Are you LinkedIn? Tips on using "The World's Largest Professional Network"
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A presentation explaining the importance of using LinkedIn. Also some tips on how to make your profile standout and what to include. Some videos will also show why you should use LinkedIn and some testimonials.
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Are you LinkedIn? Tips on using "The World's Largest Professional Network"
- 1. ARE YOU ?
- 3. What you need to know about LinkedIn: • “The World’s Largest Professional Network” • Tips for College Students • The DO’S and DON’T’s • Tips to make your profile standout • Statistics! • Video testimonials from LinkedIn users • Links to informative articles.
- 4. LinkedIn Video – What is it?
- 5. 7 Ways College Students Can Benefit from LinkedIn 1. Getting Job Email Alerts 2. Connecting with Professionals 3. Conducting Company Research 4. Getting Recommendations 5. Letting Companies Find You! 6. Connecting with Other Students 7. Landing International Jobs Source: theundercoverrecruiter.com
- 8. 5 Tips for a KILLER LinkedIn Summary 1. Make sure it’s not blank. 2. Use as many of the 2,000 characters as possible. 3. Tell stories. Grab attention! Say what you can’t in your resume. 4. Break it up (headers, sub-headers, graphics) 5. Include your contact information. Source: careercast.com
- 12. Statistics! • 94% of recruiters use LinkedIn to vet candidates (as of Sept. 2013) • 11x more likely your profile will get viewed if you have a proper photo. • 13% of millennials (ages 13-34) use LinkedIn. • 10,200,000 applicants have found their job on LinkedIn
- 13. Do this… • Connect, connect, CONNECT!! • Send a personalized connection. • Complete your profile. • Have the right profile picture – High quality and look professional • Follow companies and join industry groups. • Ask for recommendations from connections • Use advanced search & save job searches
- 14. Don’t do this… • Profile is full of typos. • Have no profile picture or have a bad picture. • You're not personalizing connection requests. • You have not filled out a summary on your profile • You haven't put any thought in your profile title
- 20. Extra Tips • "Why College Freshmen Need to Major in LinkedIn" (Forbes) • "Why I do all my recruiting on LinkedIn" (NY Times) • Search LinkedIn on Pinterest and Google!