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Rock Your Profile

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The Structure of a LinkedIn Profile

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Profile Picture

Headline

Public URL

Recent Activity

Summary

Experience

Causes you support

Skills

Education & Additional Info

Recommendations

Connections

Groups youve joined

What you Follow

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Section 1: Photo, Headline, Network & Contact Details

Use your full name, no nicknames or abbreviations

Be creative with your headline first thing someone reads about you

Build your network. Network = Reach

Add your Twitter Account (or company twitter account)

Add your company website

Add your preferred contact details

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Section 2: A Summary packed with passion

10-15 seconds to grab the attention of the reader

Avoid the 3rd person

Describe your professional and personal brand

Use rich media

Why do you enjoy working for your company?

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Add multi-media to your profile

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Add photos, Slideshare or video to showcase your or your companys work

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Lets talk about your summary- a summary should include 4 areas what you do, why you love what you do, the value you provide to your organization, and a little more about yourself, personally. This is a huge opportunity to showcase your companys talent brand and why you love working where you do.

This is where you can really tell the story of what it is like to work at your company. Use your own work experience to engage candidates in why you love to work there and why they will too.

Now, you can make your summary even more powerful by adding rich media. Ive seen great summaries that include employee testimonials, tours of the office, etc. Use this space to help start influencing your candidates toward your organization by showcasing your company brand

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Section 3: Experience

Summarise your role

Briefly explain the company

Key contributions/skills

Avoid CV Style

Use clear, succinct phrases

Use rich media

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Section 4: Skills & Expertise

List at least 10 core skills

Endorse others and hope they return the favour!

A good snapshot of your professional brand

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Section 5: Education & Recommendations

Expand on your degree

Connect with old classmates

Raise your profile by asking for recommendations

Recommend your colleagues

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Section 6: Insights

Join groups to build your network

Follow companies that interest you and keep an eye on competitor activity

Stay up-to-date with your industry news

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Section 7: Add your published work to your profile

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You can include links to Thought Leadership, blogs or news articles that you have been featured or quoted in.

If the publication is hosted online, ensure to include the URL to provide a direct link to the publication.

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Lets talk about your summary- a summary should include 4 areas what you do, why you love what you do, the value you provide to your organization, and a little more about yourself, personally. This is a huge opportunity to showcase your companys talent brand and why you love working where you do.

This is where you can really tell the story of what it is like to work at your company. Use your own work experience to engage candidates in why you love to work there and why they will too.

Now, you can make your summary even more powerful by adding rich media. Ive seen great summaries that include employee testimonials, tours of the office, etc. Use this space to help start influencing your candidates toward your organization by showcasing your company brand

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Building Your Network

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The more 1st degree connections you have increases the number of 2nd degree connections you have access to.

Keep in mind: Quality vs quantity.

Have a personal connection policy and stick to it

Conduct an annual spring clean of your connections

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Share Valuable Content with Your Networks

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What to share?

Well curated content

Company posts

Key Company jobs

Writing long form posts

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Demonstrate your expertise and build awareness of you & your organization by sharing and commenting on content on LinkedIn.

Make it a goal to share or comment on at least one piece of information daily. Two things to do each day to find content youd like to share:

On your LinkedIn homepage (once youve signed in), your news feed will include the latest from the groups, companies and Influencers you follow. Scan through and see what snags your interest!

Keep an eye out for the inShare button on your daily reads. When you find an you want to share, you can share it right from the article itself via the InShare Link and let your network know you found it valuable. You can choose to share it on your Profile, within specific groups youre a part of, or in a private message to individuals. Add in a comment on your thoughts or main takeaways then hit Share.

It's back to the Golden Rule: If you engage with several of your connections every day, those same connections will start to listen to what you have to say. And if they like the content you're sharing, they will be more likely to share, comment or like your stuff too! Mix it up and choose different connections to remark on each time, and you'll have a large -- yet engaged -- network in no time.

All simple and important opportunities to position yourself as a thought leader and information source.

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What happens when Jeff Weiner likes your status update

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Groups

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Groups help further your professional brand by showcasing your interests and passions on your profile

Joining and participating in groups increases your visibility and networking opportunities with people with similar interests

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Stay in Touch with Your Networks

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Desktop

Mobile (Connected app)

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You have control over your privacy settings

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Turn on/off your activity broadcasts

Don't want your contacts to know that you're updating your LinkedIn profile, it's a good idea to turn off your activity broadcasts. Unselect the checkbox in this option to hide when you make changes to your profile.

See who can see your activity feed

You can also change who can view your activity feed. Options include:

Everyone whether they are connected to you or not

Your Network 1st, 2nd and 3rd degree connections

Your Connections only those connected to you

Only You - nobody will be able to view your updates.

Select what others see when youve viewed their profile The "Who's Viewed Your Profile" feature helps you understand who's been looking at your profile in the last 90 days, how many times you have shown up in search results, and other insights. The two options to choose from are:

Display name, headline, location and industry. If you select this option you receive the profile statistics for free, however other users will see when youve visited their profile.

Display as an anonymous LinkedIn Member. If you select this option you will NOT receive the profile statistics for free and users will not see when youve visited their profile. You can get the profile statistics if you purchase a premium account.

Select who can see your connections

The default on this LinkedIn setting it that your first-degree connections can see all of your connections. This means that if you connect with a recruiter, they will be able to go through your contacts.

Change this setting to Only You to only show your connections the people you have in common (i.e. they must already know the person to see that you have connected with them).

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Turn on/off your activity broadcasts

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Don't want your contacts to know that you're updating your LinkedIn profile?

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Determine who can view your activity feed

Options include:

Everyone whether they are connected to you or not

Your Network 1st, 2nd and 3rd degree connections

Your Connections only those connected to you

Only You - nobody will be able to view your updates.

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Select what others see when youve viewed their profile

The "Who's Viewed Your Profile" feature helps you understand who's been looking at your profile in the last 90 days, how many times you have shown up in search results, and other insights.

Options:

Display name, headline, location and industry. (If you select this option you receive the profile statistics for free, however other users will see when youve visited their profile.)

Display as an anonymous LinkedIn Member. (If you select this option you will NOT receive the profile statistics for free and users will not see when youve visited their profile. You can get the profile statistics if you purchase a premium account.)

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Select who can see your connections

The default on this LinkedIn setting it that your first-degree connections can see all of your connections. This means that if you connect with a recruiter, they will be able to go through your contacts.

Change this setting to Only You to only show your connections to the people you have in common (i.e. they must already know the person to see that you have connected with them).

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Add your work email address

We recommend that you have at least one personal address and one work address registered to your LinkedIn account.

Make your work email your primary email address in order to receive networking emails to this address.

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Edit the frequency of emails

LinkedIn will contact you on a range of topics such as:

Messages from other members

Updates and news

Group digests

Notifications

Messages from Linked

You can choose from the following options to receive your emails:

Individual Email

Daily Digest Email

Weekly Digest Email

No Email

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Resources

The Epic List of LinkedIn Profile Tips

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/article/20140707184302-2633896-epic-list-of-linkedin-profile-tips

How do I edit my profile? All the answers

http://help.linkedin.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/5/kw/profile

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Resources

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