Mashable recently posted a study of how people look at various social media profiles. They used eye tracking software to see where people’s eyes were drawn when looking at someone’s Facebook, LinkedIn, and Twitter profiles. The results of the LinkedIn profile analysis are interesting, but not at all surprising. The study found that people’s eyes [...]
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LinkedIn Skills Interface Revamped
LinkedIn recently rolled out a change to the way skills appear on your LinkedIn profile. Previously, each skill appeared on a separate line and included an experience level and years of experience. The new view shows the skills in a tag cloud. The result is that this section of the profile takes up less space [...]
Customizing Your LinkedIn Profile
Did you know that you can rearrange the sections on your LinkedIn profile? Did you know that you can add custom sections to your profile to highlight any languages you know, any certifications you have earned, any publications you have written, or any skills you possess? Why do I like to start blog posts with [...]
So You Lost Your Job… Next stop: LinkedIn
Marcia just found out today that she is losing her job. As you can see from her picture, she is devastated and doesn’t know what to do or where to turn. She has been working for her company for some time and wasn’t expecting to be let go today. Marcia is in shock and isn’t [...]
Following my own advice…
In my last blog post I talked about my 5 commandments for using LinkedIn. In that post, I mentioned that each of your jobs should have a description of what you did in that role. As a minimum, you should copy the bullet points from your resume, but ideally, you would write a few paragraphs [...]
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