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Today’s Host: Oliver Schinkten
Oliver Schinkten
Staff Instructor at LinkedIn
Oliver’s Courses:
- Learning LinkedIn
- Learning LinkedIn Recruiter
- LinkedIn for Students
- Digital Citizenship
“Networking is a deliberate activity to build, reinforce
and maintain relationships of trust with other people to
further your goals.”
- Andrew Hennigan
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70% of people were hired at a
company where they had a
connection
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Benefits of a network
2nd degree
110,000
1st degree
645
3rd degree
4,000,000
• Adding connections
'unlocks' an exponential
number of people.
• “Friends of friends” that
you can be introduced
to, who may work at
companies and
industries you’re
interested in.
Form a networking strategy
4.
Identify who you want to connect with!
Build a solid foundation
- Friends & family
- Co-workers (current and former)
- Classmates (current and former)
Connect with people that you know
5.
You need solid
foundational network to
- Increase your
credibility
- Increase your reach
Use the Search bar to expand your network
6.
Once you have a solid base, you can reach out to others
- Similar field
- Similar position
- Alumni
- Work at a company you would like to work for
- Potential clients or collaborators