Build momentum toward your career goals

Once you’ve set the course for your career milestones this year, the next move is establishing the habits that pave the way to success. The most powerful changes you can implement in your professional life are not one-time actions, but regular practices that improve your performance and raise your profile with the right people. By investing in yourself and building constructive routines, you’ll be contributing to a career with staying power. Set yourself up for long-term success with the resources for: 

• Practicing mindfulness at work

• Maintaining your LinkedIn presence 

• Maximizing your time online

Headspace helps you team up with your inner voice

Your thoughts, emotions, and inner dialogue clock in alongside you every day at work. Learning to bring these elements into harmony is essential to sustainably pursuing your professional ambitions. To help you get in touch with your emotions and bring your best self to work, LinkedIn has teamed up with Headspace to create Life Skills: Emotions at Work, a new immersive content experience that provides constructive, actionable tools to help navigate everyday workplace challenges.

From decision making to finding growth in feedback to building connections with our colleagues, Headspace has tailored their intuitive mindfulness programs to the challenges professionals are facing in 2024. Here, you’ll find ways to confidently bring your whole self to work and keep up momentum for your goals.

All LinkedIn members can access two free months of Headspace to explore Life Skills, a short form video series. Get started here.

Make your LinkedIn profile work smarter

The competitive and rapidly-shifting nature of today’s job market requires you to take an active role in your career. The way you show up on LinkedIn can greatly impact your ability to discover new opportunities and make connections—whether you spend minutes or hours online each week. Start by regularly evaluating and updating your profile with recent roles and achievements so that it stands out to recruiters. Here are a few other tips to own your role in job hunting: 

Get more advice from LinkedIn Career Expert, Catherine Fisher, on how to play the long game in your career in this article. 

Search more confidently with Premium features

When you’re job hunting, the more information you have, the better you can evaluate and respond to opportunities in a way that sets you apart. With a LinkedIn Premium subscription, you can be confident that you’ll find the most relevant opportunities, thanks to personalized guidance on the specific skills and experiences that elevate your profile. You can also save time on repetitive tasks, enabling you to invest that time adding in your unique perspective and making your job search even more impactful.

LinkedIn Premium unlocks the “top applicant jobs” feature, which highlights open jobs where you have the greatest chance of standing out and hearing back. View information on how your profile compares to other applicants and cut down on time spent evaluating job postings, so that you can focus on infusing your personal perspective into your application. Even if you’re not actively searching for a job, the AI profile writing assistant can give you personalized recommendations for your headline and summary to keep your profile in prime condition for when you are. 

Learn more about Premium features here.

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