Quick answer
The best way to get found by recruiters on LinkedIn is to audit your profile against the keywords recruiters actually search, then rewrite your three heaviest sections — headline, About and top experience bullets — around your exact target job title and skills. Standout gives you a free 0–100 visibility score that flags your gaps, then a one-time $1 review that rewrites all three, paste-ready, in seconds.
Step-by-step
Run a free keyword audit of your profile
Start by seeing where you stand. Paste your LinkedIn URL into Standout's free visibility checker for an instant 0–100 score of how well you match recruiter search and the exact keywords you're missing for your target role. No card, no account — this tells you which sections are costing you visibility before you change a word.
Rewrite your headline around your exact target title
Your headline is the single heaviest recruiter-search signal. Lead it with the exact job title you want — spelled the way recruiters type it — then add two or three specific skills. This one change often moves people from invisible to first-page for their target term.
Rewrite your About to front-load role and skills
LinkedIn weights the top of your About most heavily and shows only the first ~2 lines before 'see more.' Open with what you do and the role you target, then work your core skills and tools in naturally. This is the second-heaviest section, so getting the keywords up top matters.
Reword your top 3 experience bullets for search
Rewrite your three most important experience bullets as skill + action + quantified result — 'Cut churn 18% by rebuilding onboarding (SQL, Amplitude)' beats 'Responsible for onboarding.' This widens your keyword footprint and gives a recruiter who opens your profile a concrete reason to message you.
Let Standout do the rewrites for you (the fast path)
If you'd rather not wrestle with the wording, Standout's one-time $1 LinkedIn Review rewrites all three heaviest sections at once — a keyword-optimized headline, a rewritten About section, and your top 3 experience bullets reworded for recruiter search — all paste-ready and delivered in seconds. The visibility score that shows your gaps is always free.
Why the audit-then-rewrite approach beats everything else
Most advice tells you to 'be active' or 'grow your network,' but neither moves you up a recruiter's keyword search. Recruiters type a job title and a few skills into LinkedIn Recruiter, read the first 2–3 pages of results, and message the top matches. If your profile doesn't contain those exact terms in its highest-weighted sections, you never appear — no matter how qualified you are or how often you post.
That's why the reliable path is narrow: find your keyword gaps, then fix the three sections that carry the most search weight — headline, About and experience. You get the biggest visibility gain for the least effort, and you can verify it with a before-and-after score.
The fastest tool: free score, then a $1 rewrite
Standout is built for exactly this. Paste your LinkedIn URL and get a free 0–100 visibility score with the specific keywords you're missing — that alone tells you what to fix. Then, if you want it done for you, the one-time $1 review returns a keyword-optimized headline, a rewritten About section, and your top 3 experience bullets reworded for recruiter search. One-time $1, no subscription, no account access — just paste the rewrites into LinkedIn.
See your LinkedIn visibility score — free
Paste your profile URL for an instant 0–100 recruiter-visibility score in 30 seconds. No card. Fix the top 3 sections for a one-time $1.
Get my free score →Frequently asked questions
What's the single most effective change to get found by recruiters?
Putting your exact target job title at the front of your headline. The headline is the heaviest recruiter-search signal, so a keyword-rich title there typically does more for your visibility than any other single change.
Do I need to pay to get found by recruiters?
No. The visibility score and the keyword gaps it flags are free, and you can rewrite your profile yourself using them. You only pay a one-time $1 if you want Standout to rewrite your headline, About and top 3 bullets for you.
Is there a faster way than rewriting everything myself?
Yes. Standout's $1 LinkedIn Review rewrites the three heaviest sections — headline, About and top 3 experience bullets — for recruiter search at once, paste-ready in seconds, so you skip the trial-and-error of wording it yourself.
How do I know it worked?
Re-run the free visibility score after you update your profile. Keyword changes typically reflect in LinkedIn search within a few days, so a higher score and more profile views over the following week or two confirm you're ranking for the right terms.