Welcome back to your next installment of LinkedIn tips which focus on helping you to create that perfect profile, which may ultimately land you that perfect science job.LinkedIn is a great networking tool with millions of users. However, to be noticed amongst the crowds it is important that you differentiate your profile from the others. This week, CK Science, a specialist scientific recruitment company, has provided you with a series of simple steps that will help you to achieve this. To get up to speed with yesterdays LinkedIn profile tips, please click here.
Today, CK Science will give you advice as to how to complete the following sections of your profile:
- Education
- Contacts
- Recommendations
- How to customize your profile URL
1. Education: Start at Secondary and Undergraduate education. You can also list vocational education or any courses you have attended.
2. Have more than 30 contacts: This shows viewers of your profile that you are professional and that you know how to network. Also, by increasing the number of people you are connected to, you increase the likelihood of people viewing your profile.
3. Recommendations: Sometimes, what other people write about you is more valuable that what you write about yourself. A good way to get recommendations is to recommend other people. Recommendations don’t necessarily have to come from people who work above you.
4. Customise your URL: This will help your profile rank higher on Google and make it easier for people to find you. Your LinkedIn URL should appear as “http://linkedin.com/in/yourfullname.” To do this, go to your profile and click “edit” and then next to where it says “public profile,” click “edit” again. At the top, you’ll want to click “edit” one more time next to “your public profile URL,” and then type in your full name, without spacing, and click “set address.” If the unique URL is taken, then try using a period between your first and last name or use your middle initial.
Top Tips
- Make sure your profile is completely grammatically correct and that each section is complete.
- Flood your profile with lots of keywords relevant to the scientific industry you work in.
- Frequently update your status with useful content, where possible including a link back to your company website.
- Actively comment on LinkedIn discussion forums – this gives you the opportunity to demonstrate your skills and knowledge of relevant industries. These discussion forums are essentially a 24/7 networking event.
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