In twelve steps you can drastically increase your connections to include individuals at target employers and increase your online visibility to attract attention and build your reputation.
Getting Started with LinkedIn - Professional & Business Success StrategiesCarrie Gottschalk
This document provides tips for using LinkedIn effectively. It explains that LinkedIn allows you to connect with your professional network and exchange knowledge and opportunities. While the human brain can only handle about 150 close connections, LinkedIn helps manage larger networks through weak ties. The document recommends establishing a complete professional profile, making relevant connections, engaging with groups, and using LinkedIn to directly message leads and find introductions to generate new business. The overall goal is to use LinkedIn to positively connect and generate new leads for professional and business success.
This presentation on how to use LinkedIn for a job search was presented to the Omaha Career Networking Support Group on January 11, 2011. Jeff Quandt, Inbound Marketing Professional was the speaker. A video of the presentation can be found at http://vimeo.com/18917015
This document provides tips for salespeople to leverage LinkedIn for lead generation and relationship management. It outlines three main steps:
1. Optimize your LinkedIn profile to make the best first impression on prospects by including a professional photo, summary, work experience, education, recommendations, and interests.
2. Build your professional network by connecting with colleagues, customers, prospects and industry contacts. Search for new prospects and use groups to expand your reach.
3. Check LinkedIn daily to stay up-to-date on your network and prospects by reviewing feeds, groups, profile visitors, and prospect profiles to find opportunities and break the ice.
For job seekers, LinkedIn can be one social media tool that may help them find and land a new job. This deck provides a checklist, tips on using LinkedIn's Job Seeker tools, and how recruiters use LinkedIn to view profiles.
Statistics and examples are shared, along with tips on completing your LinkedIn profile with keywords recruiters use in finding potential candidates. Boolean searchers are also discussed, which can be a powerful way to use LinkedIn search to land your new job.
04 06 10 Does having a Linkedin profile mean I'm "doing social networking"?Elephants Abroad
This document summarizes a presentation about using LinkedIn for business purposes. It discusses how LinkedIn works as a social network connecting people based on shared connections and interests. The presentation outlines several ways LinkedIn can benefit businesses, including sales, marketing, innovation, and recruitment. Specific strategies are provided for optimizing a LinkedIn profile, engaging with groups, monitoring jobs and companies, and using the search and question features. The overall message is that LinkedIn allows businesses to research opportunities and develop relationships in a more targeted way than traditional outreach methods.
Fire up your profile business success workshopCoachNJ
This document contains a presentation about how to create an effective LinkedIn profile. It discusses who should have a LinkedIn profile, how to fill out the different profile elements, how to use LinkedIn to grow your professional network and find people and groups, and tips for making the most of your LinkedIn presence with minimal time investment. The presentation aims to help attendees understand the value and proper use of LinkedIn for career and business purposes.
The document provides 5 tips for using LinkedIn effectively: 1) Professionalize your profile by adding a photo, personal statement, status updates, and customizing experience and summary sections. 2) Build connections by searching for contacts and accepting connection requests from people you know. 3) Ask connections for recommendations about past work. 4) Join and engage with industry groups to expand your network and knowledge. 5) Install applications like SlideShare and WordPress to showcase your work and expertise. Following these tips can help maximize business opportunities and build professional connections on LinkedIn.
Getting Started with LinkedIn - Professional & Business Success StrategiesCarrie Gottschalk
This document provides tips for using LinkedIn effectively. It explains that LinkedIn allows you to connect with your professional network and exchange knowledge and opportunities. While the human brain can only handle about 150 close connections, LinkedIn helps manage larger networks through weak ties. The document recommends establishing a complete professional profile, making relevant connections, engaging with groups, and using LinkedIn to directly message leads and find introductions to generate new business. The overall goal is to use LinkedIn to positively connect and generate new leads for professional and business success.
This presentation on how to use LinkedIn for a job search was presented to the Omaha Career Networking Support Group on January 11, 2011. Jeff Quandt, Inbound Marketing Professional was the speaker. A video of the presentation can be found at http://vimeo.com/18917015
This document provides tips for salespeople to leverage LinkedIn for lead generation and relationship management. It outlines three main steps:
1. Optimize your LinkedIn profile to make the best first impression on prospects by including a professional photo, summary, work experience, education, recommendations, and interests.
2. Build your professional network by connecting with colleagues, customers, prospects and industry contacts. Search for new prospects and use groups to expand your reach.
3. Check LinkedIn daily to stay up-to-date on your network and prospects by reviewing feeds, groups, profile visitors, and prospect profiles to find opportunities and break the ice.
For job seekers, LinkedIn can be one social media tool that may help them find and land a new job. This deck provides a checklist, tips on using LinkedIn's Job Seeker tools, and how recruiters use LinkedIn to view profiles.
Statistics and examples are shared, along with tips on completing your LinkedIn profile with keywords recruiters use in finding potential candidates. Boolean searchers are also discussed, which can be a powerful way to use LinkedIn search to land your new job.
04 06 10 Does having a Linkedin profile mean I'm "doing social networking"?Elephants Abroad
This document summarizes a presentation about using LinkedIn for business purposes. It discusses how LinkedIn works as a social network connecting people based on shared connections and interests. The presentation outlines several ways LinkedIn can benefit businesses, including sales, marketing, innovation, and recruitment. Specific strategies are provided for optimizing a LinkedIn profile, engaging with groups, monitoring jobs and companies, and using the search and question features. The overall message is that LinkedIn allows businesses to research opportunities and develop relationships in a more targeted way than traditional outreach methods.
