Nine Mistakes You’re Making On LinkedIn

Posted by:  Darlene Duncan CWDP, JSS, CCC, JCTC, JCDC
                  Training Coordinator

You’ve read the articles about completing your profile and joining groups. This article is a bit different. It’s about making the most of your networking activities with LinkedIn and explains nine mistakes you might be making in your use of LinkedIn. One of the biggest mistakes you can make with any network is to wait until you need it to build it.

 
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12 TOTALLY RIDICULOUS RÉSUMÉ MISTAKES

Posted by:   Darlene Duncan CWDP, JSS, CCC, JCTC, JCDC
                   Training Coordinator
 

Just the other day a client sent me an article about 12 totally ridiculous résumé mistakes. The article quotes information from a survey done by CareerBuilder.

Following is an excerpt from the article, “The survey asked almost 2,300 hiring managers nationwide what would make them automatically dismiss a candidate. Among the top responses were typos (61 percent), an inappropriate email address (35 percent), not listing skills (30 percent), and sending in a résumé more than two pages long (22 percent).”

 
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