The document provides tips for personalizing a LinkedIn profile in the third month focus. It recommends getting two additional recommendations and increasing connections by 25% through LinkedIn's "People You May Know" feature. It also suggests gaining five introductions from third parties and adding details about skills, certificates, courses, honors/awards, projects, and volunteer activities to the profile.

1. Barbara Burgie burgiemediafusion.com facebook.com/burgiemediafusion twitter.com/burgiemedia linkedin.com/company/burgie-mediafusion-llc Get personal with LinkedIn

3. Get two additional rec’s: refresher 1 2 3 4

4. Increase links by 25%: refresher If you are having trouble finding your connections, on the right side of the home page, click on the People You May Know and it will give you an extensive list of possible connections.

5. Gain five third party intro’s: refresher

6. Add tools to your profile: Skills Once you type in your skill, a drop down menu will appear for you to choose from. 1 2 3 When you are finished adding all your skills, be sure to select “Add Skills”; you will always be able to edit this section in the future. 4 Your skills will appear in your profile. Notice that your skills become active links; hold your mouse over one of them and it will update you on that particular skill sets popularity on LinkedIn. 5

7. Add tools to your profile: Certificates 1 2 4 3

8. Add tools to your profile: Courses 1 2 4 3 Once you give the course information, select which Occupation it applies to; select Add Courses when completed.

9. Add tools to your profile: Honors/Awards/Volunteer Activities 1 2 3 4

10. Add tools to your profile: Projects 1 2 3 4