What Can Job Seekers Do to Stand Out More on LinkedIn?
Ask a Recruiter: What Can Job Seekers Do to Stand Out More on LinkedIn? According to just about every recruiter I know, LinkedIn remains the go-to place to find and evaluate talent. According to this article, 97% of hiring professionals use LinkedIn! But here’s the thing….in 2025, it’s crowded. Between the rise of spam accounts, ghost recruiters, and […]
Ask a Recruiter: LinkedIn’s Value
Ask a Recruiter: What Can Job Seekers Do to Stand Out More on LinkedIn? According to just about every recruiter I know, LinkedIn remains the go-to place to find and evaluate talent. According to this article, 97% of hiring professionals use LinkedIn! But here’s the thing….in 2025, it’s crowded. Between the rise of spam accounts, ghost recruiters, and […]
“Exes” Belong in Texas – Not Your LinkedIn Headline
One of my favorite country music songs as a kid was “All My Ex’s Live in Texas” by George Strait. Because that’s where they should live, not in your LinkedIn profile headline! I don’t know when the trend started, but not a day goes by where I don’t see a LinkedIn profile headline with “Ex-Apple,” […]
Franklin Buchanan Earns “Top Voice” Badge for Outplacement on LinkedIn
Post Up Careers Founder Franklin Buchanan is an active thought leader as a “Top Voice” for Resume Writing. He recently earned another “Top Voice” badge for his expertise and insightful commentary on outplacement and career transition services. Check out the featured release in Yahoo Finance here.
Little Details of a Successful Job Search
“Perfection is lots of little things done well,” the great Marco Pierre White muses in his BBC Maestro Course. This bit of wisdom also applies to your job search. How do you achieve perfection in a job market? Especially a job market that is as volatile as our current one? You do the littlest things well. As […]
How to Build a LinkedIn Profile That Actually Gets Results
Did you know that 87% of recruiters use LinkedIn? It sounds like the odds of being found are in your favor – until you realize you’re one of 740 million other users. Long gone are the days of just setting up a generic LinkedIn profile. If you want to be scouted by your top-choice companies, […]