LinkedIn Profile Writer

Do You Need Help With LinkedIn Profile Writing?

LinkedIn profiles should be different from resumes; after all, LinkedIn is a different medium.

One of the main areas in which your profile needs to be different is the summary. Using a more conversational and informal tone than a resume summary has emerged as the best practice for the LinkedIn summary.

Unfortunately, most LinkedIn profiles are poorly written and conceived. Most users don’t have a summary, use their resume summary for the summary, or just have a couple lines or some keywords in the summary section.

The summary is just one tiny component of success on LinkedIn, however. Other key factors include:

Search-optimizing your profile; this involves putting keywords in the right places. It’s not enough to simply have keywords in your profile; having them in the right places is what gets the best results.

Getting your profile to 100% completion. LinkedIn says you’ll show up in 40x more search results when you’re 100% complete. (LinkedIn lets you know what percentage complete you are with a status bar.)

Joining 25 to 50 groups. This will improve your visibility in search results and make it easier for you to find people of interest if you take a smart, strategic approach to the groups you join. Most people only belong to a handful of groups and are missing out on a huge opportunity.

Adding connections. You should add as many people you know as possible. Depending on how many people you know, you might aim for 50+, 200+, or 500+ connections.

Updating your profile regularly. Keep your profile up to date with your latest accomplishments and activities. Also, I personally believe that this may push you higher in search results. Even if you just rewrite something or move some information around, update it.

Using it as a tool for building relationships with your contacts, and for finding people who can help you in your job search.

And adjusting your settings for maximum visibility while avoiding some of the potential pitfalls of LinkedIn.

Unfortunately, most LinkedIn users don’t know how to maximize their use of LinkedIn and how to optimize their profiles for the best possible results. That’s where I can help.

I’ve had clients who weren’t getting results from LinkedIn, and then began getting contacted by recruiters after I revamped their profiles.

As a certified resume writer with extensive LinkedIn profile writing experience, I can help you improve your presence on LinkedIn.

I can help you by…

- Creating a compelling, search-optimized LinkedIn profile for you, or revamping your current profile, to attract recruiters’ and hiring managers’ attention. I can log into your profile for you, or I can simply send you the wording and advise you on the settings and let you do populate it and adjust the settings yourself.

- And setting you up with my Link to Success training, a series of LinkedIn training videos I created. The videos show you how you can leverage LinkedIn strategically in your job search.

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