Stand Out from the Crowd on LinkedIn with Pamela Shand

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For this webinar we focused on helping attendees stand out from the crowd and get their LinkedIn profile noticed. Our event aimed to support professional answer these key questions: Are you applying to jobs on LinkedIn and not hearing back? Looking for best practices on how to engage with recruiters on LinkedIn? Wondering how to optimize your use of LinkedIn and prepare your LinkedIn Profile for job applications?

Key Takeaways

1. LinkedIn Isn’t Just for Job Seekers.
2. Complete all sections of your profile, remember that it’s searchable. 
3. Keywords are great but tell your story! 
4. Curate your connections, be thoughtful and direct when requesting introductions. 
5. Engage with posts and share your own.
6. There is more than one way to show up professionally.

Pamela Shand is a talent acquisition leader, career coach, resume writer, and author. Her advice on career growth, LinkedIn usage, salary negotiation, and the hiring process can be found in Forbes, Essence, INC., Bustle, and Entrepreneur. She has more than 15 years of experience in corporate talent acquisition working with industry leaders across finance, insurance, hospitality, tech, and CPG to build strong teams, embrace technology, shape employer brands, while prioritizing candidate experience, diversity, equity, and inclusion. Through The Offer Stage brand, Pamela provides the tools, strategies, and holistic approach career professionals need to gain clarity and navigate their paths successfully. She sits on the Board of The Black Business Alliance, and is a Founding Board Member of Unveiled: Bridging the Gap to Sponsorship, opening doors of advancement for women of color in tech.

Check out this interview with Pamela on the Meytier Blog.

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Read our interview with Pamela here.