LinkedIn hacks to Stand Apart from the Crowd

LinkedIn as a professional social media has helped a lot of people to land their dream jobs and has also helped students to land their first job. Earlier, there was not much competition on this platform and, a simple profile was enough for you to boost your professional career, but in the past few years, the number of internet users has boomed and, so did the competition on LinkedIn, as more and more professionals discovered this platform. With an increase in the number of job seekers, job providers started looking for a profile that stood apart from the crowd, and many people, despite having the skills, were not able to land their dream jobs because of their weak profile. Therefore, we are here to give 5 LinkedIn hacks that will boost your profile and will help you to create an attractive profile.

Always add a note when you send a connection request.

Remember you are sending a connection request to a stranger, and that person does not know you personally. It could be difficult for the other person to understand for what purpose you are sending a connection request to that person. Adding a note can greatly influence the chances of your connection request getting accepted. Make sure that your note should be professional. Your purpose should be clearly defined! You should clarify whether you are a job seeker who wants to connect them to apply in their company, or you are a job provider who thinks that they could be the perfect fit for the role you are currently hiring for. A note with the purpose defined on it helps the receiver of the request to decide whether or not you are an appropriate person to be their connection.

Add Open to/Hiring/ or Providing service to your profile

If you are in hunt of Job, freelancing projects, or a suitable employee for a specific role, just go to your profiles open to section and add whatever you are looking for. It will help the recruiters to easily track you down, and an open to or hiring tag will be visible on your profile picture.

Create an Impactful Bio

Write your bio with utter clarity and add a call to action in your profile. For instance, if you are looking for a marketing internship, mention it in your bio, as it will provide the recruiters with clear information on whether you are fit for the role they are currently recruiting for or not. Just writing M.B.A. student or B. tech student won’t be enough as it does not define your purpose. Also, try to create a short and crisp Bio that gives a lot of information about you within limited sentences. Recruiters generally lose interest in a long bio that contains irrelevant and unnecessary information.

Add your Latest Resume

It is the most crucial part of your LinkedIn profile and also the part which is taken mostly for granted. People, especially freshers, mostly don’t add a resume to their profile and are constantly rejected by the recruiters. Based on resumes, the recruiters shortlist the candidates. Uploading a resume is very simple, just go to the job section and click on application settings, and here you can upload your resume. You are not required to upload the resume every time you apply, you just need to do this once, and after that, whenever you apply for a job, your resume will automatically get attached to your application. Just make sure to update your resume as your expertise grows and you master new skills.

Follow and Comment

Whenever you send a connection request to a professional, not every time your request gets accepted, it happens because the professional might be receiving connection requests in bulk, and you're also just a part of that crowd. To convert that request into a connection, follow the professional and start making genuine comments on posts and make sure to add a note at the end of the comments describing that you have sent a connection request to them. Your chances of getting accepted increase, and you also get noticed by that professional.

Conclusion
LinkedIn is not just a platform where you can connect with people in different industries. You can use it to build your rapport with people so that you can be in their minds whenever an opportunity presents itself. Use it to make big in life and grow with the connections.