Tips for Creating a Profile and Password

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Tips for Creating a Profile and Password

In order to log in to LinkedIn, you'll first need to sign up to join. It's free to do so and to create a LinkedIn account. Here's how:

Information Needed to Sign Up for LinkedIn
First and Last Name
Email Address
Password (choose you own password)

Create a LinkedIn Profile
After you have signed up for a LinkedIn account, you'll be able to create your LinkedIn profile. You should include all the same information as your resume--your past and present employment, education and skills. The more complete your LinkedIn profile is, the more chances you'll be contacted. Use your profile like a resume and provide prospective employers with detailed information about your skills and experience. It's critical to put in the time to build your profile, add to your connections and effectively use your them to aid in your job search. It's also important to give back and help your connections too when they need advice and referrals - networking is about building relationships rather than just asking for assistance and it works both ways.

You can also add a photo to your LinkedIn profile and a head shot is recommended. Here's advice on how to take and choose a photo for your LinkedIn profile. The Professional Summary section of your profile is a good way to highlight your experience. Here are some additional tips:

Create an Eye Catching Headline:
Your LinkedIn headline appearing just below your name is essentially your online brand that you're putting out there to the world--that's because your headline, name and photo are the only things a LinkedIn user sees when searching a LinkedIn database and discovering your profile. Those elements determine whether the reader will click through to your full profile. Make your headline grab attention! "Branding manager seeking new opportunity" is dull, but "Technology products branding exec looking to make small businesses skyrocket" offers a deliverable.

Make Your Profile Snazzy:
If you're simply listing a dull laundry list of previous jobs, add some elements to jazz up your profile like a presentation video, a speech you  gave or an article you've published. Use of the Status Update feature to share anything you write.
LinkedIn Login
Once you have created a profile, you'll be able to login to your LinkedIn account to update your profile, connect with networking contacts, send messages to those contacts, job search, find information on hiring companies, and join career and business-related groups.

It's important to login to LinkedIn on regular basis to work on building your network of contacts and to keep your profile updated.

Source: https://www.thebalance.com/linkedin-sign-up-and-login-2062327