20 Common LinkedIn Mistakes Online Job Seekers Make
Abbreviated from original by Kevin Cormac @ www.newgradlife.blogspot.com
1. Not personalizing your LinkedIn public profile URL.
2. Not including a photo.
3. Not adding links to websites or web pages.
4. Not having a searchable professional headline that brands your unique promise of value and resonates with your target audience.
5. Having no (or only 1 or 2) recommendations.
6. Not immediately generating chemistry in the Summary section with value proposition and differentiating positioning statements.
7. Not including your “Interests” in the Additional Information section at the bottom of your profile.
8. Not reinforcing your executive brand throughout your profile.
9. Not proofreading and re-proofreading and having someone else proofread your profile for typos and grammatical errors.
10. Not having a 100% complete profile.
11. Not updating your profile regularly.
12. Neglecting LinkedIn Groups.
13. Inviting people you don’t know at all to join your LinkedIn network.
14. Automatically accepting invitations to join someone’s LinkedIn network.
15. Not personalizing the default invitation to connect message.
16. Not including a link to your LinkedIn profile within your email signature.
17. Promoting yourself (or product) too heavily in LinkedIn Groups.
18. Not checking out LinkedIn company profiles.
19. Overlooking the LinkedIn Jobs tab.
20. Not diving into LinkedIn Answers.
21. Not using the new LinkedIn and Twitter interface, updating your LinkedIn profile with all or select tweets.
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