Reflecting on your next move

Time away from the office gives us a valuable opportunity to recharge our batteries, but it can also lead us to reevaluate our professional lives. Stepping away from your regular routine, may have given you the space to explore a new interest or maybe it has left you hungry for a new role? In today’s newsletter, you’ll find advice on how to develop your skills, build learning into your everyday routine, and stand out in your search for the next opportunity.??

Three easy ways to uplevel your skills

Developing a growth mindset and investing in your development at work is one of the best ways to elevate your career. And as for businesses, investing in upskilling their teams can help retain and attract great employees, address skills gaps, and ultimately lead to stronger performance.

Content creator and product lead Chloe Shih shares her top tips for developing your skills.

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Stand out to recruiters on LinkedIn

Turns out that simple tweaks like updating your current job, adding skills, replying promptly, and listing multiple positions can really boost your visibility. Time to update those profiles!

Apply with confidence to verified Company Pages

As a part of our commitment to helping members connect with real people, real jobs, and real companies, you may start to see verification badges on Company Pages. A verification badge on a Company Page signals that this is an official page for an organization.

If you manage your company’s Page, this is an opportunity to showcase authenticity and build trust. To learn more, check out this Help Center article for more details about verification for Company Pages.

Negotiate your worth

Salary negotiations can be one of the toughest part of a job search. In August’s episode of Get Hired, LinkedIn editor Andrew Seaman speaks with HR consultant Daniel Space, also known as ‘Dan from HR.’ Daniel shares his tips for managing the negotiation process and debunks common misperceptions about the way companies determine employee salaries.

A transcript of the conversation is available here. You can listen to the episode above or on Apple Podcasts.

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