Amanda L. Sage
Thursday, July 8, 2010
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Optimize and complete your profile
- Complete your profile 100%
- Include several former jobs and education
- Include a thorough yet succinct description for each job
- Stay away from long paragraphs and try to use short sentences with bullet points as much as possible
- The summary should contain your overall experience, skills, and specialities.
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Find and update contacts and connections
Use the search feature to find connections
- Search to find people or companies you’d like to get introduced to, and look for shared connections
- Look for connections whose e-mail addresses you don’t have
- Find old contacts you’ve lost track of
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Engage in LinkedIn Groups
- Interact with other group members using the discussions feature
- Find potential connections with shared interests
- Stay on top of group news and events
- Group logo appears on your profile
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Give and receive recommendations
- Reliable source for testimonials
- Provides a way to show your appreciation for colleagues, employees, and service providers
- Simple method for providing recommendations for job seekers
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Use the Answers feature
Utilize the status updates
Use LinkedIn Applications to share content
- Share presentations using SlideShare and Google Presentation
- Link your blog using Blog Link and WordPress
- Announce events using LinkedIn Events
- List your favorite books using Reading List by Amazon
- Tweet using Tweets
- Share trip info using TripIt
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Search for jobs or post available positions
- Search for jobs and apply using your LinkedIn Profile
- Utilize online recommendations
- Post jobs for your company and vet applicants using their LinkedIn Profile
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Promote upcoming events
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