[ by Melanie Gretchen ] LinkedIn job searchers, make no mistake.  Once you put yourself out there in the resume way, expect to be searched in the cyberspace way, i.e. you will be Googled - and you better have something findable. Having a LinkedIn page if you're looking for work is a given.  As banker Molly Cain, CEO of GlassHeel.com, said, "You should have already created one of those years ago."  Her advice for using your profile correctly and to your advantage include her top 8 things you might be doing wrong on LinkedIn. 1) You don’t have any recommendations. If a hiring manager is scoping out your LinkedIn profile and doesn’t see a recommendation, they might think, “Hmm…no one likes their work,” or “They must not have impressed anyone,” or even, “Umm, this is a dud networker.” The Fix: Get some recommendations, duh. If you haven’t tried it yet, that’s your homework for today. Send out a request for a recommendation to at least five people you’ve worked with or currently work with (check your company policy). You’ll be surprised at how willing, honest and complimentary people will be of your work (granted, that’s if you’ve impressed them in the past – I don’t recommend you sending a request to an enemy). 2) You get a flood of recommendations. One word. Shady. If you get a flood of recommendations one day, we’re all going to know you’re looking for a job. More often than not, job searching occurs under the radar. Well, broadcasting a bunch of recommendations all at the same time is the complete opposite of that. The Fix: I know what you’re thinking, “I need recommendations to get a job, but you’re telling me not to get a bunch of them!” The trick is to always be looking for recommendations, even when you’re satisfied with your job. That way, when you’re not satisfied, you’re already set. If you’ve done great work for a client, ask them for a recommendation via LinkedIn as soon as the project is completed. If you leave a job for another, ask all your former colleagues to give you a shout out. There are lots of ways and reasons to get recommendations, get creative. 3) You lie. This one is pretty self-explanatory, and yet, for some it’s hard to follow. In all business settings, if you lie, you will eventually get caught. The Fix: The best fix to this one is to just simply not to do it. Karma is…well…you know. For the rest, go to [Forbes, 5/10/12].