Writing a Powerful LinkedIn Summary


A LinkedIn membership, free or premium, is a must have for today's job seeker because head hunters are flocking to LinkedIn to recruit candidates for open positions. A significant part of the LinkedIn profile is the summary section. To get the most out of your summary don't reiterate information that is on your resume, but look for a different angle to flesh out the same background in two paragraphs. This part will take time if you aren't a wordsmith so don't be surprised or get discouraged if it takes you a couple of days to come up with compelling verbiage.
 
Once you have written the introductory paragraphs, choose three successes from the last ten to fifteen years of your career to showcase. Finally to round out the summary, include a closing paragraph. Let's take a look at a sample summary Linkedin you can use as a model.

What You Should Do If You Find Yourself Fired From Your Job

By Harvey MacDonald


Every week, millions of Americans go to work, do their jobs, and collect their paychecks. Unfortunately, there arrives a time when that cycle is interrupted. If you have recently found yourself fired or terminated from your current place of work, you could be in shock. Although shock is a normal feeling, it is important that you start taking action immediately.

Taking immediate action is critical if you depend on your revenue to pay important bills, such as the rent or mortgage, or if you use your paycheck to help support your family. Depending on the circumstances, you'll find that most states don't permit those cancelled from their jobs to gather unemployment payments. This sometimes only happens if you're laid off. What does this mean to you? It means that you may need to try and get a new job immediately.

Speaking of taking positive steps and finding an exciting new job right away, one of your first steps should involve creating a resume for yourself. This is significant, as you'll need a resume to apply for new jobs. Regardless of whether a job application requires it, you should always fasten a resume. Resumes add professionalism to any job application and they can help to set your application apart from all of the rest. If you are doubtful the way to write your own resume, you might need to think about using the assistance of a professional resume writer.

With resumes and job applications, it is vital that you proceed carefully. Unfortunately, many job seekers make the mistake of including a job in which they were fired from on their application and/or resume. At the very same time, however, many make the gaffe of leaving a job that they were recently terminated from off of their resume, when it should truly be on it. That sounds a touch confusing, doesn't it? If you're uncertain as to how you should ready your resume, you are not alone.

When trying to determine how you must prepare your resume, what you have to do is inspect both your reasons for being terminated, as well as how long you were employed. Many bosses don't like seeing gaps in eployment over one or two years. Therefore, if the job you were fired from lasted over 2 years, you'll still want to include the position on your resumes and job applications. Remembering that, you also want to use your best judgment with cases such as theft or having missed multiple work days.

After you've created a resume for yourself, you can begin finding and applying for jobs. This is the straightforward part, as you will find that you have a variety of options. You may want to start with your local newspaper. Most newspapers have a work section. What is nice about using your local newspaper to look at all open job positions is that almost all of the jobs will be local. There is generally no sorting by location needed. You can also use the web to help you find open positions.

Once you have a collection of roles that you would like to apply to, you will want to create an introductory letter for yourself. Cover letters usually shouldn't be developed before the event , as you will be wanting to individualise your cover letter with the name of the position you are applying for, as well as the company you are applying at. You can make a template for yourself, but ensure that each one of your cover letters is personalized in some way.

The above mentioned steps are merely a few of the actions that you should take, should you ever find yourself fired from your job. In dire circumstances, such as ones where you want earnings immediately, you may wish to visit your local temporary work agency, as they can help you to find short term temporary jobs.




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