Did you know that we can personalize our LinkedIn profile layout by moving most sections up or down our page? This flexible functionality allows us to emphasize and highlight our unique skills, experience, education, and performance accomplishments by placing selected sections higher up on our profile. As a ...
Recently I watched “The Wizard of Oz” with my family and although I can recite the movie lines by heart, I was struck by a number of life lessons that I’d never noticed before. The energy and spirit of this classic movie resonated with me as a career coach. I help ...
My experience from having worked with clients around the world is that job hunters who are hired for exciting new opportunities set S.M.A.R.T. goals and share 3 common traits. Recent grads eager to enter the workforce, adults in career transition displaced by corporate downsizing, and corporate executives itching to lead elsewhere ...
“The building up, cashing in, and exchanging of social capital makes the world of business go round. These transactions require trust, integrity and credibility to generate the social capital, facilitate exchanges, or increase value.” LinkedIn Network -- David Gowel, The Power In A Link There are two primary philosophies held by LinkedIn ...
By Deborah E. Rooney LinkedIn is a powerful online tool for marketing your talents to hiring managers, recruiters, colleagues, and new clients. This community of over 150 million users has an understandable desire to creatively describe and market their unique core competencies and transferable skills in order to be found, screened, and contacted. ...
By Deborah E. Rooney Connect with Class on LinkedIn How do you reach out to new colleagues on LinkedIn? Do you write a brief introduction about yourself with the reason for your connection request, or do you simply submit LinkedIn’s mysterious default invitation statement, "I'd like to add you to my professional network ...
LinkedIn is one of the most important tools a job hunter can use to market their talents and meet hiring managers. As a relationship-building portal, new grads, adults in career transition, and seasoned professionals can research companies, identify new careers, meet decision makers, and participate in professional development groups. But how does a job ...
