Whether you are on the job hunt or not, a strong bio is handy for showing the world your impact. Corrie Tanner (Brainhunter) and Linley Faulkner (Emplomacy) share tips and tricks for bio writing. Corrie and Linley spend their days distinguishing superstars and rockstars from piles of names and resumes. Learn more about the YYJ Tech Ladies and join us on our website: http://www.yyjtechladies.com/

1. How to Build an
Online Bio

2. What is YYJ Tech Ladies?
We are a group of professional women collaborating to create a community of
women in technology, right here in beautiful Victoria BC.
#yyjtechladies

3. We’re growing!
● Slack Ops Lead
● Diversity Lead
● Mentorship Support Lead www.yyjtechladies.com

4. Code of Conduct
Be Welcoming
Be Considerate
Be Respectful
Be Careful in the Words You Choose
When You Disagree, Try to Find Out Why

5. Feedback!

7. Today!
● Inside our lives: Workflow
● LinkedIn: Why bother
● Your Online Bio
#yyjtechladies

8. What we do.
Corrie Tanner, Senior Business Development Partner

9. What we do.
Linley Faulkner, Cofounder

10. Why LinkedIn?

11. ● Integrates with Workflows and
Applicant Tracking Systems
● LinkedIn Recruiter
● Accuracy
Why LinkedIn?

13. Getting Started
● Lead with what’s most important
● Think Impact
● Be Concise

14. Build: Developer, QA, Customer Support/Success, Designer, UI/UX, Creative Roles
● Use as opportunity to showcase projects
or products
● Link to live examples or promote your
github profile
● Talk about the technologies that excite
you.

15. Grow: Product, Marketing, Sales Roles
● Think numbers and growth
● Describe your best skillsets (tools and process)
● Link to projects, content or other examples
of your work

16. Manage: People Operations, HR, Accounting, Administration Roles
● Go beyond passion
● Describe the “how”
● Showcase team events, content or other
examples of how your help teams grow

17. Personal Branding Tips from LivelyCo
● Have a consistent personal brand across all of your social
media channels.
● Keep your descriptions concise. Brevity is key in retaining
people's attention.
● Know that nothing is private. Anything on your Facebook,
Instagram, or private chat groups can be saved and
shared.
Coralie McLean, Founder

18. Start Writing
● Use a questionnaire
● Start with concise bullet points
● Attach multimedia (photos, files,
video etc.)
● Do the basic LinkedIn best practices
Just Write.

19. Other Resources
- Technical Recruiting Guides
- Search for Github and Stackshare Guides for Recruiters & Hiring Managers
- The Muse & Levo
- Muse: Job search resource. Great article on how to write bullet points that make a hiring
lead pay attention
- Levo: Career growth resource.
- Your Peers
- Nothing is better than insider knowledge into what a company is looking for in their next
hires.

20. Questions?Thank you!