Chapter 9
Showing You Are Open for Business or Job Opportunities
IN THIS CHAPTER
Adding services you provide to your LinkedIn profile
Including your interest in new job opportunities
Determining who gets to see your career interests
Have you ever visited a person’s profile that didn’t provide much information and wondered, “Why is she on LinkedIn?” Not everyone is like you, investing in themselves and their profile to have a clear, optimized, and branded presence on LinkedIn. Most people just sign up and put in the least amount of information. LinkedIn recently rolled out feature updates to help people truly clarify their goals and the types of interaction and engagement they want out of LinkedIn.
Not only is LinkedIn helping people clarify what they want out of the platform, but also it made it easier for other people to help them! Imagine you are a recruiter looking for the perfect job candidate. Most profiles provide such little information, you can’t always be certain if a person is open to new opportunities. Alternatively, what if you are looking not for an employee but instead for a vendor to help you in your business? Finding service providers on LinkedIn used to be difficult ...
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