New LinkedIn Features for Job Seekers with Kevin Turner

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Retyping a title like ‘sales director’ can trigger a different skills list and expose gaps or next-step requirements.

1. Your Career Podcast with Jane Jackson focuses on LinkedIn features for job seekers in episode 266. 2. Jane Jackson is the host, career management coach, and author of Navigating Career Crossroads, and Kevin D. Turner is the Texas-based LinkedIn strategist and guest expert. 3. The episode asks how job seekers can use LinkedIn's newest tools and database settings to be found by recruiters. 4. Jane says LinkedIn has a banner, headline, About section, keywords, skills, endorsements, job alerts, Learning, groups, profile views, company alerts, interview prep, and recommendations. 5. Kevin says LinkedIn released more than 220 features in the past year and rolls them out in waves, so users do not get the same tools at the same time. 6. Jane and Kevin say the platform is good for employed and unemployed job seekers, especially during career transition. 7. Kevin says LinkedIn is a database-driven business, so profiles must be searchable, complete, and accurate. 8. He explains market value filters with examples like chief human resource officer, locations, and skills chosen from the drop-down. 9. He warns that gray data appears when people omit details such as education dates or the exact degree name. 10. He says recruiters can miss profiles when fields are incomplete, even if the profile looks polished visually. 11. Jane describes the redesigned Jobs tab, where icons have been replaced by boxes that populate from job preferences. 12. Kevin says filling out remote, hybrid, salary, and other preferences helps LinkedIn show whether a job matches you. 13. He explains that LinkedIn now uses potential applicants instead of applicants because many people click apply repeatedly without submitting. 14. He says jobs under 25 applicants can show an early-advantage signal. 15. Kevin describes the expansion from 50 to 100 skills and the addition of top skills in the About section. 16. He says retyping an experience title, such as sales manager to sales director, can produce different suggested skills and reveal gaps. 17. Jane and Kevin discuss features in a conversational live-stream format with audience questions from Arane, Chantelle, Dr. Kimberly Adams, and Archana Giri. 18. Kevin's style is direct and tactical, while Jane keeps the discussion moving with examples from coaching and recruitment. 19. Job seekers optimizing LinkedIn profiles, recruiters, and career changers. 20. Casual listeners who want a general career chat without platform tactics.

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A practical reminder that LinkedIn works best when profile details stay current, relevant, and tied to the role someone wants next.

This episode stays practical. Jane Jackson and Kevin D. Turner focus on profile details that actually matter: the About section, the skills list, and the way a job title can shift which skills LinkedIn suggests. The point is not inspiration for its own sake.

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Make your LinkedIn profile easier for recruiters to find.

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