Join us for the second part of our ***Enhancing Your Professional Image*** series. Our first event recording on creating a Bullseye Resume can be watched [here](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZzNZY7ifpz8&t=269s).

**Part 2: LinkedIn Optimization – *Elevating Your Professional Profile on The World’s Most Popular Social Media Platform for Business Professionals***

**What we will cover**

* LinkedIn Today: Interesting facts about the people and companies on the platform
* Key Tips around Improve Your Visibility as a Job Seeker on the Platform:
– Anatomy of a LinkedIn Profile
– How to Optimize your LinkedIn Profile & tools to help
– Intentional Engagement on the Platform
– Other LinkedIn Features that help to Build Your Brand
* Q&A

**Speaker Bio**
[Mary Despe](https://www.linkedin.com/in/mkdespe/) helps professionals who feel unseen and undervalued in the workplace develop a strategy to succeed in their career pursuits. With nearly 20 years as a recruiter hiring technical talent for global companies, Mary offers insight as a hiring ‘insider’ to those looking to advance their careers. Mary has been recognized as a LinkedIn Top Community Voice for Interviewing and as a Talent MVP. She is passionate about helping others succeed professionally and in their authentic style. She has delivered workshops for the Society of Women Engineers, Project Management Institute, Women Leadership & Empowerment Conference, and has contributed career and personal branding articles to LinkedIn, Refinery24, and FairyGodBoss. She has also helped professionals get hired at companies like Accenture, Deloitte, TikTok, Cisco, Microsoft, Disney, SAP, Queen’s Health Systems, Cedars Sinai Medical Center, and more.

Born and raised in the Chicago area, Mary resides on the North Shore of Oahu in Hawaii, USA. She is a graduate of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and holds an MBA from Hult International Business School in Cambridge, MA.