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Featured (Content) FAQ

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Featured (Content) Section on Your Profile – FAQs

You can leverage the Featured section on your LinkedIn profile to showcase the best samples of your work, as evidence of your skills and experience. Check out some FAQs to learn more about the Featured section. Here’s a FAQ on this section from LinkedIn.

What is the Featured section?

The Featured section is a new area on your LinkedIn profile where you can showcase work samples that you’re most proud of. For example, you can feature posts that you’ve authored or re-shared, articles you’ve published on LinkedIn, and even external media like images, documents and links.

Why is there content being displayed in the Featured section on my profile?

Any media you may have previously had in your About section has been moved to the Featured section. This allows you to showcase your work to people who view your profile in a more prominent way.

How is this different than the Activity section on my profile?

By using the Featured section, you can pick and choose the content you’re most proud of and curate what other members will see.

In contrast, the Activity section highlights all your activity for the past 45 days, ordered by recency. This includes your articles, posts, comments and likes on other LinkedIn posts. Your Activity section is located just below the Featured section on your profile if you choose to enable it, or under your Dashboard.

What type of content can I include in my Featured section and how?

You can feature any posts you’ve authored or re-shared, articles you’ve published on LinkedIn, as well as external media, documents and links. We encourage you to showcase content that you’re proud of and that you feel is representative of your professional identity. Learn how you can feature samples of your work on your LinkedIn profile.

How much content can I include in my Featured section?

You can include as many samples of your work as you want in your Featured section, and you can manage what you’d like to feature by adding and removing content at any time.

What if I don’t have any content to include in my Featured section?

If you don’t have any content to feature, your Featured section will be hidden from people who view your profile.

Who will be able to see the content on my Featured section?

We abide by the visibility settings that you’ve set on your profile. For example, if you specify that the visibility of your posts is limited to your connections only, then only your connections will be able to see the content in your Featured section. Learn more about what people can see on your profile.

The content included in your Featured section will not be discoverable through search.

Will people be able to view items in my Featured section if they do not have a LinkedIn account?

No, in order to view content in the Featured section of someone’s LinkedIn profile, the viewer must have a LinkedIn account and must be logged in to LinkedIn.

How does the content get ordered in my Featured section, and can I reorder it?

By default, newly featured content will show up first in your Featured section. However, you can always manage how your content is displayed by reordering it.

When I share content with my network from my feed, will it automatically be added to the Featured section of my profile?

If you’d like to feature content as you’re posting it on your feed, you’ll have to click the  More icon from the top right of the post to add it to your Featured section.

There is currently no way to automatically pin content that you’ve uploaded to your Featured section.

Can I hide or move content from my Featured section?

You can edit, remove, or delete a post from your Featured section.

If I remove something from my Featured section, where does it go?

Depending on the type of content you’ve featured, you can decide whether to:

  1. Remove from Featured – to unpin the content from the Featured section, but not delete the content. You’ll still be able to find the unpinned content in your Activity section.
  2. Delete – to permanently delete the content from the Featured section (and your LinkedIn profile).
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Event Networking

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These training modules describe best practices you can use to network at professional associations, conferences, industry workshops and other events to achieve your job and career goals.

Module 1, How to Find Networking Events that Are Worth Going To

Module 2, Here’s How to Make the Most of Networking Events

Personal Job Search Networking

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These training modules reveal how you can easily identify the best people to contact in your personal network, and how to nurture and maintain relationships that can lead to advise, support, introductions and job offers.

Click here to download the Job Search Networking Action Plan

Module 1, There Are More People in Your Network Than You Are Thinking Of

Module 2, Be Effective – How to Prioritize Your Network List

Module 3, 5 Key Strategies for Success Job Search Networking

Module 4, Sample Job Search Networking Request Letters & Phone Call Scripts

Module 5, How to Create Your Elevator Pitch with Samples

Module 6, Use a Personal Marketing Plan to Get Better Results

Module 7, What to Say (and Avoid Saying) in Your Networking Conversations

Module 8, Sample Thank You Note for Networking Help

Module 9, Keep in Touch & the Law of Seven

Module 10, Make one+ networking contacts every day

Welcome to Job Search Networking

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[Note: The content in this module is reserved for clients who have completed a Resume coaching session or Job Search coaching session, or are members of the Career Change Club]

Mention the word ‘networking’ and you will get one of two reactions:

  • Ugh! I hate networking.  It doesn’t work.
  • Yeah, networking is great.  I love it!

