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What’s in a LinkedIn Headline?
Last week we talked about why you should have a LinkedIn profile. This week and over the next two weeks, we will discuss specific sections you should focus your attention on to help make your profile stand out and attract the interest of potential employers. One of the first things a visitor to your page will see is your headline. Often, individuals use this area to indicate their current job title, such as Career Coach at Career Solutions Group. This strategy is fine if you have no intention of job searching, but it doesn’t tell the reader a lot about you or your skills. When you write your...
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Is your LinkedIn headline less than it could be? The LinkedIn headline is a surprisingly important part of the networking site. It’s one of the key pieces of information used in the search algorithm, and it is the first information someone will get upon doing a search. Yet many people leave the LinkedIn headline as-is with the basic LinkedIn formatting: your current position AT your current company. This is a perfectly fine starting point, but to have a really good LinkedIn headline, you must change it up. Your headline is a snapshot of who you are and what skills you have to offer. It...
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