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"First, turn off your activity notifications so your edits aren’t broadcast to your network. Use LinkedIn’s Open to Work feature, but select the option that only shows your interest to recruiters. This is a quiet way to increase visibility to recruiters from outside your organization.

Update your About section to reflect your current and past experience for at least your past two positions. Add bullet points under your current role to showcase skills, responsibilities, and accomplishments.

Go through the job descriptions you're applying for to pull out keywords and sprinkle them in throughout your profile to help show up in recruiter searches.

Also, make sure you have a current professional headshot and detailed headline."

Answered by Sarah Brumbley, Top Stack Principal

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