From Profile to Payroll: Advanced LinkedIn Strategies for Job Seekers
with Kitty Carlisle
From Profile to Payroll: Advanced LinkedIn Strategies for Job Seekers moves beyond the basics of simply creating a LinkedIn profile and dives into the mechanics of turning a digital presence into an engine for targeted job offers.
'Attendees will learn how to transition from being a passive applicant to an in-demand "hidden gem" candidate by mastering the professional platform's latest 2026 updates. Job seekers will gain a competitive edge by learning advanced search techniques in this information filled presentation.
Kitty Carlisle has enthusiastically volunteered as a LinkedIn Coach for Career Connectors since May of 2014.
Known as The Grammatical Activist, she is a professional writer and editor with more than 14 years of SEO experience who works with small business owners, entrepreneurs, and individuals, writing, editing, and optimizing their content. Whether it's social media posts, website content, LinkedIn profiles, manuscripts, or even doctoral dissertations, Kitty has the experience to help translate content into impactful, professional messages using the client's voice
Second Speakers: Karen Smith and Tara Cusack
The Whole-Person Approach to Career Transition
Why career change affects more than your resume, and how understanding your nervous system can help you navigate transition with greater clarity, stability, and confidence.
Karen Smith is a strategic People & Culture executive and the founder of Empowered Konnections, an advisory and community platform dedicated to supporting both emerging companies and HR professionals. With more than 20 years of experience leading HR strategy across venture-backed startups, high-growth biotech and technology companies, and established organizations, Karen has partnered closely with founders and executive teams to build scalable people practices, leadership capability, and healthy organizational cultures.
Through Empowered Konnections, Karen advises early-stage companies while also creating spaces for HR professionals to connect, learn, and support one another through community, shared experience, and practical guidance.
Karen has long been an active contributor to the HR profession, having served in leadership and advisory roles within HR and professional communities in both San Diego and Phoenix.
She is passionate about helping individuals navigate their career strategy with clarity and confidence and is increasingly focused on integrating a whole-person perspective into her work, recognizing that career decisions are deeply connected to personal wellbeing, energy, and how individuals experience change.
Tara Leigh Cusack is a Certified Functional Health Coach and the founder of TLC Wellness Company, where she helps individuals and organizations build sustainable wellness practices that support long-term health and vitality.
Trained in integrative nutrition and behavior change, Tara takes a whole-person approach to wellbeing, helping individuals strengthen the foundational pillars of health, including nutrition, lifestyle habits, sleep, stress management, and mindset, to support long-term vitality.
Through her coaching practice, Tara has worked with clients ranging in age from 13 to 75, guiding individuals to make realistic and sustainable lifestyle changes that help them live happier, healthier, and more vibrant lives.
In addition to working with individual clients, Tara delivers workplace wellness trainings that provide practical strategies to help individuals and teams improve wellbeing, energy, and overall quality of life.