#EntryLevelTweet 39: Include relevant extracurricular clubs, travel experience, and volunteer work.

Christine M Ruff

When you are completing your LinkedIn online profile, you should not just put your paid work experience. You should also include every extracurricular club, travel adventure, volunteer assignment, etc. You never know what a potential employer may find interesting, intriguing, or useful. If your list gets too long, then you can always keep the less important [...]

Building Your Profile the Right Way – Advanced Job Seeker Tips

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To be successful on LinkedIn, it is essential that you begin building your profile and network the right way. It is like building blocks: if you don’t start in the right spot, you are going to lose the game before you even get started. There are a couple of reasons to consider building a big [...]

Social Media Strategy Analysis and Recomendation – RockTheWorldRadio Recap with @SocMedSean

RocktheWorld with LinkedIn

Listen to the May 14, 2012 show! This week we started and ended the show with some awesome tips from your very own LinkedIn Rockstars. It is the season for some spring cleaning! Lori and I went over all our profiles, I even took screen shots and printed them out to lay them side by [...]

#EntryLevelTweet 38: It’s okay to give honest feedback if you do it respectfully, understanding that we are all human.

Christine M Ruff

If your boss or a coworker asks for feedback, then it may seem like a good idea to say that everything is just fine. However, that is not productive. Serious, constructive criticism can be beneficial. When providing feedback, it is important that you be honest, constructive, respectful, and understanding. You should say exactly what you [...]

#EntryLevelTweet 37: Employers can train skills, not passion.

Christine M Ruff

Try to find opportunities that align with your interests. It is not always easy to find exactly the job that you want. If you are interested in working in a particular position for a particular company, then it may be prudent to look for other positions within the same company to “get your foot in the door.” If [...]

@UsefulSocialMedia and Corporate Social Media Best Practices – RockTheWorldRadio Recap

RocktheWorld with LinkedIn

Listen to the May 7, 2012 show! Companies can feature certain services, and even customize pages so that different products are featured based on the field of the person visiting! There has been so much going on with company pages lately! As you probably know, LinkedIn rolls things out slowly by letting a group of [...]

#EntryLevelTweet 36: When asked what you know about a potential employer, be complimentary about their core mission.

Christine M Ruff

A question that most interviewers ask is: “What do you know about our company? Do you know what our core mission is?” Your answer to this question tells your potential employer a couple of things. The first is whether or not you did your homework. Employers want to know that you did your research and that you really know [...]

#EntryLevelTweet 35: Don’t let employers think that you are savvy if you are not.

Christine M Ruff

Instead, highlight skills in which you are proficient. It is easy for most job seekers to come up with a list of skills and abilities. We post them on our resume, LinkedIn profile, social media websites, and blogs. We can even recite them at a social networking event or interview. That leaves one question: what skills [...]