Is Your LinkedIn Profile Glam or Spam? A LinkedIn expert, Christy Hoskins shares ideas for a great profile and effective engagement

Manager Mojo with Steve Caldwell

Christy Hoskins Is Your LinkedIn Profile Glam or Spam? How effectively are you using LinkedIn as a platform to fulfill management needs, to seek career opportunities, or both? When used correctly, LinkedIn can be a partner to help advance your career in numerous ways. It can be used to find great candidates for open positions. When you get involved and get to know others, it can help further your career. A good way to get started is by focusing on your profile and making sure it represents you accurately and professionally. Otherwise, it could be suggesting that you are spam! A former chief marketing officer and SVP of strategy, Christy Hoskins now consults executives on branding and leveraging social media for business growth. She shares her knowledge of effectively using LinkedIn in this podcast. Learn more about Christy Hoskins by visiting her website. You can also connect with her on LinkedIn. Click here to check out our newest leadership development tool – LEAD – Leadership Education and Development Steve Caldwell is an executive mentor and coach to managers and leaders who desire to excel in their career and become the leader others want to follow. Steve is a leadership expert, host of the Manager Mojo podcast and author of the book Manager Mojo – Be the Leader Others Want to Follow. (www.ManagerMojo.com) Steve also coaches his followers not only on how to become great leaders, but how to effectively coach and lead their employees to find satisfaction and fulfillment from their jobs and life. Having started his work career at the savvy age of 13, Steve is also currently CEO of Predictive People Analytics based in San Francisco, CA, a firm specializing in helping leaders increase sales, reduce turnover, and attract key talent. (www.PredictivePeopleAnalytics.com)