Effective Ways of Creating Your LinkedIn Profile

 “Effective Ways of Creating Your LinkedIn Profile”

✓ It is one of the top professional social networking site with millions of users and reaching across differentcountries /territories around the world. Many recruiters look up for LinkedIn as part of theircandidate search.

✓ For professionals or students it is the popular platform to network and look for job opportunities.

✓ Not only networking or finding job but also you can come across many articles or notes which mayhelp you to gain more knowledge and one may know how current hiring process is working.

✓ You can demonstrate your knowledge, creativity and leadership qualities.

Step 1:- Go to the official website of LinkedIn i.e. in.linkedin.com.

Step 2:- You can click on signin or login option from the right top corner of the LinkedIn home page

Step 3:- A new page will open.

Step 4:-

• Fill up the details, like your first and last name, email ID and password.

• Create your profile.

• Connect with hiring teams of your field.

• Start following the companies and professionals of your field.

• If you are fresher then you can add details regarding your achievements, technical certification coursesor webinars attended.

✓ Add your headshot:

• Good professional profile photo.

• Basic educational details.

• Contact details.

✓ Craft an interesting summary:

• Explain what you do now in simplest way.

• Write about what kind of opportunities you are looking for.

• Also add information regarding your non work life.

• Use industry specific keywords, as professional its important that you know how to use proper keywords. This could bring you in search of recruiters with one word.

• Don’t use the word “unemployed” here.

• Prepare a clear, to the point summary.

✓ Highlight your experiences:

• Try to be real here, share your flaw, talk about your pets and how you take care about them, speak about the book you read lastweek, how nervous you were for interview and how you overcome that nervousness. People will get more engaged with yourblogs /posts when you share such things.

• Create and share information, try to share information on your latest article /work meanwhile try togain enough knowledge regarding the same from other connections too.

✓ Keep your profile active:

• Ask survey style questions.

• Prepare article.

• Discuss on latest books/movies which has motivated you.

• Create challenge for your connection or audiences.

• Share relevant industry data and how it will help you.

• Memes are trending now, share a good Meme.

• Have quiz.

• Try to motivate others with your words.

• Talk about the companies that stand out, how they are progressingand in what way they are supporting the humanitycurrent situation.

• Give a relevant point of view on posts which are shared by companies /recruiter.

• Try connect with HRs, recruiters, have a look on their posts, try to express your opinion in good wayon them.

• Comment on updates of the companies.

• Talk about industry news.

• Most of the time do use mail or messages to ask regarding any job or information as it shows yourprofessional behaviour.

• Whenever you find job vacancy posts try to contact the recruiter or HR of the company through emailsrather than just commenting “I am interested” on the post.

• Tag companies /HRs for relevant post which is related to them/the company.

Written By:

1) Raksha (ID-102/0521)

2) Pooja Laxman Patil (ID-101/0521)

3) Zeba nazeen (ID- 95/0521)

Students at Clinosol