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Week 3: Attracting Recruiters Like Bees to Honey
Skills, Endorsements, and Recommendations, Oh My!
Video Time: 8 Minutes Action Time: 10 Mintues
Video Time: 8 Minutes
Action Time: 10 Minutes
Make That LinkedIn Profile Sparkle!
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. As a matter of fact, listing just 5 skills can get you 17x more profile views. 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. As a matter of fact, listing just 5 skills can get you 17x more profile views. It’s important to list the skills that are important to your job and your career goals.
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!
You may have been a clown, like Mac, 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.
And 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.
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 LinkedIn police to monitor you.
We’re not asking you to lie. Instead, we want you to leverage your skills for 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!
You may have been a clown, like Mac, 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.
And 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.
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 LinkedIn police to monitor you. We’re not asking you to lie. Instead, we want you to leverage your skills for 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...
- DJJazzy Jeff...
DO:
Senior Analyst…Chief Human Resource Coordinator…Executive Assistant…
DON’T:
Chancellor of Feline Care…Dungeon Master Douglass…DJJazzy Jeff…
Be the Bathroom (We'll Explain Later, Be Patient)!
Endorsements and recommendations are also important because they show recruiters and hiring managers that people do think you have those skills, causing a “3rd person effect.”
Think of a time you bought something without reading a review, recently. Recommendations have the same effect on recruiters. Also, the more endorsements you have, the higher you will rank in a 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 people coming to you, you’ll have more opportunities so you can 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 do think you have those skills, causing a “3rd person effect.”
Think of a time you bought something without reading a review, recently. Recommendations have thge same effect on recruiters. Also, the more endorsements you have, the higher you will rank in a search.
The recruiters will be flocking to you, instead of you having to hunt them down like a restoom 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 people coming to you, you’ll have more opportunities so you can make better decisions on where and who you want to work with.
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.
Check out the next episode, where we’ll go into more detail about how to add skills and get endorsements. See you there!