Show notes from episode 19 - what's included in this episode? What employers are looking for in students and young people Find out about a Linked In pilot project with the Greater Manchester Combined Authority which uses ‘big data’ to understand student pathways in the Greater Manchester area Connecting past, present and future students - ‘Sending the elevator back down to the next generation’ LinkedIN’s resources for teachers - resources, knowledge, communities - and how these areas are developing China as the fastest growing country on LinkedIn Why LinkedIN has moved on in student perception from ‘facebook to old people’ to a useful resource How do Universities use the ‘big data’ of LinkedIN to map student journeys after graduation? LinkedIN for teachers and universities

1. #19 with Charles Hardy, Education Lead, LinkedIN
‘Connecting past, present, and future learners’ show notes
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3. WHAT’S IN THIS EPISODE?
• What employers are looking for in students and young people
• Find out about a Linked In pilot project with the Greater Manchester Combined Authority which uses ‘big data’ to understand
student pathways in the Greater Manchester area
• Connecting past, present and future students - ‘Sending the elevator back down to the next generation’
• LinkedIN’s resources for teachers - resources, knowledge, communities - and how these areas are developing
• China as the fastest growing country on LinkedIn
• Why LinkedIN has moved on in student perception from ‘facebook to old people’ to a useful resource
• How do Universities use the ‘big data’ of LinkedIN to map student journeys after graduation?
• LinkedIN for teachers and universities
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4. SAMPLE QUOTES
• ON SOFT SKILLS: ‘educational qualifications; in many ways are no longer providing the level of discernment that employees are
looking for’
• ON PROJECT MANCHESTER: ’It’s a good demonstration of working with a range of people to leverage our data for insights into a
community or career sector.’
• STUDENTS ON LINKED IN: ’It could be around ideas for career options or it could be to find people who might be able to help you.’
• ON HAVING A LINKED IN PROFILE WHEN YOU WORK AT LINKED IN: ‘It’s not as if there are profile police coming around to your
desk everyday.’
• TEACHER FAMILIARITY: ‘‘Teachers - they’re not the strongest demographic on linked in yet, but certainly very important to us. We
need the teachers onboard.’
• CHINA: ’China is our fastest growing country at the moment’
• ON LINKED IN: ’Presenting yourself effectively is not new; networking is not new’. We are just an enabler really.’
• ON 400m USERS: ‘We have a lot of data and insight into different career paths’
• ON UNIVERSITIES: ‘If you’ve got 100,000 alumni on linked in; how do you leverage that as part of your branding? It’s huge!’
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5. FURTHER READING
• PROJECT MANCHESTER: https://www.gov.uk/government/news/
pioneering-linkedin-project-to-change-the-face-of-recruitment-in-
manchester
• MICROSFT/LINKED IN DEAL: http://news.microsoft.com/2016/06/13/
microsoft-to-acquire-linkedin/
• UCL ON LINKED IN: https://www.linkedin.com/edu/ucl-12682
• CHARLES HARDY: https://uk.linkedin.com/in/charleshardy
@charleshardy
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