LinkedIn: Getting ready for the holidays

Holidays are coming and it’s the right time to start preparing for a time off. This might also mean time off from LinkedIn as it is a professional platform and many use it for work purposes.

So this month we take a look at how to prepare for your vacation on LinkedIn - sharing one tip for premium users and another that anyone can use.

What can you do in order to prepare for your holiday?

When you are a premium user who uses any kind of paid subscription in LinkedIn (for example LinkedIn Recruiter Lite) then you are able to turn on “Set away message” and “Out of office replies”. The first one is the message that you set up for your personal LinkedIn profile inbox and the second one is the OOO message that you can turn on for your recruiter tool inbox.

How is it done for your regular LinkedIn account?

1️⃣ Click on "Messaging" tab on the bottom right corner of your LinkedIn window.

2️⃣ Select "Set away message".

3️⃣ It will open up a separate pop up window where you are able to turn the notification on and pick the dates for it to be active. You can also add your away message and voila, it's done! ✅

How is it done for your Recruiter Lite account?

1️⃣ Click on "Messaging" tab on the upper right corner of your LinkedIn Recruiter Lite window.

2️⃣ Click on the gear icon on the bottom left corner and select "Out of office replies".

3️⃣ It will open up a separate pop up window where you are able to turn the notification on and pick the dates for it to be active. Similar to regular account OOO messages, you can add your personalized text here as well! ✅

Little tip: Pick the end date first so the system would give you the opportunity to pick the correct start date. Otherwise you might get a weird error.

Another thing to consider is scheduling some posts for your holiday. So how can you schedule a LinkedIn group post?

1️⃣ Simply start writing a post on your LinkedIn main page. Make your post ready.

2️⃣ At the top you can see "Anyone" next to your profile picture. Click on this, navigate to Groups and just pick the right group where you want to post.

3️⃣ Now click on the "Schedule" button to pick the time you want your post to go live and voila, you're done!

Now you can enjoy your holidays without worrying that someone is looking forward to your reply in #LinkedIn or your SSI score getting too low during this longer break.

Happy upcoming holidays!