#AMESCareerTips Series Introducing AMES Australia’s Career Tips series, assisting you with Job Seeking and Career Management in 2020.

Video Transcript:

My name is Arthur Chan and I curate social media content for AMES Australia. 

It’s not critical for every profession, but for most job seekers a strong LinkedIn profile will help to consolidate the image you are presenting to employers.  Many employers will quickly do a Google search for any applicants they are considering for interview; if this Google search turns up a good LinkedIn profile that is consistent with your resume, you have a good chance of receiving an invite for that interview.  The simplest LinkedIn profile will be a basic re-creation of your resume, along with a clear, professional profile picture.  It is also critical to select a headline that succinctly defines you professionally, like the following:

• Structural Design Engineer
• Qualified Gas Plumber
• Experienced, organised Personal Assistant
• it and healthy Picker-Packer

It is important to align your Headline with the jobs you are applying for.  If you are applying for different kinds of jobs, consider broadening your Headline whilst still aligning yourself to the roles you’re applying for:

• Exceptional communicator enhancing customer experience in corporate reception, hospitality and call centre environments.

Your About section is very important too.  If a Recruiter has been attracted by your Headline and clicks further, they will see the first four lines of your About section.  Make them count so that the Recruiter goes further!

Your Skills section is also critical.  This plays a large part in keyword searches, so if your skills are aligned with what Recruiters are searching for, you’ll show up in their searches.  You can tell if you’re using the right keywords in your Skills section by paying attention to the job vacancies LinkedIn is alerting you to; if they’re well aligned with your goal jobs, then your listed skills are probably accurate.  If these jobs are not well aligned, it probably indicates that you need to review your listed skills and try to use more keywords from the job vacancies you’d like to pursue.

Create or update your LinkedIn profile today, and ask a trusted friend or professional mentor to review it for you.

If you have any questions or wish to get in touch with AMES Australia to see how we can help you in your career journey, call 13 2637 during business hours.

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