​Mary Lee
​Global Customer Success Manager
Recruiters:
How to win
at social
engagement

• Building a great profile
• Content – How to differentiate yourself?
• 3 things you can do today
Agenda

Building a great profile

ADD A PHOTO
Members with a photo get up to:
9x more connection requests
21x more Profile views
36x more messages

ADD YOUR INDUSTRY
Members with industry
information receive up to 9x
more Profile views
More than 300K people search by
industry on LinkedIn every week

DRAFT A COMPELLING SUMMARY
Focus on career
accomplishments & aspirations
40+ words

DETAIL YOUR WORK EXPERIENCE
Members with up-to-date
positions receive up to:
5x more connection requests
8x more Profile views
10x more messages

ADD EXAMPLES OF YOUR WORK
Upload photos, presentations,
and videos
Give a dynamic, visually
appealing representation of your
professional story

ADD SKILLS & GET ENDORSED
Add at least 5 skills (soft skills &
technical skills)
Members with 5 or more skills are
found up to 27x more via search

• Location
• Education
• Volunteer experience & causes
• Accomplishments: languages,
organizations, certifications,
publications, etc.
What else?

Content – How to differentiate yourself?

Companies
FOLLOW

Influencers
FOLLOW

Sharing updates vs. publishing posts
​HELPING YOU GROW AND ENGAGE YOUR NETWORK
Share links, articles,
images, quotes or anything
else your followers might
be interested in
Updates
Deeply explore topics
that matter to you, then
watch the comments to
see your impact
Publishing

Status updates
SHARE

Links and images
INCLUDE

Publishing on LinkedIn
Becomes part
of your profile
Gets shared
with your network
Reaches the largest
group of professionals
assembled online

What a published
article looks like
PUBLISHING

Enhance your
publication with images
PUBLISHING

• Create a catchy headline
• Add images that stand out
• Be authentic
• Remember your audience
Publishing Tips

Start on your
homepage!
PUBLISHING

The publishing
page
PUBLISHING

Where it will appear
PUBLISHING

Track it
PUBLISHING

3 things you can do today
Complete and
enhance your
personal profile
Profile
Follow companies,
industries and people
you are interested in &
check out where you
have alumni
Follow
Be an active
collaborator – share,
update your status,
discuss, post…
GIVE to your network
Collaborate

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