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linkedin Workshop Presentation For The Center for Entrepreneurship at the College of DuPage
This document provides tips on optimizing a LinkedIn profile and using LinkedIn effectively. It discusses filling out key profile sections like experience and skills, adding a professional photo and summary, and engaging with connections by participating in groups and sharing updates. The document also offers advice on growing one's network on LinkedIn and resources for creating graphics and shortening URLs for LinkedIn posts.
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- 1. Using LinkedIn Presented By: BruceJones CEO, Social Media Knockout Series: Round 5
- 2. LinkedIn Facts • Thereare 450 million LinkedIn members in the world • 2 new LinkedIn members are added every second • 30,000 long-form posts are added every week • You can increase your profile views 14x just by adding a picture Source
- 3. Why Use LinkedIn? •To help with employment: find a job/fill a job • Find new customers • Stay up to date in your industry • Every company needs a brand ambassador • Show off yourself and your business
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- 5. Profession al head shot Searchable headline that showswhat you do • Click to expand • Use work email as primary and personal email as secondary • Add up to 3 websites (can link to different pages on company website) Shorten personal URL
- 6. • Your chanceto showcase yourself/comp any • Know Your Audience • Take advantage of the allotted space • Explain/tell stories that you can’t convey in a resume • Use keywords people are searching for Additional Resource: How To Write The Perfect LinkedIn Summary Summary
- 7. Make sure to select company pagewhen adding jobs Add an explanation/descripti on Add past jobs too Tip: Make sure the jobs you have on LinkedIn match your resume
- 8. Honors and Awards Use this section toshowcase any awards or achievements you have earned. If this does not apply to you leave it blank
- 9. Volunteer Experience • Provide your volunteer experience, charitywork, or any causes you support • If don’t have anything for this section, Go Volunteer!
- 10. Organizations • Include any organizations/clu bsyou have been a part of • If you are looking for an organization to be a part of: look into your local Chamber of Commerce or Eventbrite for groups/meetups • Add all 50 skills • Use terms you want to be searched for • Other members can endorse you for those skills Skills
- 11. Select your school’s official page Add relevant courses GPA:3.5 and above- Yes Under 3.5- Optional Add any additional schools you have attended Add certifications if applicable
- 12. Recommendations • General rule:give 2 and you will probably get 1 back • NEVER ask to be recommended – it looks unprofessional • Recommendations you give others will be on their profile – giving you a chance to be seen by prospective clients/employers/networ king individuals Shows all recommendati ons you have received/given
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- 14. Company Pages How toset up: Interests> Companies> Create You need an email address that matches your domain Blogs and Presentations: Add blogs and SlideShare presentations to personal page – Share them as updates on company page
- 15. Insert Logo Here 100x 60 pixels Share blogs, news, pictures, videos etc. with followers Include a thorough company description Company Image 646 x 220 pixels How to edit company page
- 16. The Back EndOf Editing Recent updates will populate here Fill in the blanks in the back end
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- 18. Interacting Groups • Find outwhat groups your network/target audience is in • Choose what groups show on your profile • Participate in discussions Sharing Updates • Share updates from your company page • Interact with other peoples updates
- 19. Growing Your Connections • Afteryou collect someone’s business card connect with them on LinkedIn • Always send a personal message when requesting a connection • Import contacts from your email – Be careful not to send to whole email list • Import an already existing email list • Don’t spam someone with a sales pitch as soon as they accept your connection request • You can export a list of your connections emails if you need to email them outside of LinkedIn
- 20. Additional Resources Canva: Creategraphics Free Stock Images: Never use Google Images! Bitly: Shorten URLs and track traffic
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