To: Team Connect 4
From: Christine Hsiao, team member of Team Connect 4
Date: February 22, 2022
Subject: Best Linkedln Practices
LinkedIn has become a massive platform for job hunting, connection, skills learning, and strengthening relationships. This platform is favoured by many companies and professionals. By understanding the benefits of using Linkedln to expand your social connections and learning, The lists of ten best practices below would help you maximize your output from using this platform.
Ten Best Practices:
- Include a professional profile photo (Deehan)
- Add job descriptions
- Join and use LinkedIn groups (Shore)
- List relevant skills about you (Deehan)
- Turn your summary into a story that shows your background, strengths, passions, etc. (Deehan)
- Show yourself by building a Linkedln profile (Schaffer)
- Get social proof through Linkedln recommendations (Schaffer)
- Connect with professionals who viewed your profile (Schaffer)
- Take skills assessments (Deehan)
- Add relevant media to your profile “featured” section. (“13 LinkedIn Profile Best Practices”)
Making an excellent profile on LinkedIn takes time and practice. Try to walk through the listed ten best practices I found from reliable sources. Hope this will help you for building your LinkedIn profile.
All the best,
Christine Hsiao
Work Cited:
Schaffer, Neal. “21 Linkedln Best Practices for Business Professionals to Follow for Success.” NEALSCHAFFER, 5 Sept 2021, https://nealschaffer.com/linkedin-best-practices/.
Shore, Jennifer, “17 LinkedIn Marketing Best Practices.” SmartBug., 16 Jan 2020, https://www.smartbugmedia.com/blog/17-linkedin-marketing-best-practices.
Lua, Alfred. “The Quick Guide to LinkedIn Marketing Strategy: 9 Best Practices.” Buffer, 2022, https://buffer.com/library/linkedin-marketing/.
“13 LinkedIn Profile Best Practices.” Ledgeview Partners, https://ledgeviewpartners.com/blog/linkedin-profile-best-practices/. Accessed 21 February 2022.
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