January 2017
New Year = New Look: In December, LinkedIn starting rolling out a major overhaul of their user interface. If the look of your profile hasn’t changed yet, it should soon (I still see my older profile version). Some things are gone, like the ability to tag contacts and the advanced search feature, which will be sorely missed by those who used it. The design is different (new layouts for the profile and home pages) and aligns with the look and feel of their mobile app. LinkedIn Expert Viveka Von Rosen gave a great summary of the changes in a December post. The embedded 12-minute video is a great visual tool, as she walks you through the new and old displays, side by side. Back Up Your LinkedIn Data: My colleague, Jim Peacock of Peak Careers, shared useful advice and instructions on backing up your LinkedIn data. Upon reading his post, I followed Jim’s advice and backed up my profile and contacts. Set a 2017 Goal for LinkedIn – IDEA: Increase your virtual network by 10% in 2017! Break your annual goal down by week or month and commit to it. I have about 1500 contacts so my goal is to increase by 150, almost three a week. I’ll report in December how I did.
