As I indicated in one of my more recent posts, I’ve been having issues with Linkedin. Well, after tirelessly trying to connect to the Linkedin customer service, we finally did and they were quite helpful locating my lost profile right away. Now, I want to advise those that have their e-mail address displayed so anyone can connect to them, you may encounter issues (such as a lock-down of your profile with no notice what-so-ever) because Linkedin is cracking down now that they’ve reached the 22,000,000 subscriber mark.

But anyway, even though I had a hellish past couple of weeks with Linkedin it, I still can manage to say I love it. It’s an amazing tool that can help you connect with hundreds of thousands of professionals out there. Of course, my own network is quite small, which is fine with me as long as I have a means to find other people and connect with them.

As I browse and try to find people within the industry, colleagues, etc. I can really tell whether or not a person would be open to “connecting” or not by their Linkedin Profile. Just like a website has a personality, so does your Linkedin profile.

Let’s dissect this further:

Looking at the Contact Settings, you may find some users asking to get in touch for numerous reasons which concludes they are a lot more open. But of course providing an e-mail address is the most open form of communication – you are inviting people to contact you.

Here although they have more interests, they do not provide an e-mail address which makes “getting in-touch” more difficult for Linkedin browsers.

Although this user offers a nice summary of their work, they still lack any details under experience. The summary focuses on business achievements which is excellent, however, to encourage people to contact you for various interests you want to illustrate your openness by displaying information about your work past.

This user does not provide a summary nor any information under experience which sends out signals of disinterest. If you want people to get in touch with you about career opportunities, job inquiries, business deals, etc. (look at what this user is "interested in" under "contact settings") providing a little more meat to who you are may be a good idea.

And finally you have those who have a profile that is both detailed and quite inviting. This user has provided a detailed summary, plenty of information under their experience which gives any Linkedin browser a real sense of who this particular user is.

Your Linkedin Profile says a lot about you, and if you are not an open person by nature but the executive part of you requires stronger networking capabilities, give your Linkedin Profile a makeover.

What does your Linked in Profile say about you?

Tags: linkedin, networking, Social media outlets
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