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Don't remove all those LinkedIn clichés just yet

Before you ditch the buzzwords, consider that many  hiring managers use those same words to search for candidates. How to choose the right words.

By Vickie Elmer, contributor

FORTUNE -- After LinkedIn announced this year's lists of the most overused words in its profiles yesterday morning, an array of people pulled theirs up to see whether they flaunted their "creative," "effective" "track records" a bit too much.

A few tweeted that they had MORE

Your career: The perils of self-promotion

Twitter, Quora, Facebook: It's never been easier to build a personal brand. It's never been easier to mess it up, either. Here's how to toot your horn - without becoming yesterday's news.

By Vickie Elmer, contributor

FORTUNE -- Shama Kabani spends much of her time teaching entrepreneurs and CEOs to promote themselves on social media. She wrote a well-received book, The Zen of Social Media Marketing, owns a growing digital marketing company, and MORE

Brand yourself the Ferrari way

FORTUNE -- Think Ferrari and you think beautiful, fast, elite, Italian racing car. That notion pops into your mind even if you have never been behind the wheel of one -- or even in the showroom. "Put a Ferrari in the dark," says Marco Mattiacci, president and CEO of Ferrari North America, "and just by touching the car, you will recognize it as a Ferrari."

It's the type of brand that MORE

Still not putting volunteer work on your resume?

If not, new research from LinkedIn shows why it's time to start. By Anne Fisher

The rules of career reinvention

Career reinvention doesn't happen overnight and certainly requires a concerted effort. Here are a few basic rules to go by and resources to consider using on your journey.

The best networking email you'll get all year

Experts and coaches remind us daily about the importance of keeping in touch with your network. If you're like me, LinkedIn just handed you the perfect alibi on a silver platter.

By Jodi Glickman, contributor

Did you get an email last month from your friends at LinkedIn with the following subject: "Jodi, 86 of your connections changed jobs in 2010"?

If you did, it is quite possibly the best networking opportunity email you'll MORE

10 ways to use social media in your job hunt

Over 80% of employers now look for new hires on LinkedIn. Here's how to make the most of your online "personal brand."

By Anne Fisher, contributor

Dear Annie: I've been working for the same company for the past 19 years, but I just found out my department is being eliminated (outsourced) three months from now, so I'm job hunting for the first time in almost two decades. Obviously, lots of things have MORE

Get out of my Facebook, Larry

As some of you may know, I am very careful about how I Twitter. I occupy my space, but don't do MySpace. And I am not particularly LinkedIn, although I did make the mistake of signing up for it once. Since then, I am importuned daily by people who want me to link to them. I have no desire to do so. I am a virtual hermit, even though my brick MORE

10 Things you can do on a quiet summer afternoon

Program your ring tones. Right now I just added "Big Pimpin'" as the signature ring for our head of Sales. She'd really like it. In a few minutes I'm going to download a couple of games. I hear the new Incredible Hulk mobile game is terrific. This would be a departure from most that are associated with films, which are totally bogus.

I'm sorry but I'm not linking to you

It happened again this morning. "Boris Nofziger has invited you to connect on LinkedIn," said my inbox. Hm, I thought. Boris Nofziger. Who the frig is Boris Nofziger.