Do THIS if you want more interviews

LinkedIn is a ridiculously powerful platform. 

With over a billion users in 200+ countries, it is the main funnel through which most recruitment activities take place in the GCC.

More and more we hear from our Hiring Managers when we propose a candidate, ‘send me their LinkedIn’ instead of ‘send me their CV’. 

This is a market which runs through back-channels like Whatsapp and a LinkedIn profile is easier and more accessible from a phone than a PDF/Word Document version of your CV.

Truthfully, bar maybe contact details, there’s very little on a CV that isn’t on LinkedIn. 

This is great news for jobseekers for the following reasons:

1. You can track everyone that views your profile. 

2. It’s another platform for you to put your personality across and set yourself apart from the crowd.

The tricky part comes in working out how you present yourself on the platform. 

While content on Facebook or Instagram can be softer and put to your audience through the stories feature, content on LinkedIn tends to lean more formal with a combination of written and visual.

It’s a skill that is learned with practice and honed through trial and error.

For anyone hesitant about diving in, here’s three reasons why you should be growing your LinkedIn.