LinkedIn do's and don'ts are a popular topic because so many executives understand how important it is to use LinkedIn well when they're job hunting. Unfortunately, despite their good intentions, many LinkedIn members don't use it well. They make lots of mistakes. Here's a sampling of some of …
How NOT To Build Your Network on LinkedIn
For both active job search and healthy career management when you're happily employed, it's wise to build and maintain your network on LinkedIn. There is debate among LinkedIn experts and others in the careers industry about whether or not to keep your number of LinkedIn connections to a …
7 LinkedIn Things You Should Do . . . But Probably Don’t
Whether you're using LinkedIn for executive job search . . . or career management . . . or building business, you should want to make it work optimally for you. I review lots of LinkedIn profiles every day, and see some things that still baffle me. People put things in their profiles that …
How Many LinkedIn Connections Are Good For Executive Job Search?
One of the LinkedIn things job-hunting executives most frequently want to know is how many LinkedIn connections they should have. They ask: Does it matter how many people I’m connected to on LinkedIn, and who should I connect with – everyone who asks? Opinions differ on whether it’s more …
How to Run a Confidential Job Search on LinkedIn
You're job-hunting and you need to keep it under wraps. But you know you need to use LinkedIn to help you land your next job. So how do you run a confidential job search on LinkedIn? Something like 95% of my executive job-seeking clients face the same dilemma. They’re still employed, but looking …
YIKES! My LinkedIn Profile is Missing!
When I Googled the phrase "linkedin profile is missing", more than half a billion results appeared. Clearly this is an issue impacting and worrying many LinkedIn users. If you’re like millions of savvy job seekers, you count on LinkedIn to help you: The last thing you can afford is having …
Top 10 Executive Job Search Posts of the Year
I’ve been an avid and frequent blogger on various job search topics since 2008, but I still never run out of things to write about, and I never tire of doing it. I can’t keep up with my ongoing list of posts to tackle within these areas of today's search: That list continues to grow, so I …
5 Reasons Your LinkedIn Profile Isn’t Working
Too many of the executive job seekers I speak with tell me that LinkedIn isn't doing much for them. When I take a look at their LinkedIn profiles, the reason is often immediately clear. They've made mistakes with their profile or they neglected to do some very important things with it. No …
How to Connect on LinkedIn with People You Don’t Know . . . and Get Action
Networking your way into companies you’re targeting in job search is the best way to land a great-fit job. To build your network, connect on LinkedIn with all kinds of people. Get back in touch with those you’ve neglected – as so many of us do when we’re busy in our professional lives – and …
Does LinkedIn Make the Executive Resume Obsolete?
With the popularity and power of LinkedIn, and the undeniable necessity of having a presence there when you're job hunting, some people claim that the executive resume is dead or dying. . . . that it’s no longer needed, or valuable. . . . that a robust, fully populated LinkedIn profile is, in …