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Recommendations go a Long Way

When referencing LinkedIn, another way to boost your LinkedIn profile is to receive recommendations that are full of value. Chapman Services Group suggests building your LinkedIn profile through recommendations. You can receive and give recommendations literally from anyone that you have ever had a business relationship with (colleague, client, etc.) These valuable recommendations go a [...]

By | June 9th, 2011|Uncategorized|Comments Off on Recommendations go a Long Way

Adding your resume to LinkedIn

As we expand our knowledge about LinkedIn, there are things you can do to optimize your LinkedIn profile. As previously discussed, creating your LinkedIn profile is step one. You can also customize your LinkedIn URL. In addition, you can add your resume as an attachment to your LinkedIn profile and here’s how to do just [...]

By | June 7th, 2011|Uncategorized|Comments Off on Adding your resume to LinkedIn

Optimize Your LinkedIn Profile

When creating your LinkedIn profile, there are things you can do to optimize your LinkedIn Profile like creating a “vanity URL”. It’s not really vane but you have the option to create a URL that has your name in it. Here is how to optimize your LinkedIn URL: Login to LinkedIn Under the Profile tab, [...]

By | June 6th, 2011|Uncategorized|Comments Off on Optimize Your LinkedIn Profile

Optimize your LinkedIn Profile

We all know that LinkedIn is where professionals go to network, look for potential jobs and where decision-makers and hiring managers search for potential candidates so why not make sure your LinkedIn profile is the best that it can be…from the start! Here are some easy ways to optimize your LinkedIn Profile: Include useful information. [...]

By | June 3rd, 2011|Uncategorized|Comments Off on Optimize your LinkedIn Profile

Create a LinkedIn Profile

Let’s start with your resume- while your professional career history is included in your resume, you do not have to include everything in your LinkedIn profile….but…there are a vast amount of keywords in your resume that are often searched so it is a benefit to include most if not all of your resume in your [...]

By | June 2nd, 2011|Uncategorized|Comments Off on Create a LinkedIn Profile

Trying to spread the word?

Are you spending countless hours trying to find a new job or trying to let everyone know if a position opens up to contact you? Then try using LinkedIn! You can create your professional portfolio page and connect with other professionals, receive and give recommendations which helps boost your profile, join groups and offer and [...]

By | June 2nd, 2011|Uncategorized|Comments Off on Trying to spread the word?

9-1-1! It’s an emergency!

Ok, this has happened to almost everyone where at the last moment, we realize that we can’t find our career portfolio documents (resume, cover letter, etc) and are left scrambling to try and remember which company we hired to create them for us. Even worse, our computer crashed and we have no way to retrieve [...]

By | June 1st, 2011|Uncategorized|Comments Off on 9-1-1! It’s an emergency!

How often should you update your resume?

A good rule of thumb is you should update your resume every time there is new substantial information. So, what is substantial? If you change jobs, update your resume. If you move, update your contact information on your resume and any other online source that offers or shares your information; such as LinkedIn. If you [...]

By | May 31st, 2011|Uncategorized|Comments Off on How often should you update your resume?

Job Search Tips (V-W)

Chapman Services Group is eliminating the frustrations of job searching by providing the final steps in the A-B-Cs of - so you can land your new job sooner. V- Viable achievements are what potential employers look for W- Work experience should include challenges you faced, actions you took and the results from those actions Y- [...]

More Job Search Tips (S-U)

Chapman Services Group is eliminating the frustrations of job searching by continuing the A-B-Cs of - so you can land your new job sooner. S- Search for job openings that you are qualified for- why waste your time applying for a position that you might not be able to do? T- Trust your professional resume [...]

By | May 20th, 2011|Uncategorized|Comments Off on More Job Search Tips (S-U)