✅ Complete your LinkedIn profile using our guide for optimization
✅ Overcome your LinkedIn fears with these strategies
✅ Make at least 20 quality connections (you’re welcome to start with Abby and Corbin — be sure to include a message with your request to connect!)
✅ Follow at least 5 companies you’re interested in (including Boly:Welch 😉)
✍️ Remember that this is YOUR job search; you control the process
✍️ The majority of the US workforce has a LinkedIn profile — and 95% of recruiters use LinkedIn
✍️ You’re more likely to be seen if your profile includes skills and keywords relevant to your industry — and has photos 🤳
✍️ You gotta connect, but don’t make it transactional, awkward, or with the wrong people
✍️ The full presentation deck is right here
Questions? You can reach our resident career experts at [email protected].
Abby is Boly:Welch’s HR Manager, where she’s been solving hiring and retention pain points (internally and externally) since 2015. She’s a former attorney, HR Consultant, and recruiter — and the creator of two job search themed zines and 60+ blogs about hiring.
Corbin is a Career Advisor at Boly:Welch, where he’s worked since 2013. With a focus on transparency and efficiency, Corbin has supported thousands of job seekers in their searches, through all facets of the job search.
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