3 Ways to Use LinkedIn to Advance Your Career Change. By Joshua Waldman Part of Job Searching with Social Media For Dummies Cheat Sheet LinkedIn is one of the most powerful tools to help you redefine yourself and move your career in a new direction. Taking your career in a new direction is a bold move that requires framing your proven skills for a whole new purpose. Identify your transferable skills, and then consider the following three ideas for using LinkedIn to advance your career change. Use the profile headline to reveal what you do When setting up a LinkedIn profile, many people wonder what to put in their headline and job title if they’re looking to make a career change. The good news is that you are who you say you are online. Use your LinkedIn Headline to tell the world, in present tense, what you would like to do. Use the location where you want to work If you’re willing to move to where the jobs are, then update your LinkedIn profile to the address or zip code of the place you want to be.
Think about how you use a job board.