Your LinkedIn Headline!

Just out of curiosity, I just ran a search on LinkedIn for people with the title “Seeking New Opportunities.”  Let me explain why this is a bad idea.  When Recruiter’s, HR personnel or Line Managers are conducting a search for a new position, they put in the title of the role they are looking to fill.  Your headline is on the top of your “key word/rich” profile.  No one searches for: Seeking a New Opportunity. A powerful title goes something like this, “Award-winning Mechanical Design Engineer | M.B.A. Pepperdine University.”  “Top Sales | Business Development Executive with history of 150% increase  in compound annual revenue growth.”  Make sure your profile markets YOU.  You are a product, and in order to sell that “product,” you have to clearly define what that is before putting it on the “shelf” – so to speak.  Happy Hunting!