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Week 3: Attracting Recruiters Like Bees to Honey
Skills, Endorsements, and Recommendations, Oh My!
Video Time: 20 Minutes Action Time: 10 Minutes
Video Time: 20 Minutes
Action Time: 10 Minutes
Make Your LinkedIn Profile Shine Like the Top of the Chrysler Building!
There is a reason why future employers, recruiters, HR folks, hiring managers and colleagues go directly to your LinkedIn, and it’s not so they can salivate over the STUNNING powder blue/baby boomer gray color scheme. LinkedIn is a way that they can quickly assess if you have
the right “stuff” for their team or not.
In order to stand out from the crowd, we suggest listing your skills on LinkedIn. It’s important to list the skills that are important to your job and your career goals.
There is a reason why future employers, recruiters, HR folks, hiring managers and colleagues go directly to your LinkedIn, and it’s not so they can salivate over the STUNNING powder blue/baby boomer gray color scheme. LinkedIn is a way that they can quickly assess if you have the right “stuff” for their team or not.
In order to stand out from the crowd, we suggest listing your skills on LinkedIn. It’s important to list the skills that are important to your job and your career goals.
Did you know?
LinkedIn users who list more than five skills on their profiles get 17x more views than those who don’t.
Did you know?
LinkedIn users who list more than five skills on their profiles get 17x more views than those who don’t.
It's All About the Pretty Packaging
You may be switching careers and aren’t sure that your background is enough to get your foot in the door.
Don’t worry!
There are so many ways you can package your past experience. You may have been a clown, and want to get into project management. Well, you are good at “juggling” multiple tasks (pun intended) and that can be a beneficial skill set for a future employer. See where I’m going with this? It’s all about perspective, my friends.
Also, make sure to give yourself a good title for the past positions that you have held. Don’t just call yourself a volunteer, instead identify the job or position and get creative.
DO:
Senior Analyst… Chief Human Resource Coordinator… Executive Assistant…
DON’T:
Chancellor of Feline Care… Dungeon Master Douglas… DJ Jazzy Jeff…
For example, if you helped at fundraising, then give yourself the title ‘fundraising specialist.’ Likewise, if you built a website, call yourself a ‘web designer.’ It’s important to know that there is no such thing as a LinkedIn police to monitor you.
We’re not asking you to lie. Instead, we want you to leverage your skills to your advantage to get a job, especially if you lack in experience. So get to fudgin’!
You may be switching careers and aren’t sure that your background is enough to get your foot in the door.
Don’t worry!
There are so many ways you can package your past experience. You may have been a clown, and want to get into project management. Well, you are good at “juggling” multiple tasks (pun intended) and that can be a beneficial skill set for a future employer. See where I’m going with this? It’s all about perspective, my friends.
Also, make sure to give yourself a good title for the past positions that you have held. Don’t just call yourself a volunteer, instead identify the job or position and get creative.
DO:
Senior Analyst… Chief Human Resource Coordinator… Executive Assistant…
DON’T:
Chancellor of Feline Care… Dungeon Master Douglas… DJ Jazzy Jeff…
For example, if you helped at fundraising, then give yourself the title ‘fundraising specialist.’ Likewise, if you built a website, call yourself a ‘web designer.’ It’s important to know that there is no such thing as a LinkedIn police to monitor you.
We’re not asking you to lie. Instead, we want you to leverage your skills to your advantage to get a job, especially if you lack in experience. So get to fudgin’!
DO:
Senior Analyst… Chief Human Resource Coordinator… Executive Assistant…
DON’T:
Chancellor of Feline Care… Dungeon Master Douglas… DJ Jazzy Jeff…
For example, if you helped at fundraising, then give yourself the title ‘fundraising specialist.’ Likewise, if you built a website, call yourself a ‘web designer.’ It’s important to know that there is no such thing as a LinkedIn police to monitor you.
We’re not asking you to lie. Instead, we want you to leverage your skills to your advantage to get a job, especially if you lack in experience. So get to fudgin’!
Make Sure to Get a “5-star Review” From Your Friends
Endorsements and recommendations are also important because they show recruiters and hiring managers that people have witnessed and believe you have the skills that you claim to have, causing a “3rd person effect.”
Think of how your purchasing decisions are influenced by the reviews you read online. Recommendations have the same effect on recruiters with their hiring decisions. The more endorsements you have, the higher you will rank in a
LinkedIn search.
The recruiters will be flocking to you, instead of you having to hunt them down like a restroom after an all-you-can-eat sushi buffet. You’ll be like the most attractive person at the bar getting the most drinks bought for you! With more recruiting managers and HR folks coming to you, you’ll have more opportunities to be able to make better decisions on where and who you want to work with.
Endorsements and recommendations are also important because they show recruiters and hiring managers that people have witnessed and believe you have the skills that you claim to have, causing a “3rd person effect.”
Think of how your purchasing decisions are influenced by the reviews you read online. Recommendations have the same effect on recruiters with their hiring decisions. The more endorsements you have, the higher you will rank in a LinkedIn search.
The recruiters will be flocking to you, instead of you having to hunt them down like a restroom after an all-you-can-eat sushi buffet. You’ll be like the most attractive person at the bar getting the most drinks bought for you! With more recruiting managers and HR folks coming to you, you’ll have more opportunities to be able to make better decisions on where and who you want to work with.