Did you know that one out of every five hiring managers in the U.S. agree they have hired a candidate BECAUSE of their volunteer work experience?

Would someone’s volunteer experience sway you when hiring?

• Market yourself, your brand and your organization
• Connect with 100 million members in 200 countries
• Tap into the wisest minds in business
• Discover job opportunities
• Open doors to new customers, connections & prospects

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Facebook remains the most frequently used social network, but LinkedIn has become the most valued, according to a recent study by ROI Research and sponsored by Performics.

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LinkedIn Today gives you the top headlines you need to start your day.  See what your connections and industry peers are reading and sharing, and follow the industries you care about.

• See what your network is reading
• Follow industries and publishers
• Save articles to read later
• Share headlines with your network
• Also available on the iPhone

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Work With Us enables you to showcase your employment branding message or relevant jobs on each of your employees’ profile pages. Viewing your employees’ profiles is one of the most common ways talented professionals are interacting with your brand on LinkedIn. Work With Us allows you to participate in every one of these interactions through exclusive ownership of the ad units on each of your employees’ profile pages. Access the power of your employees’ networks to connect passive talent with your brand and relevant jobs.

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• Be part of the conversation every time a candidate engages with one of your employees
• Drive quality traffic to your LinkedIn Career Page or career site and to your most relevant jobs
• Reach your employees’ best professional connections to let them know you are hiring
• High relevance leads to viewer engagement far exceeding industry averages
• Feature your most relevant jobs with Work With Us – Jobs For You
• Display the most relevant jobs on every employee’s profile
• Each viewer sees jobs specifically targeted to his or her LinkedIn profile data
• High relevance yields click through rates up to 75 times typical banner ads

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Profile Organizer is part of a LinkedIn Premium Account, however this feature may just make it worth it. Profile Organizer includes several tools to help you keep track of important profiles in a dedicated workspace, organizes profiles into your own personal folders, and keeps important details that help you manage your outreach. Click here to watch video about Profile Organizer.

and that on March 23rd, 2011 LinkedIn reached a major milestone: 100 million professionals worldwide!  This makes LinkedIn the fourth American social network after MySpace, Facebook, and Twitter to do so.

Here’s a cool illustration by Infographics that demonstrates the growth…

Your LinkedIn Professional Headline is critical to your LinkedIn success and is often the only thing besides your name and location that people see.  LinkedIn describes it well when they say…

Your headline gives you a way to sum up your professional “identity” in a short phrase.

When you created your account, LinkedIn provided you with a headline based on what you entered, but you can do much better.  Here are four things you should consider when writing your LinkedIn Professional Headline:

1. Take advantage of the space you have (35 characters)
2. Sell yourself, not the company you work for
3. Be sure it represents you well — in your target market’s eyes
4. Include the keywords you expect your target market will type in when searching for someone like you.

Hope this is helpful and if you like this, you’ll likely enjoy other posts on this blog about LinkedIn and perhaps enjoy taking one of my upcoming lunchinars on LinkedIn.