You may be tired of hearing how important it is to create a network when it comes to advancing your career, but that is very, very true!
One of the most effective ways to build your links is through LinkedIn, the largest and most popular professional networking site in the world to date.
The LinkedIn profile you create aims to improve your personal brand, more or less like a CV, but also much different.
Think of your profile as a more dynamic and less formal version of a CV.
To better understand, see 4 reasons why you need a LinkedIn profile:
# 1 - It's super popular!
It is said that popularity is not always the reason for launching something, but that does not apply to LinkedIn.
The platform is said to have over 500 million users. This is a larger figure than the entire population of the United States.
Job recruiters often assume that applicants without a LinkedIn profile "do not know what to do".
Worse, they may ignore your application because they do not consider you a serious candidate.
# 2 - LinkedIn helps people locate you online
Employers like to Google their applicants. Because of Google algorithms, it is often your LinkedIn profile that will be displayed to people who ask for your name.
This is important for a number of reasons.
Së pari, është e rëndësishme të shfaqeni diku në internet. Mosbërja e kësaj mund të sjellë një farë dyshimi në mendjen e punëdhënësit, nëse jeni një person i vërtetë apo jo.
Së dyti, nëse tashmë jeni në internet në diçka si Facebook ose Twitter, do dëshironit që punëdhënësit tuaj të mundshëm të shohin më parë LinkedIn tuaj. Përshtypjet e para kanë rëndësi, dhe shpesh herë paraqitjet tuaja të tjera në internet mund t'ju bëjnë të dukeni më pak profesionit. Ndërsa në LinkedIn, qëllimi është pikërisht të dukeni profesionist!
Pra, kjo është një mundësi që, kur njerëzit t’ju kërkojnë në Google, të zbulojnë më parë anën tuaj profesionale.
#3 – Ka qëllim t’ju bëjë IN
Këtu s’e kemi fjalën për trende, por për një HYRJE në treg!
Për këtë ju duhen ca lidhje (connections). Si i merrni këto? Përmes LinkedIn!
With so many connections, people hear about you and many of them may see you as a potential professional for their open job position.
# 4 - You create a "personal brand"
Your CV is a robotic version of yourself. On the other hand, your LinkedIn profile aims to add a little more flavor to who you are.
The summary section of LinkedIn can be personal and opens up an opportunity for you to express some of your ideals and goals.
Allows you to write about who you really are, without being limited by the strict rules of a CV.
Source: Resume Go
