GET TO WORKshop The LinkedIn Connection

For anyone who wants to enhance their usage of the For anyone who wants to enhance their usage of the

FREE networking tool – LINKEDIN (FREE networking tool – LINKEDIN (www.linkedin.com))

• Overview Networking sites• LinkedIn

On-Line Personal/Business NetworkingBuilding a community on lineJobs, events, questions, et al

• Building your brandDo’s for the profile – give to getWhat to leave out

• Company research• Using LinkedIn as a job board

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• Facebook– Personal Networking On Line– Allows Posting of Most Anything, Including Pictures, Stories, Personal Info– Non-Essential Tool for Job Searching– Gives the Ability to Network Internationally– Used by 200,000,000 people – Can Block Private Information from Non-Friends– Allows for Multiple Search Types– Provides Group Membership for Similar Interests– Posts Announcements– May Hinder Job Searches, with Non-Suitable Information

• Myspace, Youtube, etc.– More Personal Networking– Gives the Ability to post video Internationally– Once posted, information may NEVER go away– May Provide Presentation Exposure– May Provide Documentation of Other Job-Worthy Talents– May Hinder Job Searches, with Non-Suitable Information

• Twitter– More Personal Networking– Becoming More Usable in Job Searching– Can be Annoying– Very New and Still Being Evaluated by Many– Effective for Posting Blog Information– May Increase Spamming Received– Anyone Can Follow; But They CAN be Blocked

• LinkedIn– The Facebook of Business Networking– Essential Tool in Job Searching– 65 million users in 200 countries– Readable in English, French, German, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese– Gives the Ability to Network Internationally– Provides References– Provides Resume’ Information– Allows for Job Position Searches– Provides Group Membership for Similar Interests– Posts Event Announcements– Posts Class Announcements

• LinkedIn 8 tips to success:• Complete your profile

• Add connections

• Recommendations

• Status updates

• Join Groups

• Prospect

• Use Applications

• Stay current

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People you may know

Who’s viewed your profile

Events your contacts will attend

If your recommendations have typo’s,

ask for your contact to resubmit them;

it’s a reflection upon you…

You can join up to 50 groups and sub-groups

as a free member – find some large groups

to enhance your exposure

If you want to get contacted, make

sure your contact information is

available…

Contacts are listed alphabetically and

you can email up to 50 at a time

within LinkedIn – if you want to email

more, block/copy, send to 50 and then

paste and send to 50 more

This is a group overview – note you can publish discussions or

articles to any group where you are a member

You can search by location, keyword, etc.

and you can search people, jobs, companies,

events, etc.

Emails are forever in

LinkedIN; you

cannot delete them….

Check

these out,

as well as

the MORE

category

above

• A few tips on job-searching I’ll bet you’re missing some……

• On emails, always sign name, number• Put a PS on your cover letter• Put your Linked-In profile on your resume• Complete your Linked-In profile, fully & accurately• Write thank-you’s after every interview to EACH person• Use a professional email address• Don’t list high school on your profiles• If your resume isn’t up to date, do it now…• Join Linked-In groups• Get recommendations on Linked-In

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