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Professional LinkedIn Headshots

Many people treat their LinkedIn profile as they treat their Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and the likes. Your passion about the football grand final last weekend may be a good post on Facebook or Twitter but it should not have anything to do with your LinkedIn if you are not a Sports Writer.

There is a great potential to turn off prospective employers and business contacts when you are posting personal activities, political or religion opinions for your updates. Of course everyone wants to be themselves but be your LinkedIn self – your professional self.

Does Your Headshot Show You As Confident and Approachable?

Most often I do get friend requests from people I don’t know. When looking at the thumbnail, if the photo looks good and attractive, I will click on it to see the big picture before contemplating accepting or rejecting the request. So if human being behaviours are the same all over, then most of us would be doing the same. Having a good professional headshot improves how good or bad people will see you.

The Out To Lunch Look 
This above image of my soon to be 5 year old son characterises most headshots as lacking personality, expression, connection or displaying eagerness with cheesy smile. This is what we are conditioned to in our headshot.

Confident, friendly and approachable
The image below of my son shows a rather chilled down individual who is connected to the viewers with his eyes, displaying his personality and an air of confidence, friendliness and approachability.

Being photogenic is not a birthright. it is a learned behaviour.

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