[ufukbay]

This is absolutely true and was how I found my dream job or more like how a recruiter found my dream job for me. I'm using Xing since I live in Germany but I think it should work similar on LinkedIn.

I can understand that if you are starting fresh you won't be able to be already employed by a well known company. However you have to start somewhere and it's important that you get some experience in the field you want to work in. Obviously this depends on the job you are applying for whether it's a junior or senior position etc.

I think it's important that you don't have big gaps in your CV and can show or present strong social/soft skills. One of the most important things for me is to be honest. Be absolutely honest about what you can do and not. Don't flood your profile with all the latest buzzwords and technologies if you never worked with these before. This might attract couple recruiters but it will be most likely the black sheep amoung them.

Be serious, honest, friendly, open minded and just yourself. :)

[nfriedly]

Thanks for mentioning Xing - I might be looking for something new around the beginning of next year, and while I enjoy working remote (in the US), my wife and I were just talking about how a job Europe might worth moving for :)

But of course, I'd only ever heard of linkedin as "the" professional networking site - I didn't even realize they had competition!

[ufukbay]

You are welcome. https://www.xing.com/ is very popular in Germany at least. Sadly I don't have any numbers on how they do in Europe.