down Your NumberMake Top 10 Your Goal

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Follow Company Pages Your Interested In

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Companies Will Post Open Positions

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Update Your LinkedIn Profile

7x’s more likely to be viewed with a photo

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Recommendations for your LinkedIn Headline

Use key skill word in your job title (headline)

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Summary Section – Use Key Words – Visible Email

[email protected] Finance and Operations Leader with over 20 years of business experience in financial planning, business analysis, resource allocation, operational execution and process excellence principles. Leverage extensive background in strategic planning, forecasting, mergers, acquisitions and divestitures. Strong team builder and facilitator, consistently foster collaborative, innovative atmosphere that encourages talented professionals and teams to reach maximum potential. Ability to solve problems, synthesize complex information and communicate direction in concise, easily understood formats. Received Intuit’s Finance Recognition of Excellence Award.

Specialties: Financial planning and analysis (FP&A), strategic planning and operational execution, business process and workflow improvements

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Add Current Employer and Past Employers

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Contact InfoAdd job search email - Make primaryAlways have two

Add Twitter Handle/s

Add 3 WebsitesSelect OtherName WebsiteAdd URL

Select Your Public Profile URLAnd make your profile public

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Is Your Public Profile Really Public?get found on Google by checking all boxes

Check all boxes

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Public Profile URL for your signature line | resume

Green check means you can use your name,red x means you need to keep trying

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Privacy and Settings

Review Each Area

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Two or more Emails – Professional Email

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Add Media to Summary and Employer/s

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Edit | Add Media | Rearrange

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Join appropriate groups & introduce yourself

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Click reorder groups

• Click “groups”• Click “your groups”• Click “groups directory”• Enter keywords for groups you are

looking for (i.e. “Intuit Careers”)• Click “join”• Select how often you want to receive

email updates• After you have joined 100 groups

Click “reorder”• Select “Intuit Careers” as #1• Recent Changes: You can now join

100 groups; no more sub groups; no more “Open Groups”; can no longer post online articles. jobs still show up but only stay up now 14 days in groups now

Jobs Tab – all paid LI jobs, Career Discussion – more postings