Successful LinkedIn profile tips please
Like many of us, I work in tech. But unlike many, my city doesn't have the senior and/or leadership opportunities regularly found in SF, Seattle, Austin, or NY. I see many commenting that recruiters are constantly pursuing you. If you're a product manager who routinely receives interest from recruiters for opportunities outside your present city, could you please post some anonymized bits from your LinkedIn profile that you feel are attention worthy? I'm curious if it's a summary, lists of quantifiable accomplishments, or something else recruiters are hunting. This is tricky because I don't want to cross the anonymity boundary and LinkedIn is as personal as it gets. I'm just hoping for best practices you see working for you that isn't Liz Ryan nonsense or businessinsider 'tips.' If you're a recruiter, it would be great to know what markers you're hunting in a successful candidate. It would also be great to know if LinkedIn really should be an online replica of a resume or if it should offer different and supplemental information.
I changed my LinkedIn to say I was located in the city I wanted to move to. It seems that recruiters usually look locally. This brought a noticeable change to the number of recruiter emails I received
did any recruiters ask where you were located within the city? & how did you handle location answers in subsequent interviews?
I was rarely asked about my location until closer to the the end of the process. When I was, I was honest, and explained that I was looking to move. I would never misrepresent my location on any application, resume, or in any conversation. No one cared, even the smaller companies, and the conversation was successfully started with dozens of locations.
Also, LinkedIn has a feature where you can show recruiters that you are interested in new opportunities. Put the title and location of your interest and it'll make it easier for recruiters to find you.
I've worked at two semi successful startups (not unicorns but solid 9 figure valuations) As soon as the second one showed on my LinkedIn profile the recruiter spam came in droves. Recruiters know that there is a strong bias towards people that have been at previously successful companies, even if we're not the best.
recruiter here. LinkedIn should be near same as resume. more vague on things that should not be public. there's only a few things that catches a recruiter's eye. do you have the right title, are working at a company that's well known within the sector or we have hired from before, and how many years of experience you have. having the right keywords for the product you worked on is helpful like crm, hr, payments, messenger, search engine, etc. unless the role is really hard to find, most don't look outside their state/local cities.
So if I want to work in Asia, but I'm based in sf, I should change my city to where I want to work?
if you want recruiters to contact you from there, yes. LinkedIn let's us search by location, we definitely use it. if you're dependent on recruiters reaching out to you outside of the US I would create a Xing profile.