LinkedIn Profile Checklist

😍Think about your LinkedIn Profile as Project that you are MANAGING and of course, a reflection of your PERSONAL BRANDING! Please take the effort to do a GREAT JOB!🙌😊

👀WOW - Did you know that people with a LinkedIn photo receive 21 times more profile views and 9 times more connection requests.

✅ Remember, you are showing people why YOU would be AMAZING in this position, so don't get lazy about your photo.

(Hmm... because if you don't put much effort into your own profile, which is all about you, the person looking to hire you will wonder how much effort you will put into THEIR work.)

LinkedIn Photo Dos and Don'ts:

✅Just you. Unlike other social media, your LinkedIn profile photo should not have anyone else in the photo.

❌Please, no partners, children, families. This is all about you.🤩

✅The photo should have been about you to begin with. Not a photo you found in your iPhone and cropped everyone else out of.

❌Please don't crop yourself out of a larger photo, where we can see parts of the other person (extra arms 😜) Take the effort to take another photo.

✅Be mindful of the background. Use a clean wall, a muted outdoor background, or you sitting at a desk. ❌OMG- I can't tell you how many LinkedIn profile photos I have seen in bathrooms (really) , restaurants, cluttered rooms, at a party, you get the idea.

✔️Please, stage the shot. Make it look good. Clean the area.

✅Have someone take the photo for you. It doesn't need to be professional. Smartphones take fantastic photos. Just make it intentional. Not an afterthought.

❌Selfies in the car are NOT great LinkedIn profile photos.

✅Dress professionally. We always make a better impression when dressed professionally. I highly recommend wearing a blazer.🙌

Remember, the people who are making the decision about hiring you are looking at your LinkedIn profile. It's worth the extra effort to stand out, for the right reasons.

Employers use everything to make the decision of who to hire. 75% of employers make a decision based on something they saw online. If you are a #jobseeker, #transitioningteacher #careerchanger your goal is to make the person viewing your profile, be able to SEE you in the position you are applying for.

SMILE. Now go take a great photo!