LinkedIn profile mistakes from a headhunter's perspective

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Mistakes that can tarnish your personal and professional image without you even realizing it.
Have you ever stopped to think about the image that potential partners, clients, investors or even the best talents and headhunters have of you (especially those who don't know you yet)?
Have you ever stopped to think about whether your image projected in the market is leveraging or blocking great opportunities for you, your business and your career?

In my experience as a Talent Hacker at Rock Content, I discovered a valuable lesson that urgently needs to be shared: good personal marketing can revolutionize australia school email database your career.
It is no news that the market today has access to you not only through your resume, business card or website.

And one of the most used tools to better understand your professional profile is LinkedIn. Therefore, I will show you a little of what I know about it (and why people have made so many mistakes in this media):

You may be missing out on great opportunities by using this tool incorrectly!
Having a good LinkedIn profile can position you well in the market and open important doors for your life.
In this post, discover some fatal mistakes you can make against yourself that harm your professional image!

1. Publishing your profile before it’s ready
People will either accept or reject your connection request or consider you for an opportunity based on what they see on your profile.
If they see almost nothing or something incomplete, they don't have enough information and won't waste their time... "Who knows when you're 'ready', right?"
Your profile is your best personal branding, as it will often be the first contact many people have with you.
And, in this contact, they already decide whether or not it is worth investing the greatest asset we have: time.

2. Having an inappropriate photo (or no photo at all)
People want to have a more human connection, associating written content with your image.
Take the opportunity to choose a photo that conveys professionalism, good resolution and focuses on you and not on landscapes…
Also, do yourself a favor! Photos of your child, dog, travel, etc. are for other social networks!
Neither are photos of when you were 20 years younger!