There are more expensive versions of this service as well.  If it works, I hope you won’t have to subscribe for more than 2 or 3 months and you’ll get your value back a hundred fold.

Note:  I’m not endorsing this service since I do not know the results people have gotten from it, but it’s important to know it exists and is an option for enhancing your online job search.  My sense is that the service is most useful for someone contacting recruiters and hiring managers in a particular field.

For more information see LinkedIn Job Seeker Premium on the LinkedIn site.

Of course, it won’t help to get the attention of recruiters and hiring managers if your LinkedIn profile is not up to par.  The Essay Expert’s LinkedIn Profile Services will help you ensure that your LinkedIn image makes the right impression.  I recommend working on your profile first, and then signing up for the premium service if you’re interested.

I recently read an article that recommends job seekers to put their LinkedIn profile URL on their resume.  That’s great advice, and I agree that your LinkedIn profile address has become a standard item to put in your header, along with name, address and phone.

90% of hiring managers now use social media, with LinkedIn as a primary resource, to research candidates.  So your email address and LinkedIn URL have become more important information for employers than your street address!  In fact, some people are omitting their street address from the header and including just city and state, since correspondence happens most often by email.

CRAFT YOUR PUBLIC PROFILE URL

Make sure that before you put your LinkedIn profile address on your resume, or on a business card, you make sure you have the address you want.  You can edit your “Public Profile URL” through the Edit menu on LinkedIn and get rid of all those distracting letters and numbers at the end of the URL.  www.linkedin.com/in/brendabernstein looks so much better than www.linkedin.com/in/brendabernstein/16/b93/429 doesn’t it?  And it takes up  LOT less space on your resume!

Remember, if you have your LinkedIn profile URL on any documents or email signatures and then you change it, update your documents and signatures!

HOW TO WRITE AN EFFECTIVE LINKEDIN PROFILE

Whether or not you put your LinkedIn URL on your resume, hiring managers will search for you on LinkedIn.  It is therefore essential that you have a LinkedIn profile and that it is written to impress.

My LinkedIn e-book, LinkedIn Power Tune-Up:  17 Expert Tips for a Highly Effective LinkedIn Profile, is just $9.95 and will help you craft a profile that keeps you in the “Yes” pile when a recruiter or hiring manager finds you on LinkedIn.  The Essay Expert also offers individualized LinkedIn Profile Reviews, as well as LinkedIn Profile Construction and Rewriting, for more in-depth service.

Don’t send potential employers to a half-done or sloppy profile.  Get assistance if you need it to clean up —  and step up – your LinkedIn profile.  Contact The Essay Expert for help.

This e-book contains information that no other “LinkedIn expert” covers. I offer 17 strategic tips – from how to get your profile to the top of an Advanced Search, to how to create arrow bullets – AND I provide examples of how to write an effective profile, from your Headline to your Status Bar to your Summary Section and more.

If you want to identify and strengthen any weak points in your LinkedIn profile, LinkedIn Power Tune-Up is a must read. Follow this advice, and you will create a frequently visited — and highly effective — LinkedIn profile.

I also offer in-depth LinkedIn Profile reviews for $75, which you can purchase through my LinkedIn Profile Review page.  You get a FREE copy of the e-book with every review.