3 LinkedIn Profile Settings You Probably Dont Know About But Probably Should! - CareerEnlightenment.com

2. Location Location LocationAnother essential factor in whether or not you come up in a recruiters search is your LinkedIn profile location. It would be a mistake to be too general (like “USA”), but it would also be a mistake to enter your current location if you want to move.If you are looking for a job in Nevada (god knows why!) and you live in North Carolina (okay, lots of sun too), you need to put your DESIRED location in your LinkedIn profile â€" even though you dont currently live there.Think about how a job board works. You are asked two things: where you want to look for the job and what you want to do. Right?This is exactly how recruiters use their specialized software. They get hired to fill positions, or they are corporate recruiters and are looking for local talent. So they use zip codes to filter names from their list.Be sure your LinkedIn location settings are where you want them to be.3. Skills to Pay the BillsDid you remember getting an email from LinkedIn a whil e ago asking you to fill in your Skills for your profile? Ill bet you did, but you probably deleted it with your spam. That was a mistake. Heres why: “Skills” in LinkedIn are set up like tags. You can have multiple skills to tag yourself with, but you can have only one or two industries and only one job title. Many software packages include a skills filter for their LinkedIn searches or a  LinkedIn profile consultant  can  help walk you through the process and more.Why? Because when a company or hiring manager talks to a recruiter, they arent always writing clear job descriptions. Often, recruiters have to write or re-write the job description or even guess at what type of person is needed to fulfill a role. So all they have to work with is a list of random skills and they need to go out there and find people with those skills.Remember in the movie Taken, with Liam Neeson? When they kidnap his daughter, he says, I have a very particular set of skills, skills Ive acquired over a very long career.  Well, its time to update your LinkedIn profile and tell the world what very particular skills you have acquired over your  career.