If you've been active at all on Twitter, Facebook and other social media, you know about hashtags. However, you may not know much about LinkedIn hashtags. Maybe you're feeling inundated by those little cross-hatch figures or pound signs. No wonder. Hashtags are everywhere. It seems that …
LinkedIn Personal Branding Secrets for Executive Job Search
Check out the podcast I did on LinkedIn personal branding secrets with Mac Prichard of Macslist.org, as part of his "Find a Dream Job" series. Listen to the interview and get the transcript here. We based the interview on a popular post of mine, Essential Checklist to Optimize LinkedIn For …
4 Top-of-Mind Personal Branding Things To Do on LinkedIn
For successful executive job search, you need to network with and be visible to executive recruiters, other hiring professionals, and various other people. LinkedIn offers many top-of-mind personal branding opportunities, to remind them of your unique ROI. Staying in touch with these people can …
Some Surprising Things LinkedIn Says You Can’t Do
Have you ever taken a look at the LinkedIn User Agreement? You’ll find a long list of LinkedIn user "don'ts". Violate any of these and you risk having them limit your use, or take down your profile. A scary thought, since so many people rely on LinkedIn for executive job search, career and …
29 Biggest LinkedIn Mistakes Most Job Seekers Make
You’re in executive job search or expect to be sometime soon. Are you making serious LinkedIn mistakes that can keep you from reaching your career goals? Let's say you put up a bare-bones LinkedIn profile a while ago because people told you it’s the thing to do. Now you’re thinking about job …
3 Important LinkedIn Profile Housekeeping Tasks
Many executive job seekers have a "build it and forget it" mindset when it comes to their LinkedIn profile. Once they’ve written a bit of content in the About section, and popped in their various job titles in the Experience section, they think they’ve done enough. Then, their profile sits …
Serenity Now! Simplify Your Executive Job Search
Simplify executive job search? Is that even possible? It’s a given that job-hunting these days is a complicated process . . . more so than even a few years ago. And probably more so than the last time you looked for a job: The Internet and social media (especially LinkedIn) now play important …
Get the Most Out of LinkedIn for Job Search – Part 2
Earlier I published the first in a compilation of articles I wrote about LinkedIn for job search and personal branding. This post adds 7 more juicy LinkedIn articles to that mix. Clearly, using LinkedIn for job search is a topic I write about frequently . . . probably more than any other. It’s …
Get the Most Out of LinkedIn for Executive Job Search
Using LinkedIn for executive job search is a favorite and frequent topic of mine to write about here. LinkedIn plays such a critical role in helping executives position themselves to land the jobs they covet and deserve. I've compiled a list below of some of the more important recent posts of …
5 LinkedIn Profile Personal Brand Building Essentials
Let’s start with the understanding that if you’re job-hunting, you need to have a robust LinkedIn profile personal brand building strategy. This is especially true if you’re an executive job seeker. People who can help you meet your career goals are using LinkedIn to find and assess candidates …