How to make a Strong LinkedIn profile | Powerful Tips to Attract Recruiters

hello everyone this is action in this video I will be covering you some tips and tricks to make your LinkedIn profile strong so that if you are on LinkedIn to search for a job then you are able to do it very easily and you if you want to expand your network that you can do it very easily or you want to make some good connections or you want to reach people that would help you a lot so after seeing a lot of people frustrated and reading a lot of post about that I never got a job from LinkedIn or LinkedIn has never helped me in anything then after seeing all these posts so I thought of coming up with a video where I can cover one of the major specific reason why you are not getting jobs or why you are not reachable on LinkedIn that is because of not having a stronger LinkedIn profile so in this video I'll cover a few points so I would suggest you to just be patient and listen to each and every point carefully and try to implement that right now after this video and then see a difference I'll tell you I bet you that you will see a difference in in few weeks only you will start noticing some changes and how things work so these are all my tips and I don't go and find content outside I have done a research on this topic and then come up with those points and I am there to help you with this video so let's see these points one by one so the first point is to have a good profile picture so see it's you know I see a lot of people that they don't have a profile picture that is on this end and then there are people who have some crazy profile pictures some group selfies or or some photo with your mom or dad then like okay you can keep anything as your profile picture that is fine but having a decent good your individual profile picture makes a lot of sense to me and then if there is no profile picture then again I don't know I don't feel so it's it's somehow maintaining a connect so it's just like your tinder right like I seriously feel it like tinder if you have a good profile picture and a good tagline the headline which I am going to talk about next if these two things are very good then you tend to get more profile use and more profile use more engagement more visibility and more expansion rate everything that's why you are on linden right the profile picture was the first thing now comes the second thing which is the head headline or the tagline the one line which is the most important thing I would say because even before somebody visiting onto your profile they read your tagline and if it sounds good then definitely somebody wants to go to your profile so there are two aspects in it so this is just from my own research I have come up with two things so first it first is that the tag line should be the headline should be appealing to be recruiters or your connections or whatever purpose you are on LinkedIn for the second thing is if you are seriously searching for jobs then definitely it should be good for the parsers or the search engine algorithms as well yes I am correct so see having the background in SEO and search engine optimization and all in my past has really helped me getting these tips seriously so before I used to write blogs and random on Google so and that's what the knowledge I am applying over here and it really makes sense and I have experimented and myself and it's it's totally working so if you put keywords in your in your headline that works the best so what I mean by keyword is if you randomly put react comma angular comma view comma JavaScript comma HTML comma CSS comma what all technologies nothing else not your company not our designation nothing just put these keywords and stuff your failure keyword if fill these keywords inside your profile description as well you will see that tinge people will start like you will be visible more in these searches what recruiters are making so what happens behind the scenes as recruiters try to search for some keywords like web developers are software engineers or Python or Ruby or Java and those keywords in them match in your profile headline tagline or description their profiles thumbs up right so if you are looking for a job it should be appealing for the recruiters or the humans which are reading as well as the bots or the parsers so keyword is the most important thing if you are looking for a job if you are not looking for a job then you can have as fancy headline as you can some crazy headlines which are which can attract people so like I have experimented a lot like I used I am currently I am writing not from IIT I am and NIT is so that has helped me gain more visibility just like see people are often you know people are often tend to see the same thing again and again like you must have seen so often engineer at XYZ software engineering at ABC DSB at this web engineer at this so these are all very generate headlines right but if in your field if you suddenly see something like as some some very different not in the whole league very different so so before I used to write web engineer and uber now I experimented by writing engineer and uber just engineer at uber then I also experimented by writing uber engineer so now I write my headline as uber engineer let us work like I don't know I have seen a rise in my profile views now and then people do come up with the messages and ask me why do you write uber engineer and that's one more point like have you ever seen people writing looking for internships or looking out for a job or available right now on their hit lines so see I have seen a lot of people doing that yes it might be catchy while somebody is reaching or if you right actively seeking for summer internships 2019 or whatever you