For those who don’t have a background image on your LinkedIn profile, it shows up as a light blue band of nothingness.
This is prime marketing real estate. Use this empty space to your full advantage in your job search.
Most of the surveys we’ve seen about how viewers look at LinkedIn show they spend the majority of their time looking at your profile picture, the banner photo and the headline details of your name, title and location. Viewers will spend a little less than 30 seconds looking at your profile. 2/3 of that time is invested in this small section.
Pictures can send a lot more information in that time than text. As the saying goes, a picture is worth 1,000 words.
What would you like to convey in this empty space that makes you an interesting person? Are you a collector of classic cars? Do you like to go hiking in the mountains? Are you partial to a particular city and want to show off its skyline? There are so many things you can say with this picture.
If you have a good personal photo that tells a great story, use it. If not, find an interesting photo from a stock photo site. Buy it. It’s usually less than $10 to buy a single photo.
Tell your story with a great image and make use of this prime marketing real estate.
ABOUT ENDEAVOR AGENCY, INC.
Endeavor Agency, Inc. is the nation’s leading agency helping individual executives, professionals and physicians find the jobs they truly want. The combination of additional resources, expertise and manpower helps Endeavor clients uncover more and better job opportunities than what they could access on their own.
Endeavor Agency helps rebrand clients to effectively communicate their value throughout the interview process and increase their odds dramatically of winning offers. Additionally, Endeavor Agency helps clients achieve better results in negotiating the terms of their employment agreements.
Endeavor Agency also provides executive coaching, outplacement services and guides executives focused on the private equity and venture capital market segments.
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