10 easy steps to creating your LinkedIn profile (from a Recruiters POV) 1. Take it in bite sized steps follow the steps 1-10 over the next month to get to 100% completion on LinkedIn 2. Get a professional looking picture where you are in a suit, at a wedding or in some type of collar. Does not need to be professionally created picture just professional attire (not sexy). 3. Put your experience from your resume on your job areas- it should read a bit like a marketing for sales opportunities with potential clients and a bit like a resume highlighting your job duties. 4. ADD GROUPS! Find people that do what you do and join the groups they are in. I have like 15+ groups- which is stupid but I need it for recruiting the people inside that group. Adding 3-5 is great. All recruiters join groups and search talent from the groups so that is the key to getting noticed. 5. Make a goal of adding 10+ people a week- sounds hard at first but it starts to snow ball. Look up class mates, clients, vendors, coworkers and all the people in the groups that you will be joining. You can say that you know someone from that group (even though you don't) and they will accept you. You can even join the group "Top Linked" which is an open networking group and people will come out of the wood works to add you. 6. Strategically add recruiters that have posted positions that seem in line with your career aspirations. Jobs are located inside the groups. 7. Post or respond to thought provoking questions in the groups maybe once every 3 months- don’t reach nerd level by doing it too much but you need to start establishing your "expert" level advice, this will help you get noticed. 8. Ask for 5+ endorsements/ recommendations. This is VITAL to your credibility. 9. Find a way to put your email and/or cell # on the LinkedIn profile to make it easy to reach you. 10. Don't get stagnant, keep growing and commenting so you pop up on the radar