can so does this really helps so you know whenever I make a video I do a lot of research and then put on the content inside my video so I did a lot of research and I did surveys I did ask a lot of people about whosoever was writing actively seeking job or looking for summer internships did they actually get job what do you think no right no the answer was no I knew it but I just wanted to confirm it nobody gets job like this by writing these things you know you are trying to like it shows your desperation yes everybody is the spirit but showcase your skills you don't want to beg for job right mother it's not actually begging but yes there are three good things you can do way good things right some good nice headlines with keyword rich I don't I don't have any specific template for it if you have a good random company or Institute then definitely write it it helps a lot seriously when I wrote not from IIT I am NIT right my profile use anyways increased why people recruiters you know they actually write IIT and then they actually write NIT while they're looking out for candidates so if you are from good Institute write that if you are from good companies obviously write that and then try to make it good that's it another important tip is to keep your LinkedIn profile always updated whether you are looking out for a job or you aren't looking out for a job always keep your LinkedIn profile updated you know even if you are not checking your LinkedIn someone might be interested in your profile you know what happens generally we have a lot of connections right connections and connections of connections and somehow people get to profiles and then if it is if it is updated right then it looks good trade like people are aware about okay so Akshay is working in uber right now okay what is he doing so keep on updating your LinkedIn profile don't feel it as a burden actually it is really good like people actively know that okay you are working on this right now you are doing this you are working here and it actually is good right and then you never know which up which opportunity you come across I have seen a lot of times you know like almost every next day some recruiters approached me with okay you have a job I have a job opening are you open for it are you open for it that has actually it's it's just like you are making your profile of magnet where recruiters are approaching you rather than you looking out for job so even if I am not looking out for Java update my LinkedIn profile what's the harm in it and it actually gets you more opportunities I have approached by I have been approached by investors and I have been approached by founders and co-founders to to join their startups and to in fact start our company with them and a lot of other opportunities I have got just because of keeping my limited profile updated and it really helps do that why not to do that actually let's move on to the next thing is the description yes we once you see the profile picture the headline tagline and once the person has landed on to your page what next the first thing comes is the description so in the description you know you have to just sell yourself so if you are looking out for a job you have to sell yourself if you are not if you are if you are on LinkedIn for some other purpose then you can definitely write whatever you want to I I just showcased my channel I try to convey to people from my profile that yes I am helping people by making YouTube Dewar's so that's what I do but if you are looking for a job this is the great place fill in with keywords yes again the keywords that is really very important fill in with it and articulate the content yes don't write long long paragraphs it should be good to read as well as content and keyword rich so try to be crisp and then one more tip I want to give you is that don't write I am a Python developer I'm a JavaScript developer I know HTML CSS JavaScript jQuery angular view they are native there's that whatnot like there's no point in writing like that rather try a different approach tell them how cool how you can help them okay or like articulate it well if you write like I can help you with blockchain I can help you with machine learning so I and if you showcase or you can showcase your skills like I recently did a project on machine learning data science and built a bit of weather prediction model or some house rent prediction model so so something some some good crazy like good attractive lines can really help your profile get more visibility and also engagement so what's the proper once the person is landed onto her profile make sure that he gets inspired by you or gets attracted by you or he wants to know more about you that is what the main aims should be so that was it for the description yes you can add links to your description if you have some web portfolio or any other links to showcase so that's how it is so let's move on to the other point now so the next comes we yes the career section right where you have all the companies listed or your pass work experience listed over there so over there you have company names so definitely keep it updated and write few one or two points not in paragraphs points prefer points just like you write a resume I write just I add two points in each of the companies what or something unit what problems you solved how you impacted the business so that anybody reads it gets a clear idea about oh he was doing some awesome stuff in this company okay he held this company in this way so he should get you you actually have to sell yourself seriously it is just like selling yourself mention all the points that's what has helped me and will help you also and yes when you do that sometimes you know what happens whenever