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Follow @BiNordic   Follow @BINordic Áine Cain     09 Oct 2017 6:11 PM     169 Here are the terms execs love to use on LinkedIn. WOCinTech Chat/Flickr What separates your LinkedIn profile from that of a Fortune 500 exec? Probably many things. Aside from years of experience, skills, and qualifications, some of that difference can be measured in a few words, according to a  recent study from  Grammarly. The writing-enhancement platform looked at 750 profiles of directors, managers, and entry-level workers at Fortune 500 companies. While it's never a good idea to pad your LinkedIn profile - or résumé, for that matter - with random jargon, hiring managers gravitate towards these keywords, especially for upper-level candidates. If you can use them in a truthful way to describe your own experience, you might just catch a recruiter's eye. "These kinds of terms help recruiters easily search and find qualified candidate...

You've been doing LinkedIn wrong by  Kandia Johnson      Posted:   October 8, 2017 A-     A     A+   With 500 million users and  10 million job postings , LinkedIn is widely recognized as the social networking destination for job seekers, recruiters, and business-to-business companies. But if you’re struggling to attract career-related opportunities or make meaningful business connections, you may want to consider if you’re using the platform all wrong. (Image: iStock/Minerva Studio) Here are three ways to get the most out of LinkedIn: Develop Mutually Beneficial Relationships First, let’s make sure we’re on the same page with the definition of networking. During an  interview  with The Wharton University of Pennsylvania, the billionaire founder of LinkedIn Reid Hoffman said, “The key thing in networking is to make sure that you look at it as a mutual alliance. You’re building a set of...

Imperial, California - Hackers have begun using LinkedIn, the popular social network for business professionals, to create better phishing attacks. Already, one breach – at Vevo – has been attributed to the practice. According to a report by USA Today: Cybersecurity firms say criminals have figured out how to subvert the network by posing as authentic, boring, cubicle-office dwellers. They’re also posing as exotic looking female photographers and high-level executives that don’t actually have LinkedIn profiles. It starts with a simple request to connect. LinkedIn is all about connections and networking and given the generally constructive nature of the network—people tend to be a little more trusting. That’s apparently a mistake. And that’s honestly the saddest part about this. There is an unfortunate cycle of life on the internet, people forget before Facebook was awash with fake news and catfish accounts that it was a social network for American college st...

Elaine Pofeldt , Contributor Opinions expressed by Forbes Contributors are their own. When LinkedIn ProFinder went nationwide last year, many solo professionals were curious if the matchmaking service between freelancers and clients would help them grow their businesses. The service allows companies and individuals to post requests for proposals on projects and send them to professionals who have signed up for the ProFinder network of freelancers. The network, which initially launched on a more limited regional basis, is now being used by 70,000 freelance professionals across the country, according to LinkedIn’s data. Some of them may be benefiting from using the service, according to a new survey by LinkedIn. The findings may interest you if you've been considering signing up. One hot growth area for LinkedIn ProFinder members is career coaching. Linked...