What are the best practices with LinkedIn?
Rick Guthrie shares his professional recruiter insights on LinkedIn technology for the regional area of Asheville, Greenville, Knoxville, and Charlotte.
5 Areas Reviewed
- What do recruiters look for in LinkedIn?
- What information to have on LinkedIn?
- How to leverage LinkedIn?
- What is the LinkedIn matching process?
- What are common mistakes on LinkedIn?
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02:43 Rick Guthrie, Regional Executive Recruiter
04:15 LinkedIn Technology as a Tool
04:55 Keywords in LinkedIn
05:20 What are employers hiring on LinkedIn? .
05:45 Chronological employment listing in LinkedIn
05:55 What does a LinkedIn profile look like?
06:16 Profile picture on LinkedIn. how should it look?
06:53 What is the importance of a LinkedIn title?
07:07 About section of LinkedIn
07:48 Objective of 'looking for an opportunity'
08:10 Contact information on LinkedIn profile
08:31 How is LinkedIn like a business card?
09:07 Activity section of LinkedIn - posts, articles following, experience
09:46 More information, details on LinkedIn
10:06 Education on LinkedIn profile
10:26 Licenses or certifications on LinkedIn
10:35 Skills on LinkedIn
10:57 Interests on LinkedIn profile
11:26 How often has a user looked at their profile?
12:09 Dislocated workers not currently on a job, employed through present; honesty
14:55 What value is a skills test on LinkedIn?
16:05 Should all job experience be listed in LinkedIn?
16:48 How many years of employment should be listed on LinkedIn?
17:40 Gap in employment in LinkedIn
19:12 Changing careers, from military into workforce
20:42 What is important to include on your LinkedIn profile?
21:58 Contract work vs full time work
24:00 Looking for a new position
24:27 What is least important on a LinkedIn profile?
25:20 Process for matching
26:50 Best way to get a job is through your network
28:00 How many recruiters use social media? Google search your name
30:15 Social media links on your LinkedIn profile
32:06 Best approach to look for a job without letting your current employer know about searches
34:50 Your objectives
35:17 Remote work, how to specify hybrid work
37:25 Assessing fluency in a language skill
38:48 Growing or knowing needed skillsets
40:00 NCWorks, ONet, CareerOneStop for information
41:15 No no's on LinkedIn
42:18 NCWorks Career Center Asheville LinkedIn Workshops
42:45 Rodney Embler - LinkedIn Workshops at NCWorks Career Center
44:51 Objectives to start a job search
46:34 What can you do to contribute to the company?
46:45 Link-up with a great company as my last job
48:01 Sharing interests in the field, skills to the table
49:02 Posting articles in LinkedIn, sharing information
49:25 LinkedIn Learning and certificates posted
50:32 Salary negotiations
53:05 General or soft skills on a LinkedIn profile
54:12 Following-up with a recruiter
55:10 How to get over fear in leaving a job for a new opportunity?