It's tempting to keep your LinkedIn profile at the bare minimum after being laid off because of shame or other reasons, but it will actually hurt your job-hunting prospects if you choose to do so. Prospective employers will sift through a job candidate's Internet footprint, and LinkedIn will be one of the first places they'll look at. Here are some tips that Sandra A. VanGilder, a New York-based Read more

There's a new feature out on LinkedIn, called the “Volunteer Experience & Causes” that will let you properly showcase your volunteer work on your profile. This is an important new addition to your online résumé because it might just boost your job prospects. According to LinkedIn data, 41 percent of employers consider volunteer work to be as important as paid work. "It shows that Read more

LinkedIn just rolled out a new feature that will let users apply for jobs using their profiles as résumés. The tool is called Apply with LinkedIn, and you'll start seeing the button on company websites and job boards. It seems to have an edge over the traditional method of applying for jobs. For starters, it shortens the time of crafting a new résumé, and you can easily reach out to Read more

Networking online may seem like a piece of cake — all you have to do is just befriend people on LinkedIn and send them messages asking for help, right? Well, LinkedIn isn't just a Facebook for professionals, and there are specific techniques you can use to up your game and your chances of finding your dream job. I shared with you some "dos" for networking on the web yesterday, but it's also Read more

Women seriously need to improve their online networking savvy. A survey by LinkedIn found that men are overall better at networking online than their female counterparts. The data was gauged by how many men versus women were using LinkedIn and how many connections men had compared to women on the professional networking website. As job hunting shifts to the online space, it's vital to know how to Read more

A big mistake people make when they are writing their resumes is to use hackneyed phrases and words. Writing repetitive phrases that a hiring manager has seen on countless resumes will not make you stand out. Instead, it'll lower your chances of catching their attention. Here are 10 words Krista Canfield, a spokesperson for LinkedIn, told the Wall Street Journal that people tend to overuse on Read more

If you're wondering what happened to your resume, wonder no more. CNN traced the steps a resume took to get from submission to the hands of a hiring manager at tech giant Siemens. The company's 80 recruiters receive more than 65,000 resumes every month. Here's the path your resume will probably take: Submission: First the resume goes through career sites like Monster, CareerBuilder or directly Read more

I've given you plenty of tips on how to jazz up your LinkedIn profile, but I would like to know how many of you actually used them, or even have a LinkedIn profile? Even if you aren't looking for a job, it's a good tool for keeping in touch with your professional contacts, or even to just earning some online karma points by posting a rave recommendation of your colleague (if they deserve it!). Read more