How to Secretly Use LinkedIn in 2025

By Melissa Llarena | March 20, 2025 |

Wild flurries of LinkedIn activities can result in premature pink slips especially for marketing, media, and communications professionals. If your boss or colleagues see signs that you are job hunting such as connecting with recruiters, updating your profile after you got that year-end bonus, or that you are following a slew of companies then your…

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Who Else Wants a Great LinkedIn Summary?

By Melissa Llarena | May 13, 2014 |

Have you ever noticed the difference between a good LinkedIn profile and a great one? Both have most, if not all, of the sections filled out—a headline, a timeline of professional experiences, several recommendations and maybe a few personal interests listed. However, the great LinkedIn profile likely has something the good one does not: an…

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Sample Resume Summary Statement (s)

By Melissa Llarena | April 23, 2014 |

SUMMARY 1 X-plus years in business-development career includes: · Selling online solutions for X-plus years in start-ups to selling offline offerings in conglomerates · Turning weak ties to long-term ties with Fortune 500 firms (ex: MSFT relationship exceeding 10 years) · Forging win-win partnerships (ex: Company X deal that influenced Company Y buyout by Company…

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Three Pillars to Successful LinkedIn Recommendations

By Melissa Llarena | August 23, 2012 |

LinkedIn recommendations are useless…if not supported by a strategy. After tailoring LinkedIn profiles for professionals who have successfully attracted attention, I found that having a single objective when crafting your online presence and applying its essence within each section works best. LinkedIn recommendations are NO exception to this idea!

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