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The Importance of A Good LinkedIn Account: Making the All-Star Team”

So, let’s assume that you’ve got a resume now. It's organized, concise, and detailed, and you’ve even included a LinkedIn profile. Brimming with confidence, you fervently begin applying for internships or Jobs, confident that you’re new and improved resume will get you to the next step of your career. However, a few months have passed, and you’ve only received 1-2 replies from recruiters. Some have rejected your applications, and some haven’t even replied yet. Now, you're thinking to yourself why aren’t things working out. Now, for clarification, that short example was based on my personal experience. At the time, my resume scored an average of 85% across multiple resume-scoring platforms and was even complimented by my tutors and peers. Yet, there I was, still struggling to get more than a quarter of replies to the applications I sent out. So, what was the problem now? Let's look at an example resume, shall we? It’s got a lot of background information about the individual...