7 Ways to Building Your LinkedIn Profile

Building a good and interesting profile for your LinkedIn is very important. In this day, LinkedIn is a website or application that can help you to find a job or work. Therefore, you should make a better profile for your LinkedIn account.

This is some tips for you, to develop your LinkedIn profile.

1. Make the right profile picture

Profile picture is the first thing that everyone sees, when they visit or view your LinkedIn profile. To make a right profile picture, you can use a formal picture, make up your face and wear the professional dress (dress for work), and don't forget to smile.

2. Create an interesting headline

The headline is located at the top of the profile after the photo, it is the highlight when visitors see your profile. In this part, you can write your specialist job/skill. You can also put the effect or impact that you can give to the company. In this part, you should make sure that your title is suitable.

3. Write an amazing summary

Summary is one of the important things on LinkedIn. In this section, you can tell what experiences and skills you have. You can write clearly and confidently, because here visitors or recruiters can find out what you have gone through, which is still related to the skills you offer.

4. Give highlights to your experience

It is important for you to highlight your experience along with quantification, so that recruiters can see your experience more clearly. Here your experience and skills will be highlighted by recruiters. Therefore, you have to use action words to make it look more convincing.

5. Build connections

Connections are important for recruiters so they can see the relationships you have established. Both relationships from previous work experience, organizations, and school or campus friends. The more connections you have, the greater your percentage will be seen by recruiters.

6. Ask for recommendations

For those of you who already have company connections, you can ask them to provide recommendations. This recommendation can be in the form of recognition of your expertise or the experience you have had with the company.

7. Be diligent in sharing news (achievements/results)

By actively sharing news via LinkedIn, you have a greater chance of being noticed by many companies. The news you share can be in the form of stories you have been through, experiences, or results from work you have done.

Source: Linkedin Sales Blog