The experience section of your profile is the most like a resume or CV. The goal is to match in searches. To match in more searches, use vendor names, equipment models, software titles, business processes, management theories, etc. Add anything which might be searched for on LinkedIn. Use terms relevant to you, such as RAN …
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The goal of your profile summary is to be friendly, likable, and to empathize with your target audience
Write in a casual style, like chatting with a friend. Demonstrate your understanding of the challenges the reader confronts. Tell of your professional joy overcoming those challenges. The summary has 3 key objectives Present yourself as someone the reader might enjoy working with Show your passion for solving the reader’s problems Get them to read …
Your LinkedIn Profile will be ignored without this
A good headline compels you to read the article, right? Similarly, your profile Headline should interest your target audience and make them want to read your entire profile. Your target audience includes potential customers, employers, and business partners. People you might want to work with. ✅Your headline should say you matter to them. ✅Pique their …
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Is your LinkedIn photo a “Do Not Enter” sign?
The photo you use on your profile either welcomes people to enter or hints they need not waste their time. If you want your profile to be read, consider these tips for the photo: ✅A professional sitting is nice. A friend might also take a good-quality photo in a neutral indoor setting. ✅Dress like you …
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What will you do for your career in 2019?
Normally at this time people reflect on the past and make plans for the coming year. One plan I hope you’ll adopt is to improve your LinkedIn profile to make it a great place for people to learn about your passion for #Telecoms. Here are 4 simple tips to improve your profile. You can do …
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These 3 Insights changed my Telecoms career
Traveling home after the holidays, I thought about what helped my #Telecoms #career. Here’s what I came up with: ✅The best infrastructure is invisible; you only see it when it breaks. Your top priority, a reliable service, earns you no recognition. It’s a stunning paradox. But you’d better find another way to get noticed. ✅Cost …
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These are the things I can do with your help.
I’ve been reviewing my 2018 accomplishments to help me craft my 2019 #GNO. Here is a preliminary list for 2019: ➜Write 500 words every day ➜Spend 1 hour/day on building my network ➜Try something new every month ➜Send my newsletter every Sunday night ➜Publish a full blog post every Tuesday ➜Engage on LinkedIn every day …
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Do this before the New year arrives.
In my last update, we talked about things to do during a #Telecoms #NetworkFreeze. One of those things was to prepare for the new year. Here are things I’m thinking about as the New Year approaches. No particular order. ✅Prepare the New Year budget. ✅Have you identified recurring activities which can be automated? ✅Have you …
What do you do to stay warm in a freeze?
Yesterday we talked about the Network Freeze. Here’s a link to that discussion: https://lnkd.in/gU8kQQN During a network Freeze, many of your coworkers are OOTO. The pace in the office might be a little slower. Fewer meetings, phone calls, emails; fewer interruptions. There might be time to work on back-burner projects, or maybe not-yet-approved projects. I …
Does your network freeze over the holidays?
Many networks do. It’s common in Telecoms to freeze network changes during holidays. During a Network Freeze, few maintenance activities are scheduled. A freeze is smart when so many people are out of the office OOTO. Not only your own support staff but vendors and service providers, too. Any outage caused by a planned maintenance …
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