{"id":127055,"date":"2015-08-30T12:00:23","date_gmt":"2015-08-30T17:00:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/artisantalent.com\/?p=127055"},"modified":"2023-12-13T12:23:31","modified_gmt":"2023-12-13T18:23:31","slug":"linkedin-photo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/artisantalent.com\/linkedin-photo\/","title":{"rendered":"Does Your LinkedIn Photo Suck?"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><a href=\"https:\/\/artisantalent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/How-to-Get-the-Most-Out-of-Your-LinkedIN-Photo-scaled.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-127057 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/artisantalent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/How-to-Get-the-Most-Out-of-Your-LinkedIN-Photo-642x428.jpg\" alt=\"How to Get the Most Out of Your LinkedIN Photo\" width=\"642\" height=\"428\" srcset=\"https:\/\/artisantalent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/How-to-Get-the-Most-Out-of-Your-LinkedIN-Photo-642x428.jpg 642w, https:\/\/artisantalent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/How-to-Get-the-Most-Out-of-Your-LinkedIN-Photo-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/artisantalent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/How-to-Get-the-Most-Out-of-Your-LinkedIN-Photo-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/artisantalent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/How-to-Get-the-Most-Out-of-Your-LinkedIN-Photo-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/artisantalent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/How-to-Get-the-Most-Out-of-Your-LinkedIN-Photo-1080x720.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 642px) 100vw, 642px\" \/><\/a><\/h2>\n<h2>Getting the Most Out of Your LinkedIn Profile Photo<\/h2>\n<p>Do you have a fabulous, attention grabbing &#8211; yet professional &#8211; LinkedIn photo? Or does your photo honestly&#8230;suck?\u00a0 Your profile picture is one of the most important parts of your LinkedIn presence. Whether you&#8217;re a recruiter looking for talent or a potential employee searching for a new job, that little profile photo is your first impression, and it needs to be a good one. &#8220;It\u2019s your first chance to communicate that you are friendly, likeable, and trustworthy,&#8221; says LinkedIn publisher <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/business\/talent\/blog\/product-tips\/tips-for-taking-professional-linkedin-profile-pictures\">Lydia Abbot.<\/a> But does one photo really matter? <a href=\"http:\/\/www.entrepreneur.com\/article\/241636\">Entrepreneur.com<\/a> says,<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Unlike eras past, it now only takes a few seconds and a handful of poorly chosen pixels to handicap your career ambitions. Whether we realize it or not, we make instantaneous judgments about every person and image we see &#8212; and the same is true for recruiters and others getting their first impressions from what we put online.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>So how to you maximize your first impression ROI and upload a fabulous looking LinkedIn photo? Here are five dos and don&#8217;ts when it comes to professional photos:<\/p>\n<h2>LinkedIn Photo DOs<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>DO<\/strong> <strong>get a professional photo taken<\/strong><br \/>\nYes it costs money, but consider it an investment in your career. Many headshot photographers offer social media packages at reasonable rates.<\/li>\n<li><strong>DO<\/strong> <strong>chose a photo that looks like you<\/strong><br \/>\nMake sure people who online stalk you before you meet know what you look like. Do you wear glasses everyday? Then wear them in your photo.<\/li>\n<li><strong>DO<\/strong> <strong>dress like you&#8217;re at the office<\/strong><br \/>\nThe best attire for a LinkedIn photo? What you would normally wear to work. Dress like the profession you&#8217;re in, or hope to be in. Pick a flattering color and go easy on the accessories, you want your sparkling personality to be the focus of the photo.<\/li>\n<li><strong>DO<\/strong> <strong>look confident and pleasant<\/strong><br \/>\nThink like <a href=\"http:\/\/www.entrepreneur.com\/article\/241636\">Entrepreneur.com<\/a> and ask yourself &#8211; if you were looking for a new employee or recruiting a leader for a company, would you hire the person in the photo?<\/li>\n<li><strong>DO fill up the frame<br \/>\n<\/strong>You want the photo focus to be on you. A good rule of thumb is to fill up 60% of the photo with yourself. While it&#8217;s great that you climbed that mountain or went to the beach, we don&#8217;t need to see a wide shot with a tiny person in it. Skip complicated backgrounds and fill the frame from the shoulders up.