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An Attractive Professional Profile on LinkedIn, References: (1) Rycraft,…

- - - - We want our banner to help our viewers have a better understanding of our product, service, ourselves. (4)
    - - “A hiring manager who sees your photo on LinkedIn will develop a specific impression of you. And that impression will likely remain constant during an interview--and beyond”. Morin, A (3)
    - - You will have up to 220 characters to attract your viewers into opening your profile or to explore it deeper. (5)
    - - This section under our profile will summarize our professional background. (6)
    - - In comparison to your CV, on Linked In you want to share your experience with cases you have handled before and that may be relevant to what you are seeking now, therefore add your professional highlights and accomplishments. (7)
    - - When filling this section’s information make sure you are as relevant as possible, add relevant finished and unfinished degrees. (8)
    - - “Certifications are helpful in that they can give a job seeker confidence and credibility,” said Gina Riley. (9)
    - - Endorsements will help your viewers rely on the information you are posting. The most skill endorsements you receive, the more reliable you are for your viewers. Also make sure to endorse your connections skills.
    - - Personalize your profile URL
      - Add profile in another language
      - People also viewed
      - Analytics
      - Creator mode
- - - - Some benefits are:
        
        LinkedIn has a great job board and also you can to flagging recruiters that you are open to hearing about opportunities. (1)
        
        Follow companies of your interest and the people who work at them. (1)
        
        Use LinkedIn as a research tool for companies, interviewers, recruiters, and hiring managers. (1)
        
        Demonstrate your knowledge, credibility and leadership expertise. (1)
        
        Get involved in forums, join groups and meet like-minded individuals like yourself. (1)
        
        Gain exposure to Hiring Managers and Recruiters. LinkedIn gives you the platform to create an online personal brand.(1)
        
        Use it to gain credibility through recommendations that your contacts leave in your profile. (1)
- - - - for example
        
        *Sector and geographic location?
        
        *Can he or she provide interesting knowledge for me?
    - - Followers and publications are a good indicator of the activity and interest in the person.
    - - Sometimes, depending on the configuration of the profile of the person in question, we can see all their contacts. In this case, Do you have any contacts? Would we like to know about it?
  - - - 3) Made new contacts in our sector or interesting ambit
        
        With this, we can find new contacts that bring us knowledge, ideas, or, why not, business.
      - 2) Consolidate the contact with people meeting recently
        
        At networking meetings, events, courses, and similar events, we meet people to enter in contact.
      - 1) Reconnect with people of professional past
        
        LinkedIn allows us to get back in touch with people from our professional or personal past. These are partners, bosses, or collaborators who know us well, they are aware of our good professional work.
- - - - Recruiters look for key words related to the job they’re trying to fill (11)
        
        Search for jobs you like and take notes of the skills they require
        
        include them into your summary, work experience and own skills
    - - Include skills, motivation and interests
        
        Skills and motivation impact an organization's performance, therefore are highly considered during the recruitment process (13)
        
        Include hard skills, values and motivations making sure they match with what the company stands for: when the right person for the job is hired, retaining talent is easier for the company (15)
        
        It helps to mitigate the negative impact produced by a “mismatch between job requirements and skills possessed by job seekers" (14)
    - - Recruiters assess whether a candidate possesses the skills, abilities and knowledge required to “function effectively in a particular field” (16)
        
        The criteria used for personnel selection is based on techniques that contemplate experience, knowledge and educational background (16)
        
        Be explicit with your educational background and what you’re currently learning (courses, degrees, etc.) and describe your tasks and responsibilities of previous roles, focusing on what you like to do, the career you want to follow, and where you want to grow.
    - - Profiles with a photo get up to 21 times more views and 36 times more messages than profiles without a picture (11)
        
        Appearance perception
        
        Includes dressing appropriately and attitude (12)
        
        Unconscious bias related to how important looks are for job seeking
        
        69.9% of people involved in the hiring process indicated that appearance can affect the “likeliness of being hired at an interview stage”(12)