If you do not have a profile on Linkedin, I strongly suggest that you create one now. Why? Did you know that when someone does a search on your name on Yahoo, your Linkedin profile appears in the search results? Check out what happens when I do a (vanity) search on my name.
(By the way, you also want to create a Google profile as well.) The advantages to this (I would hope) are obvious:
- It makes it easier for Recruiters, Hiring Manager, et cetera to find your professional information when they are doing a background search. (No matter what anyone says, everybody does a poor man’s background check during the hiring process.)
- Once you are found on LinkedIn, its that much easier to see comments from your peers and superiors about your work history.
Hope you find this tip useful!
Jim
Beautiful feature, a pity we don’t use Yahoo in The Netherlands.
Martjin, this approach also works works with Google. In fact, Google will typically put a LinkedIn profile on the top of the list when searching a name.
Jeff