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Andrew Seaman is the senior managing news editor for jobs and career development at LinkedIn News and my special guest in episode 250 of Your Career Podcast.

Andrew is the editor of the Get Hired and Get Ahead newsletters and the host of Get Hired with Andrew Seaman. 

Before joining LinkedIn in 2018, he was digital editor at Reuters in New York, where he previously served as the news agency’s senior medical journalist. 

He got his start at Reuters covering the Affordable Care Act and health care policy in Washington, D.C.

Listen to Andrew's fascinating career journey from his early days and transitions to his role at LinkedIn where, at the time of this recording he has over 177K followers.

Andrew shares his insights and tips into how to be an effective content creator on LinkedIn and shares his advice on:

1. Best practice when it comes to content creation on LinkedIn
2. His favourite new LinkedIn features
3. The types of posts we see on LinkedIn - carousels, polls, images, videos, and more
4. His top 3 tips for success on LinkedIn

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