Dirk Spencer is an IT recruiter who provides tips on how to effectively update your LinkedIn profile every other day to increase your visibility to recruiters and hiring managers. He recommends minor tweaks like changing a word in your job title or summary and broadcasting these small updates to your network. This approach has led recruiters and companies with immediate needs to directly contact Dirk about potential job opportunities without him ever posting his resume.

1. WHAT ONE RECRUITER DOES
DIRK SPENCER
IT RECRUITER / SOURCER

2. UPDATE THE JOB TITLE TEXT
&
UPDATE THE SUMMARY TEXT

3. SCHEDULE INTERVIEWS

5. Job Title Section Text
Updated This: Technical Recruiter (IT & Leadership) / Immediate Availability
To This: IT Recruiter / Available Immediately / Corporate or Contract

6. Summary Section Text
Updated This: IT Recruiter / Available / W2 Contract or Corporate
To This: IT Recruiter / Available Immediately / Corporate or Contract

8. 20 SECONDS TO DO…
- UPDATED EVERY OTHER DAY
(YES, CHANGED EVERY OTHER DAY…)
MODIFIED WORD-SEQUENCE
REPLACED WORDS WITH SYNONYMS

9. 5 INTERVIEWS
- IN ONE-WEEK
NOT INSURANCE SALES OPPORTUNITIES
– BUT RECRUITER JOBS -

10. NO RESUME POSTED…
NOT ONE…
Dirk Spencer

12. THE CHECK LIST
•MAKE YOU LINKEDIN©
PROFILE PUBLIC
•DO YOUR UPDATE
•SAVE YOUR UPDATE
•REPEAT EVERY-OTHER DAY
•DO THIS FOR A 5-DAY PERIOD

14. EACH PROFILE UPDATE
IS BROADCASTED
TO YOUR NETWORK!

16. …YOUR NETWORK…
DOES NOT SEE YOUR
UPDATES ALL AT THE SAME TIME

17. EACH UPDATE IS SEEN BY
DIFFERENT PEOPLE AT
DIFFERENT TIMES!
(… CAUSE PEOPLE GOT STUFF TO DO…)

19. RECRUITERS / HIRING MANAGERS
WHO NEED YOUR
EXACT EXPERIENCE WILL…

20. 1) SEE YOUR STATUS
IN REAL-TIME
FOR IMMEDIATE
NEEDS THEY HAVE

21. 2) THEY CAN TELL YOU ARE AVAILABLE
NO GUESS WORK
NO WASTED ENERGY

22. 3) THEY REACH OUT TO YOU INSTEAD
…BECAUSE IF THEY ARE
ONLINE “LOOKING” AROUND
…THERE IS PRESSURE TO
FIND A VERSION OF “YOU”

23. 4) THEY LIKELY HAVE A JOB OPENING
AND IT IS PROBABLY NOT
POSTED EXTERNALLY

25. - YOU CAN DO THIS WITH YOUR NETWORK !
MY NETWORK SIZE
- 14.5K - 1ST DEGREE CONNECTIONS
- 6.5K - 1ST DEGREE IN DALLAS
- 1.0K - 1ST DEGREE “RECRUITERS”

27. FOLLOW MORE PEOPLE…
1. HR MANAGERS
2.FUTURE HIRING MANAGERS
3.PEERS IN YOUR SPACE
4.RECRUITERS AT TARGET COMPANIES
5. INDUSTRY LEADERS
6.SPEAKERS / AUTHORS IN THE CONFERENCE / EVENT INDUSTRY

28. ACT ON ARTICLES & POSTS…
1. “LIKE” A FEW ON A DAILY BASIS
2. “COMMENT” ON A SPECIFIC SERIES WEEKLY
3. PUBLISH CONTENT ON A MONTHLY BASIS
4. BE BRIEF / BE POSITIVE WITH YOUR CONTENT

29. SEND MORE CONNECTION REQUESTS…
1. AND BE SELECTIVE ABOUT IT…
2.RECRUITER CONNECTION REQUESTS “USUALLY” DO NOT
COUNT AGAINST YOUR “COMMERCIAL USE LIMIT”…
3.BUT - LINKEDIN IS ALWAYS CHANGING THE RULES FOR THE
COMMERCIAL USE LIMITS FOR PAID & NON-PAID MEMBERS…

30. QUESTIONS?

31. DIRK SPENCER – IT RECRUITER
AGENCY & AIRS TRAINED
IT CORPORATE & CONTRACT
DIRECT SOURCING – RESEARCH - TECHNOLOGY

32. CONNECT, EMAIL, CALL…
LINKEDIN OPEN NETWORKER
DIRKPMP@YAHOO.COM
(214) 295-8687

33. DIRK’S BOOKS ON AMAZON
•RESUME PSYCHOLOGY©
•THE CANDY MAKER RESUME ©
•RESUME KEYWORDS DECODED©
•INTERVIEW QUESTIONS©

34. PRESENTATIONS ON
WWW.SLIDESHARE.NET/DIRKSPENCER
RESUME, INTERVIEW, & LINKEDIN PRESOS

35. HTTP://RESUMEKEYWORDSDECODED.TEACHABLE.COM
RESUME KEYWORDS (FREE) ONLINE CLASSES

36. OUTSIDE INTEREST: CHRISTMAS ORIGAMI
FLICKR (ORIGAMIDIRK) & PINTEREST (DIRKINDALLAS)
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