How to find your next job using Linked In

How to get a job using LinkedIn David Strom [email_address] 310-857-6867

Agenda
Ways to beef up your profile
Do’s and don’ts
How to grow your network
Privacy and visibility issues
Applications and discussion groups
Beyond LinkedIn: Email and blogs

Why bother
The new “Parachute”
Typical business uses
What happens if you don’t join
It isn’t just for job seekers
Start small and develop experience and learn by using more of its features

What about Facebook et al.

Your profile
What is in a name -- header, email identity, and photo
Status updates

Nancy’s header

My header

Ways to show your name
Nancy Shoup, MBA
Nancy Shoup, ace project manager
Nancy Shoup, project manager maven
Nancy Shoup, project manager professional

Do’s
Make sure they are people you can visualize in your mind or have some memory
Do check LinkedIn daily
Make sure you have your settings the way you intended
Constantly cultivate and feed your network

Don’ts
Don’t send out mass invites to more than 30 people at once
Don’t put non-professional items in your status updates
Don’t obsess about the number of connections and build slowly over time
Don’t just get started on the site two weeks before you are changing jobs
Don’t worry too much about using InMail

How to grow your network
Sending out invites
Accepting requests

Criteria for adding people

Now let’s add them!

Export from email address book

Be choosey!

Careful with your colleagues

What about 2nd, 3rd parties?
Tread carefully here
Don’t abuse your network, and it won’t abuse you

Privacy and visibility

Facebook “marriage”

Do you want your connections visible?
Visit this setting first!

What is the difference?

Nancy’s contacts

Making your contact info visible
In edit contacts:

Profile updates announced

Status info visible to contacts

Public profile

Listing your Web sites

Applications
Wordpress
Tripit
Slideshare

Discussion groups

Recommendations

Should you pay for it?

What else should you do?

Good luck with your networking!
David Strom
(310) 857-6867
[email_address]
http://strominator.com
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How to find your next job using Linked In

by David Strom on Apr 24, 2009

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