So why do people feel so differently about networking? I believe it’s because:

  • Many people aren’t doing it correctly and, therefore, struggle and often fail when attempting to ‘network’
  • They have misconceptions about what networking really is about

Why network?  One way to identify job openings to read online job advertisements and respond to these openings.  But it’s estimated that only 20% of all job openings are posted online.  Many desirable positions are not advertised and their existence is never known to the general public.

If most job openings are not publicized, then how does anyone find out about them?  Usually, it’s through networking or mailing a Job Magnet Letter to potential hiring managers.

This Job Search Networking training module is here to dispel the myths and give you the tools, knowledge and strategies you need so you can network effectively and achieve positive results.

This content is separated into two categories:

Personal Job Search Networking – These training modules reveal how you can easily identify the best people to contact in your personal network, and how to nurture and maintain relationships that can lead to advice, support, introductions and job offers.

Event Networking – These training modules describe best practices you can use to network at professional associations, conferences and other business meetings to achieve your job and career goals.

To Your New Career Breakthrough,

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110: How to Use the Job Summary Profiles

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In this video, I explain the information on the Job Summary Profiles and how you can use that information to help you research job and career ideas, so you have the information you need to make the best decision about how to move your career forward.

You might have watched this video before our second career clarity session, but I’ve included it here again for your convenience.

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Welcome to LinkedIn Breakthrough!

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[Note: The content in this module is reserved for clients who have completed a Resume coaching session or Job Search coaching session, or are members of the Career Change Club]

The LinkedIn Breakthrough program gives you the strategies you need to create a powerful LinkedIn profile that can be found by HR professionals and recruiters, stand out from the crowd, and win job interviews.

In Module 1.1, you’ll learn how to get the most success from this program.

In Module 2, you can download an action planner to keep track of 

In Module 3, you’ll learn how to create a profile ‘Header’ the quickly grabs the attention of HR professionals and recruiters.

In Module 4, you’ll learn how to use LinkedIn’s ‘About’ section to put your best foot forward fast and ‘juice’ LinkedIn’s search algorithm.

In Module 5, you’ll complete the ‘Experience’ section to gain full advantage of LinkedIn.

In Module 6, you’ll discover how to use Recommendations and the Skills & Endorsements section to help you get found by recruiters and build your credibility.

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In Module 3, you’ll choose the best settings to help your LinkedIn profile get discovered while best protecting your privacy.

In Module 4, you’ll implement all of the little known strategies you must use to make sure your profile has the right keywords – in the right places – so your profile gets found by HR professionals, recruiters and people who could hire you.

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In Module 7, learn how to quickly, easily and comfortably grow your LinkedIn network and help your profile get found more often by HR professionals and recruiters.

In Module 8, discover how to use LinkedIn Groups to build your credibility, increase your visibility, and grow your network rapidly… without requiring any ongoing effort.

In Module 9, you’ll learn how to enhance your job search using LinkedIn.

In Module 10, learn how to use the ‘Featured’ section to show up some of your best work near the top of your LinkedIn profile.

In Module 10, you’ll use and get Recommendations on LinkedIn to build your credibility and cover any gaps you have for the types of jobs you want to land.

In Module 11, you’ll give and get Endorsements on LinkedIn to build your credibility and cover any gaps you have for the types of jobs you want to land.

In Module 12, you’ll learn how you can use LinkedIn to create ‘visibility’ and professional credibility during your search so you can get found and contacted by more HR professionals, recruiters and hiring managers.

In Module 13, you’ll set up LinkedIn’s ‘job search preferences’, makes it easier to connect with your dream job by privately signaling to recruiters that you’re open to new job opportunities.

To Your New Career Breakthrough,

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