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>LinkedIn Photo DON&#8217;Ts<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Don&#8217;t skip posting a photo entirely<br \/>\n<\/strong>You\u2019re seven times more likely to have your profile viewed if you have a photo says <a href=\"http:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/learnvest\/2013\/03\/04\/8-mistakes-you-should-never-make-on-linkedin\/\">Forbes<\/a>. Plus, if you don&#8217;t have one, it looks suspicious. &#8220;Like a house that\u2019s on sale, the assumption is that if there\u2019s no photo, something\u2019s wrong.&#8221; A photo also helps differentiate you if you have a common name like &#8220;Bob Taylor,&#8221; as there could be several people with the same name.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Don&#8217;t post a selfie<\/strong><br \/>\nEven if it&#8217;s a not stereotypical &#8220;duckface&#8221; selfie, pictures taken by yourself are usually pretty obvious. If you don&#8217;t want to pay for professional photos, ask a shutterbug friend to help.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Don&#8217;t include others<br \/>\n<\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/learnvest\/2013\/03\/04\/8-mistakes-you-should-never-make-on-linkedin\/\">LinkedIn Career Expert<\/a> Nicole Williams says &#8220;no dog, no husband, no baby.&#8221; Avoid the faux pas of cropping someone out or including other people or pets in your photos. Connections and recruiters want to instantly know who they&#8217;re connecting with.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Don&#8217;t use an old photo<br \/>\n<\/strong>While it&#8217;s natural to want to use a photo of yourself looking your best, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/the-worst-linkedin-photos-you-can-have-2012-7#ixzz3hxYl6j6I\">Business Insider<\/a> points out, &#8220;a person might use a photo of themselves from ten years ago. However, once they call you in for an interview, the jig is up. An interviewee might feel slighted due to your bait and switch campaign.&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>\n<div><strong>Don&#8217;t use filters<br \/>\n<\/strong>A LinkedIn photo is not the place for fancy Instagram style photos or unusual crops. Stick with well-lit, straight forward shots.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Ready to debut your new photo to the world? <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/artisan\/\/\">Connect with us on LinkedIn<\/a> so we can see it.<\/p>\n<h3>\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Other Posts You Might Like<br \/>\n<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/artisantalent.com\/job-interview-tips\/\">Job Tips You Need Now (Brutally Honest Edition)<br \/>\n<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/artisantalent.com\/tips-on-social-media-marketing-through-linkedin\/\">LinkedIn Social Media Marketing Tips<br \/>\n<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/artisantalent.com\/make-linkedin-work\/\">Make LinkedIn Work for Your Job Search<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/artisantalent.com\/leveraging-your-linkedin-presence\/\">Leveraging Your LinkedIn Presence <\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/artisantalent.com\/how-to-root-out-job-prospects-on-linkedin\/\">Making the Most Out of LinkedIn<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Getting the Most Out of Your LinkedIn Profile Photo Do you have a fabulous, attention grabbing &#8211; yet professional &#8211; [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[26,8,895,1014,1015],"tags":[44,178,67,55,112,61,912,73,538],"class_list":["post-127055","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-career-resources","category-design-resources","category-employer-resources","category-freelance-resources","category-marketing-resources","tag-advice","tag-career-guidance","tag-creative-freelancers","tag-industry-trends","tag-linkedin","tag-networking","tag-photos","tag-social-media","tag-social-media-interview"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/artisantalent.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/127055","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/artisantalent.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/artisantalent.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artisantalent.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artisantalent.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=127055"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/artisantalent.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/127055\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":142688,"href":"https:\/\/artisantalent.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/127055\/revisions\/142688"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/artisantalent.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=127055"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artisantalent.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=127055"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artisantalent.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=127055"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}