Follow These 3 LinkedIn Tips if You Recently Changed Careers - CareerEnlightenment.com

Let’s say you were a marketer and now you want to be a project manager. Go to your LinkedIn headline and call yourself a project manager. Sure, you’ll have mixed feelings at first but if you’re always thinking about it, then why aren’t you a project manager? You enjoy the work. You’re good at it. You have skills that make you qualified.Heck, you “love” being a project manager.And, the best part is, since you now call yourself by the new title, employers looking for one of you will more likely find you when they search on LinkedIn. If you were an employer, would you search up someone using this term, “ex-marketer turned project manager,” or would you just search for project manager?3. Recruiters: Strategically Add ‘Em to Your NetworkWhen it comes to your network, size matters. More connections means more  possibilities.Have you noticed how many recruiters are on LinkedIn? I bet some have even randomly tried connecting with you and you cringed.Well, stop. Don’t b e afraid of them. They can help you a ton.Being connected to a fleet of recruiters who focus on placing folks in your industry (and in your location) matters more than almost any other factor.Most recruiting firms specialize in a job function or industry. They are paid by companies in that industry to locate and filter through talent. Therefore, guess who’s in their LinkedIn network? The professionals you also want to be connected with.It’s making more sense now, right?On top of that, recruiters want you in their network, since they might want to pitch you for a position. So, when you add a recruiter whom you don’t even know, they’re extremely likely to accept your invite.