12 Tips to Make LinkedIn Help You Find a Job Or Have a Job Find You

Want to use LinkedIn to find a job or boost your career, but not sure where to start? Here are some ways to get the most out of the professional networking site.    Customize your URL Your URL (uniform resource locator) is the address of your LinkedIn page on the Web. Customizing it will drive it toward the top of a Google search on your name. On your profile page next to the rectangular grey “Edit” button to the right of your name, click on the drop-down menu, and then click on “Public profile settings.” Halfway down the page on ...

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How to Choose Between Two Different Job Offers

Like much in life, job offers can sometimes be a bit like buses. Yes, you read that right: buses. How so? Well, you’ll spend ages waiting for a new one to come along, desperately even, either shivering at a bus stop or waiting longingly for your phone to ring, when then, as if out of the blue – although, not really, given the time you’ve already invested in this endeavour – not one, but two come along at once! What are the chances, huh!? But unlike buses, choosing between two jobs can prove complicated, stressful and even a little distressing. ...

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