From the course: Finding a Job on LinkedIn

Other considerations - LinkedIn Tutorial

From the course: Finding a Job on LinkedIn

Other considerations

- [Instructor] I'm going to quickly point out some other things that you should consider about your LinkedIn profile. Now I'm not going to go in depth with these because there are things I talk about in the Learning LinkedIn course. However, as a job seeker, these are some things that I would consider. The first is customizing your background image. Adding a background image instead of having the default one that appears is a great way to make your account stand out. Now, another one is in the upper-right corner. Here, I can edit my public profile and URL. I'll go ahead and click on that. And it brings me to the this page where I can see what my public profile looks like. And then I can customize it and decide what I want to show and what I want to hide. Also at the top, in the upper-right corner, you have the ability to claim a customized URL. I can click this pencil icon to adjust it. You can see here, that Julie already has one. That is linkedin.com/in/JulieRaeParker. This is much better than the default one, which would be something like Julie-Parker-46824262, or something like that. So this makes it much easier to share. Now, I'm going to back out of here. And another one is to add any volunteer experience or certifications to your profile. You can add these different sections by clicking here on add profile section. And then you'll see down here that one of them is volunteer experience. And this is a good one to add to make your profile stand out. Next, I'm going to click on the home icon at the top. And I want say, don't underestimate your LinkedIn newsfeed. This is a great way to stay up to date and informed about your industry, and also a way to find opportunities. And finally, take some time to adjust your settings to make sure that you have the account configured the way that you want it to be, including how you receive notifications, privacy settings, and more. You can go to your settings by going to the upper-right and clicking on the me icon. And from here, going to settings and privacy. So I would go through and take a look at these, certain ones like communications, and how you want to be notified of things. You can go in and adjust that. So take some time to go over this. Make sure your profile is good before you start applying for jobs.

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