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How Are Millennials & Gen Z Using LinkedIn?
How are millennials and Gen Z using LinkedIn? Most likely like anyone else – as job seekers, business owners, veterans, students, or employed individuals. Millennials were born 1980 – 2000, while Gen Z, or the Net Gen, were born after 1997 (Brown, 2011; Social Security Administration, n.d.). They are connecting with their colleagues, friends, and…
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Captain Obvious on Networking on LinkedIn
Ahoy mateys! We’re one year into the pandemic. How’s networking going on LinkedIn or did that party ship leave without you because you missed the boat? You DO have a LinkedIn profile, right? LinkedIn now has about 740 million members in 200 countries and is “the world’s largest professional network” and your electronic Rolodex. It…
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Are You “Woke” on LinkedIn?
Are you “woke” on LinkedIn? What’s that mean? Many think the term relates to social injustice issues, but it began with a totally different meaning. The original meaning was that you are an up-to-date and well-informed individual. As the past tense of “wake,” “woke” now relates to racism and social justice issues. The term “woke”…
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Finding the Right LinkedIn Keywords Establishes Clarity Across Business and Career Models
Self-employed? Unemployed? Employed? Confuzzled? Conundrum? Not clear of where you stand in your career to develop the right keywords for LinkedIn? It may be time to self-reflect and record your thoughts in writing on a one page business model. ENTREPRENEURS AND SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS If this category fits you, you might want to use the…
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How to Write Good Headlines for LinkedIn Articles
Writing a good headline for a LinkedIn article also applies to writing a good headline for a blog, catchy event title, or email. Several resources are below. If you are a recent reader of my content, you might have missed the article How and Why LinkedIn Publishing. In that article, I mentioned Coschedule Headline Analyzer.…
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Finding Emails Not Listed on LinkedIn
How do you find someone’s email if there is no listing on their LinkedIn profile? It’s perplexing why people do not include their email and phone. Shouldn’t it be easy to contact someone for a job or to do business with them? Why do some people make it so doggone hard to do business with…
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Career Corner: Is an MBA a Good Fit For You?
The economic downturn induced by the coronavirus has prompted some people to contemplate going to business school, but several things need to be considered before determining whether an MBA is a good fit for you, according to The Wall Street Journal. Obtaining an MBA can help change careers in certain industries. A traditional MBA is…





























