You’ve recently lost your job and like any executive, you want to optimize your LinkedIn profile to connect with potential employers, executive search firms, colleagues, and other contacts who can help you in your job search. You may be wondering how to address your recent unemployment to your advantage on your LinkedIn profile.
The following strategies will make a big impact on your job search.

​If you want to get discovered on LinkedIn then you need to optimize your profile for LinkedIn’s search algorithm. You will only start to get noticed by job recruiters and other business professionals when your profile is 100% complete.

Everyone is looking for shortcuts, tips, and tricks to make life easier including in job searching. Here are top four hacks for creating a cover letter that will help you stand out:

• Lead with a question
• Keep it short
• Include metrics
• Compel them (in your close) to connect

More than 85% of employers will "source" (find) people through LinkedIn. LinkedIn offers many opportunities to include appropriate keywords for your job search and career.
​It is smart to take advantage of that opportunity, given LinkedIn's popularity among recruiters.

Social network recruiters search the LinkedIn database for candidates that have a specific set of qualifications and/or key words in their Profile.
 
After searching the database, recruiters get served with "search results" that include a Profile view for each candidate.
 
As a job seeker, you want to consistently show up in search results for candidates with your set of qualifications, ideally higher than other candidates. This is often called LinkedIn SEO, or improving your LinkedIn search rank.​