LinkedIn

Do you have a complete LinkedIn profile? According to sources at Linkedin there are over 600,000 recruiters on LinkedIn but most of them don’t have a complete profile! To have a complete profile you must have: Your current position, at least two (2) past positions (can be with the same company!), something in education even if it is not a full degree, a completed profile summary, a profile photo even if it is invisible to everyone, a completed specialties section, and at least three recommendations.

LinkedIn Answers can reveal experts outside your network reach. From here you can search for specific topics or categories. Be sure to use a keywords unique to your target industry. Look for both questions and answers. Click on the interesting questions and you’ll see some respondents outside of your network! You can tell who they are because there will be no 1st, 2nd or 3rd Degree “bubble” to the left of their name - and these are LinkedIn users who would not have come up in your regular search results!

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You can find people based on particular expertise which is not necessarily evident from searching profiles when you use LinkedIn Answers. This Q&A service allows members to pose and respond to questions, and earn "best answer" credits which enhances your brand. For example, searching for "locum tenens" will find doctors, recruiters and financial people who deal with contract physicians, but it may not say that on their profiles!

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If you have any level of paid account from the basic $25/m to the Pro, you can be listed as an official Open Networker within LinkedIn and increase both your visibility and your av

We advise you to send an email first, before you request a connection via LinkedIn. This avoids having people click the “I Don’t Know” button which can hurt your reputation rank or even get your account suspended.

You are allowed to be in no more than 50 groups, but if those groups have subgroups there is no limit on those. If you create, own or manage a group that also falls under the 50 max.