LinkedIn is one of the tools that we use as Nethunters in Crearte Consulting. Our job is to find talent through the digital world. We take care of being the bridge between companies and candidates, ensuring that we find the right person for each job.
Logically, LinkedIn is the professional social network par excellence, so it is obvious that it is one of the most used by talent hunters. But we cannot ignore the fact that it has more than 830 million users, so having a perfectly optimized profile will make your candidacy more visible and localized in the searches carried out by nethunters. Not only will it be easier for you to appear in searches, but also for us to understand what technical and management skills you have. An optimized profile opens the door for companies to look at you.
LinkedIn is an opportunity to get noticed by companies
LinkedIn makes it quite easy for you, but you need to take the time to fill in all the fields of your profile as completely as possible. Unlike what can happen in other social networks, on LinkedIn pseudonyms or nicknames do not make sense, you must use your real full name.
In addition, you should also put a real image of yourself in the personal profile, it is a way to be able to identify yourself. It should be a professional image, with a neutral or professional background, this is a way to enhance the credibility of your profile. It is recommended that it has dimensions of 400 x 400 px.
On the other hand, you must not forget to title your profile, this will help the Nethunters to find you, it can be about your profession, your speciality, etc. We advise you to do a study to find out what keywords you can use in this section so that you will be highlighted in the searches you are interested in. Do not hesitate to specify that, although you are active, you are interested in finding new job opportunities “open to work”. And, of course, make sure your profile is public.
Specify your experience and interests to help Nethunters.
Use the “about you” section to create a professional biography to help us get to know you better. Through attractive sentences and short paragraphs, you can specify your education, your skills, your experience and your professional goals. And do not hesitate to complete the information through multimedia elements, it is one of the most useful options provided by LinkedIn. You can create a video in which you talk directly about yourself or even with images of your work or projects. Be creative and professional.
Develop what you know how to do, what is not told is not known. You are your best brand.
You can also put your professional experience (resume) in the profile of this social network. By doing so, companies will be able to ask for recommendations or meet other colleagues you have worked with.
The achievements and interests section allows you to incorporate the achievements you have acquired in your career. You can also talk about your interests and concerns.
Another option offered by the LinkedIn universe to its users is to receive and write recommendations for other users. It is important to know that one of the features of this social network is to create interconnection ecosystems so that when someone writes you a recommendation, or you do it, you will be linked.
Finally, remember that in the activity section, you can see a summary of all the actions you have performed on LinkedIn.
As you can see, the process of optimizing your profile is not complicated, but it is important so that as Nethunters from Crearte Consulting we can find you more easily in specific searches and value your professional profile much better. Finally, do not forget to indicate your contact details.
