Recruiters Are Looking for You on LinkedIn – Help Them Find You!
Posted December 1st, 2015
Over just a few short years LinkedIn has become one of the best job search tools available to both the employed and the unemployed. Since LinkedIn makes it so easy to put your professional profile online, you attract attention from recruiters even when you are not actively looking for a job. That’s why you need to make it as easy as possible for recruiters to find you when they need to fill a position. Here’s some tips to elevate your profile to the top of the search results:
Complete Your Profile
LinkedIn ranks completed profiles higher than incomplete profiles, so make sure that you fill out every field that you can. This not only makes you more searchable, it ensures that when someone does find your profile, they will have all the information necessary to make an honest assessment of your skills and experience.
Focus on Keywords
LinkedIn, like most search tools, relies heavily on keywords to connect search results with a search query. Think about the keywords that recruiters are likely to be using and sprinkle those organically into your profile, especially in headlines. If you are particularly interested in a specific job/employer, look at the keywords they use in their job descriptions and add those to your profile.
Collect Endorsements
Endorsements make your profile easier to find, and also bolster your credentials in a powerful way. Recruiters are naturally suspicious of a candidate’s own claims about aptitude. But when those claims are backed by independent, objective sources it gives them a lot more weight.
Build a Network of Connections
The more connections you have the better. It’s a lot easier for recruiters to find you if you are connected to professionals the recruiter is also connected to. Make the effort to grow your network, but avoid sending out massive numbers of requests to total strangers. The quality of the connections is just as important as the quantity.
Stay Active
The more time you spend enhancing your profile and publishing content on LinkedIn, the more opportunities recruiters will have to stumble across your presence. Too many people set up a profile and let it sit dormant for months or even years. Commit to spending an hour or two a week working with the many tools that LinkedIn offers professionals like you.
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