suppose a recruiter is coming onto your profile and then they see okay he has done a lot more good stuff and that in your career section what they do is they tymberlee I have seen you know people I have seen recruiters they haven't even asked me my resume and and they contact me for job openings why they download my LinkedIn profile as a resume a or a PDF and then they use it as a resume and because everything what I have mentioned in my resume is already there on my LinkedIn even in fact more things like recommendations and a lot more other things are they're already present in my LinkedIn profile so it's sort of a resume where I would say and then you should prepare it focus it and make it best so that anybody comes to your profile gives you a thumbs-up right so that was all about the job description part below that are some education things you can write like what all you did it where you did graduation from or what school you are studying in that's totally fine don't write earmarks if they were not good if they were good do mention your marks what's there if you have actively participated in some events something achievements your achievements you did some awesome coding things or you hosted something organize something to put it like it looks good right so sometimes happens if somebody coming to your profile he sees that okay he is interested in a lot of other extracurricular activity is that and that's correct people right so you can you can update that and then comes the recommendation section yes recommendations I've seen two types of people who don't have recommendations and few people that they have whole hundreds and thousands of recommendations that - from an even like I don't know sometimes they would have made a fake profile and recommended themselves so don't do that strike a good right balance even if you have just one or two or three recommendations it's fine nobody is going to read more than after three right so but those recommendations from should be from really good people like whom you have worked in past wealth and those who really appreciate your efforts and some good senior people like whose recommendations actually matter if if you are getting recommended from a VP of a company or your past manager or your bosses then it's extremely very good so that's what shows the authenticity of you being as a person you are a very nice person that even when you left their company or even a when you left the job still people are there recommending you recommendations means a lot if somebody is complicit in your profile so that is another tip from my side so let me just cover few more one or two more things and then I'll just wrap it up and then so so one more thing I wanted to tell you is that yes update your contact information so what happens is I have seen a lot of people making mistakes they don't update their contact information at least at least mention your email is possible if you are not big celebrity then do add an email that that is good like if somebody might want to approach you then they can generally just see your email and can email you for numbers like not required for sure if you want to put you can put it but yes put in putting an email is a good idea I guess and then it has because see I have felt myself back I used to update my I used to never keep my email ids I thought who will be interested in my email ID but yes when I started putting it then I have seriously got some emails and I don't know some recruiters have approached me and then they said ok I got your email ID from LinkedIn and then I want to approach you for this opportunity that says help me so so why to miss any chance of getting contacted by someone else so do update your contact information or any other thing like some links to links to your portfolio website or wherever you want to direct them to so that's a good way actually at the last point which I want to cover is that stay active on LinkedIn don't be like a dead person or like them you know linden linden generate some score about your profile like how active you are and you know that's how LinkedIn spread their post so suppose if you are commenting and you are liking post and you are active on LinkedIn so if you are active on LinkedIn LinkedIn tries to promote your profile if you had a fake account suppose if you are a fake around recently created and you are not doing anything or spamming people then it won't promote you but if you are genuinely liking adding value people know you are building the ecosystem then people know your efforts and then if you are helping then obviously people are also there to help you and then it's sort of like a community so build a small community and keep on contributing and adding value to them that is actually a very good thing and appreciate people around and help each and everyone over there so that's all in this video these were the points which are coming up in my mind right now and I thought I should share it with you all if you got to learn something from this video then do give it a thumbs up and also subscribe to my channel and press the bell icon to get all the notifications of upcoming awesome videos I will keep on coming up with such important tips and trips and other JavaScript interview questions and other demented topics and all this interview space so that I can help you in whatever way I can so go and check out other windows in my youtube channel you might find it very useful and I have recently made a video on resume a how to prepare the berries how to prepare a very strong resume and that might help you and so that's all in this video thanks for watching

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Length: 19min 42sec (1182 seconds)

Published: Sat Apr 13 2019