The document discusses getting started on LinkedIn and provides tips for using the professional networking platform. It outlines key reasons to use LinkedIn such as networking, job seeking, and reconnecting with contacts. Additional tips include researching interviewers, marketing yourself, tracking companies and startups. The document also provides guidance on completing your profile, adding connections, privacy settings, and other LinkedIn features like recommendations, groups, messaging and job postings.

1. Getting Started on LinkedIn
Bill Gascoyne
csix@billgascoyne.name

2. Why Use LinkedIn?
• Networking!!!
– Keep track of people you meet
– Make yourself available to others
– Increase your visibility
• Job Seeking
– Employers are using LinkedIn to find you
• Reconnect With People
– Former co-workers
– College buddies

3. Guy Kawasaki – More Reasons
• Perform blind, “reverse,” and company
reference checks
• Make your interview go smoother
– Research your interviewer
• Market yourself
• Gauge the health of a company or industry
• Track or find startups
http://blog.linkedin.com/blog/2007/07/ten-ways-to-use.html

4. “For Dummies…”
Not only does
it exist, there
are three books
ahead of it on
Amazon!

5. LinkedIn – Opening Page

6. Other Required Info

7. Editing Your Profile

8. Editing Your Profile (contd.)

9. Public Profile

10. Add Connections

11. Home Page for Members

12. Privacy Tips
• Dedicated (non-business) e-mail address
– linkedin@billgascoyne.name
• Turn off visible contacts
• Control and edit your contacts
• Don’t date your degree

13. Other Features
• Recommendations
• Groups
– Alumni, Company, SIG
– Groups have discussion boards
• Q&A
– For all members
– Become an “Expert”
• Messaging
• Job Postings
• Company Index

14. Thank You
http://billgascoyne.name/LinkedIn.pdf