What to put on your LinkedIn Profile when you are in transition
This question comes up all the time when I do presentations on LinkedIn. There are a few different options, depending on the message you want to give (“I need your …
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Don’t ask people to connect on LinkedIn until…
If I can, I like to connect people. It makes me feel good, and some of my contacts simply must connect with one another – they are that cool or …
Favorite Friday: Your LinkedIn Network is Useless if…
Another Favorite Friday from my LinkedIn blog. This one is about the utility of your LinkedIn contacts. Too often I’ve heard people say “LinkedIn doesn’t work for me.” That’s like …
Favorite Friday: LinkedIn Professional Headline: Yours probably sucks
This is from July 2010, on my LinkedIn blog. It is a really short post about that uber-important branding statement next to your picture on your LinkedIn Profile. The post …
Awesome, Awesome LinkedIn Profile Formatting (Håkan Thyr, Austin, TX)
I came across Håkan’s LinkedIn Profile and I LOVE something he is doing with the formatting. What he is doing gets around something that bugs a lot of people…. they …
Blogging vs. Social Status: You will lose “you” forever
Yesterday someone asked me how to find all of the status updates from one person over a period of time. I did a quick search and found there was really …
LinkedIn for Job Seekers Videos: Fourth Edition!
Well, I finally did it – I finished the recordings for the fourth edition of LinkedIn for Job Seekers. This edition will be streaming only, which will cut the cost …
“You’ve been lied to, suckers. Social media won’t help you find a job.” Laurie Ruettimann, and my response
I love Laurie Reuttimann’s blog, The Cynical Girl. She tells it like it is, no holds barred. I’ve quoted or referenced her over the years. After seeing the title of …
Critical Job Search & Social Media Thoughts from a Recruiter (Steve Levy)
Since before I started JibberJobber there was this blogger/recruiter out there named Steve Levy. I became friends with Steve online, then we roomed together at a conference, and we’ve had …
Using “The Other Social Network” To Land A Job (and Become Famous In Your Circles) #Instagram
This is a story about personal branding, social networking, unsocial networking, and doing many “right things.” Inspiring? Yep. Replicatable? Perhaps… I saw this article and thought “this is going to …