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Optimizing your LinkedIn profile for AI & Machine Learning
LinkedIn is the place to showcase your skills and accomplishments. It is also one of the best sources for Recruiters and Hiring Managers to find top talent. For this reason, it is critical that you have not only an engaging profile but one that is optimized to attract companies that you would be interested in working for. Over the next two weeks I will be sharing with you information regarding how LinkedIn responds to the content you have on your profile as well as how you can increase your visibility through engagement. For this post, let’s review how LinkedIn works. As a brief overview,...
read moreLinkedIn Key Word Optimization – Part 1
If you could have a recruiter working for you 24/7 with a little effort on your part and find the job you’ve been wanting, would you say YES? Well, I’ve got great news for you. That 24/7 recruiter is your LinkedIn profile and in this two part blog series, I’m going to tell you the best strategies to use on your profile so real recruiters and hiring managers can find you! Currently there are 575 million users of which 122 million have interviewed for potential jobs and 35.5 million say they have been hired. But what makes LinkedIn so important? Studies show that over 90% of recruiters...
read moreStrengths: How to apply them for greater career satisfaction. Part 2.
In our last blog exercise, you defined your top 3 strengths. In this article, I’ll show you how to begin applying them in your work, and one of the most valuable steps is to translate those strengths into roles. You can also think of roles as potential job titles. For instance, I’ll translate a few strengths into roles: Conceptualizing ideas: Artist, designer, planner, troubleshooter Organizing: Coordinator, project manager, manager, director Leadership: Manager, director, project manager Conflict Resolution: Mediator, counselor, case manager Making connections between disparate ideas:...
read moreMaking your job your own. A job crafting success story.
You know that coworker who drives you nuts? How you wish you could cut out your interactions with her, or at least keep them to a minimum. And how wonderful it would be if you could spend more time working with the Customer Care team; they’re always so fun and professional. But alas, this is your job and you can’t always have things your way…or can you? Last week I wrote about the concept of job crafting, a theory coined by researchers at Yale University describing the process of sculpting your job to increase your satisfaction and productivity. There are a number of ways to make this...
read moreHoliday Job Searching. Give Yourself A Gift This Year.
As Thanksgiving leftovers dwindle, job seekers wonder if opportunities for the year are dwindling, too. While in some cases businesses do slow down in December, others are ramping up. Closing the year with maximizing deductions is a goal for many, so often companies aim to get new hires in place to be able to write off recruiting expenses in the previous year. If you’re in the middle of a search, or considering starting one, this may be an ideal time to put in some extra effort for these reasons: The majority of job seekers view December as a “punt” month, and pull back on hunting...
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