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Sunday, April 28, 2013

How To Write A LinkedIn Summary

Linda Matias of  careerstrides.com shares her tips on how to provide a snapshot of your career and allow readers to determine whether or not they want to download your full resume. For this reason, it is essential that you include the best you have to offer.

The more impressive your LinkedIn summary,the greater the chance you will generate interest from recruiters and decision makers.

A Video On 5 Tips to Writing a Compelling LinkedIn Summary





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Important Tips on How To Write a LinkedIn Summary

(1) 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.

(2) 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 you can use as a model.

Sample on writing a LinkedIn Summary

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Linkedin summary tips
Offer a valuable blend of new business development, negotiation, and client cultivation strategies to drive sales of complex IT solutions and shape the strategic direction of a global sales department.

Leverage hands-on expertise in managing a long sales cycle to capture multi-year, lucrative accounts within various industries, including healthcare, education, retail, and hospitality.

Effectively position organizations against entrenched competition, design competitive pricing policies, and nurture relationships with clients and business partners. Overview of achievements includes the following:

-- High-performance background in building teams to outperform performance goals by 30% (on average) in flat markets.

-- Drive double-digit market growth through a multi-layered business development strategy focused on maximizing existing client accounts and expanding into untapped areas.

-- Close 85% of contract agreements by placing value on client relationships, holding productive conversations with C-level executives and senior management, and cultivating credibility and stakeholder confidence.

Balance growth-oriented and entrepreneurial mindset to present potential merger and acquisitions opportunities, recommend strategic alliances with industry players, and propose partnerships with joint ventures.

In summary, offer targeted information to the different types of people that will see your profile. For your peers,describe them what you're up to and the industry you work in.

Show potential employers your skills and what you have to offer. "You get the best results when you tell people what to expect if they connect with you," says Wells. According to Blair Warren, the most important part of persuasion is to tell what you have to offer for companies . Hence the best suggestion is that your summary should be persuasive enough.


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