How you can make your LinkedIn profile work better for you with these 4 tips We take a look at some of the recent updates to LinkedIn that can help you get even more out of the platform, some of them may not be “recent” but could have easily gone unnoticed. Voice Messaging If you want to get in touch with some of your contacts but you don’t actually want to type a message you can quite easily go into the messages now and send a voice message all you need to do is hold your finger down on the microphone icon and let it record One set back of this is that it actually only lasts for one minute and truth be told it’s a bit buggy at the moment and you may find yourself having to record four or five times before you can actually send them. If you’re going to use it I probably recommend that you try and keep you on your message to with probably around 40 seconds at this point messages seem to send easier. Job searching You may not be aware but you can now search for remote jobs on LinkedIn. Recent studies have shown that the number of people working remotely is been up year-on-year for the past five years and obviously it’s a trend that will going to continue with that being said searching for location can completely change your job search to know the functionality of booking more all you need to do is click on the search bar type in the job you looking for and in the location in click report this will insure you all there are more jobs are available within your search parameters on LinkedIn We aren’t quite at the level of Facebook or Instagram with live video but surely it won’t be too far away. In the meantime, you can send your contacts a quick voice message instead of typing away all the time. Linkedin Salary There are plenty of salary calculators all over the internet but if you trust LinkedIn more than most you can review salaries for any title in any location you like.  You can look at a country as a whole or drill down into the specifics.  Here are a couple of examples: .net developer in Glasgow – £37,400 .net developer in Edinburgh – £38,000 Senior Developer in Aberdeen – £50,500 Senior Developer in London – £60,000 Always helpful if you have been off the market for a while and find yourself looking over the fence to see what else is going on.  You can find it by simply searching for LinkedIn Salary on any search engine. Former Name One for the ladies, recently married or married a few years ago and worried that people won’t be able to find you.  Fret not, LinkedIn has you covered. Navigate to your profile page and click on the pencil symbol to edit.  Underneath your Last name field, you see “Add Former Name” in blue.  If you click this and enter your previous name people will be able to find your profile if they type in your old name.  Probably not a great idea if you are on witness protection.