Linkedin is one of them. It’s true that “In” is an online community focused on the worldwide job market and we could not consider it as social as facebook is. But its power lays down on its segmentation and categorization: both features make easy for us to find our best work niche and contact new partners, patrons and colleagues who share our same interests.

Furthermore, Linkedin has become the best online community to find a job. In fact, I found my current job by using it. So, we have to recall there are plenty of online social communities to participate in beyond the kingdom of FB.

Do you want to reinvent yourself in linkedin? Some advice!

As far as I have  been exploring into Linkedin I have find out some ways people do to get more visibility to give companies more resources to see their resumé. Here you have what I found:

Focus: it’s true that in the major places or niches you are, you will acquire more visibility and employers will see your resume. But this method is it convenient for you to achieve the job of your dreams? It’s up to you, man, and, of course, it depends on the way you are managing your strategy.

For example, that’s not convenient for my job search if I don’t have an accurate description of myself and my job skills in my Linkedin profile. Apart from this, I need to focus on niches in which my resumé meets the requirements of the sector I am interested in, and not to spread it everywhere in Linkedin’s places.

I recommend to ask a few trusted friends to see your Linkedin profile for 60 seconds each. After that minute has passed, ask each of them to describe yourself as a person and worker as best as they can. If you don’t like what you hear then you have a problem with your resumé.

But, maybe you ask yourself “But..Am I not pretending to show to employers that I have a lot of skills and I am able to suit any position they offer? I consider this thought a mistake. Because as a general rule, human resources’ staff are looking for certainty and accuracy. For instance, if your Linkedin profile says you are interested in a job as a nonprofit fundraiser or a public relations coordinator, you’ll likely be less appealing to employers in each industry than those candidates who are passionately focused on just that field.

Rewrite: Most people, even those who have a ver focused profile, are lacking of the capability to describe themselves and promote their talents. So, if you are promoting yourself, one of the best ways to reinvent yourself is by changing the way you are exposing your skills. Start with your trusted friends again: tell them to rewrite your resumé the way they would like to see it, adding what they perceive from you as a worker and human being. You don’t have to take into account all what they say, but after this little exercise you can realize what you were forgetting to highlight in your Linkedin profile.  Even better, maybe you could ride of some information you don’t need to expose: perhaps it’s not important for an employer if you know how to use Microsoft Word or open an Internet Explorer window.

You would be doing a good reinvention of yourself by searching in the profiles of the people are already working in the sector you like to enter. Follow some good examples could be the best way to succeed in your field.

Give!: Yes, you read well. A lot of us are used to logging into Linkedin to search opportunities, check if how many users have landed in to your profile and how many views your resumé had in the last 15 days. Maybe you need to change the way you interact with your Linkedin’s community. If you want to expose your resume, the best way to acquire this objective is by giving the others the opportunity to demonstrate what you know by updating your status, sharing interesting links and information in the groups you have joined and encouraging other people to interact in your community. Recall you are participating in a community and Linkedin is not a Job – hunter that just need your resumé to spread it to its contacts.