You can help recruiters find you easily with this LinkedIn hack:
➡️What is a custom & optimised URL?
✔️When you create a new LinkedIn account, LinkedIn automatically assigns you a URL or unique web address.
✔️Your assigned URL is long, sometimes jumbled, and contains lots of numbers beside your name.
✔️In addition to looking shabby, it does not serve the purpose that an optimised and condensed URL can. Voila, did you know you could change it?
➡️ Why should you get a custom & optimised URL?
✔️You should appear high in Google searches of your name, effectively pointing the searcher to the information you’ve created to build your professional reputation.
✔️You can use this URL as a personal website to promote yourself.
✔️By customizing this URL, you can boost your job search and get headhunted.
✔️A custom URL will enable you to use your LinkedIn profile as a branding and lead generation tool.
✔️It makes it easier to remember and find.
✔️You can add it to your email signature, resume, or job search business card.
✔️You can share your profile page with others, including potential employers.
✔️Your LinkedIn profile gets more exposure each time someone is prompted to visit it.
Sending someone a simple & clean URL to click on makes it much more visually appealing
✔️It’s okay to use numbers or alphabets. The best practice is to add a name without numbers, but if it is a common name, add your profession as well, for example, preeti_khanna_CEO
➡️How can you get a custom & optimised URL?
✔️Click the Me icon at the top of your LinkedIn homepage.
✔️Click on View Profile.
✔️Click Edit public profile & URL on the right side.
✔️You’ll be redirected to the Public Profile settings page.
✔️Under Edit your custom URL on the right side, click the Edit icon next to your public profile URL.
✔️Type or edit the last part of your new custom public profile URL in the text box.
✔️Click Save.
This LinkedIn hack is one of the 20 odd steps we take to ensure your profile is optimised and search friendly, contributing to your job search success.
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