Fire up your profile business success workshopCoachNJ
This document contains a presentation about how to create an effective LinkedIn profile. It discusses who should have a LinkedIn profile, how to fill out the different profile elements, how to use LinkedIn to grow your professional network and find people and groups, and tips for making the most of your LinkedIn presence with minimal time investment. The presentation aims to help attendees understand the value and proper use of LinkedIn for career and business purposes.
The document provides 5 tips for using LinkedIn effectively: 1) Professionalize your profile by adding a photo, personal statement, status updates, and customizing experience and summary sections. 2) Build connections by searching for contacts and accepting connection requests from people you know. 3) Ask connections for recommendations about past work. 4) Join and engage with industry groups to expand your network and knowledge. 5) Install applications like SlideShare and WordPress to showcase your work and expertise. Following these tips can help maximize business opportunities and build professional connections on LinkedIn.
Developing your career: A guide for project managersKnowledge Train
For more project management careers guidance, visit: https://www.knowledgetrain.co.uk/resources/careers If you're a project manager looking to push your career to the next level, this career guide is for you. Learn how to build your personal brand online, use social media to establish yourself as a thought leader and where to go to keep your knowledge up to date. The "Developing your career" guide also features expert tips from the successful women in The Glass Breakers network.
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This is the deck for the class that I have been teaching for the past 2 years at the San Francisco Public Library. It includes a high level strategy on how you should approach using social media to find a job. It focuses on personal branding and engaging advocates that help you navigate and talk to the right people to get a job.
LinkedIn is the world's largest professional network with over 90 million members in over 200 countries. It allows users to connect with colleagues and professionals, find potential clients and jobs, gain industry insights through groups, and view and create company profiles. Creating a detailed profile is important to establish yourself on the network and be found by others. There are also many tips provided on ways to generate business through LinkedIn, such as posting content, growing your network, answering questions, and staying actively involved on the site.
This document outlines Jonathan Sanderson's presentation on professional networking. It discusses what networking is, why it is important for career and business development, and how to develop a professional network. Some key strategies covered include using LinkedIn to connect with contacts, attending networking events, and following up on connections in a respectful and ethical manner. The overall message is that a person's success now relies on the strength of their professional network as much as their individual skills and abilities.
LinkedIn best practices for Small Business owners - CareerNetworkingUSAkenlang
This document contains a summary of a LinkedIn presentation given by Kenneth Lang and Rich Heckelmann. It includes biographies of Kenneth Lang and Rich Heckelmann, who both have extensive professional experience. The presentation covers how to use LinkedIn effectively, including tips to build your profile, connect with others, request recommendations, and maximize your network on LinkedIn. The goal is to help users grow their business, market themselves, find resources and hire others using LinkedIn.
The document provides tips on effective job searching techniques, including networking extensively through both online and offline connections, researching target companies thoroughly, and treating the process like a full-time job with activities tracked in a journal. It also emphasizes self-assessment to determine ideal roles, practicing an elevator pitch, and considering contract work to maintain experience and connections. Proper preparation is key to overcoming common mistakes in interviews and follow-ups.
The document provides guidance on using social media for career management and online personal branding, including developing profiles on LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, and a personal website. It emphasizes managing your online reputation and image, participating in professional networking, and using social media to support qualifications and highlight skills and experience. Metrics like search engine results, profile views, and network growth can help evaluate your online presence. Security and appropriate content are important across all platforms.
This document provides tips for using LinkedIn effectively for business purposes. It discusses designing an impactful profile, focusing on achievements rather than job details. It also emphasizes that LinkedIn works through connections, and recommends connecting with as many contacts as possible while also cultivating deeper relationships. The document outlines strategies for open networking versus trusted partner networking and suggests a middle approach. It provides tips for using search, groups, status updates, testimonials and more to find potential clients and enhance one's professional profile on LinkedIn.
Winter Wyman Job Search Series - Networking is essentially relationship building. It’s something most of us do in our personal lives — we ask for and give referrals to dentists, hair stylists, and electricians with ease. When it comes to our professional lives, however, we often let our networking skills, and our networks, lapse. Why? Because networking is a lot like exercise — we know it’s good for us, we just have so many excuses not to do it.
Social Media as a Job Search Tool--MHANJ/DVR PresentationMichele Martin
Social media can be an effective job search tool when used strategically as part of an overall plan. Key points include: social media complements but does not replace traditional methods; it is important to find information on companies and build connections through research and networking on sites like LinkedIn; an effective strategy involves identifying target companies, researching them, networking into them, and communicating one's value as an employee rather than focusing on disabilities. Google tools like Gmail, Drive, and Calendar can help organize the job search process.
This document provides tips and guidance for using LinkedIn as a job searching tool. It discusses what LinkedIn is, the benefits of joining LinkedIn, how to set up your profile, build your professional network, get recommendations, and use LinkedIn to actively search for jobs. Additional tips are provided for optimizing your LinkedIn profile and engagement to enhance your professional brand and visibility to recruiters.
In this hands-on workshop, I identify why LinkedIn is essential for building your online reputation; go through each of the profile sections so you have the knowledge to complete yours 100%; and talk about ways to professionally engage with others in your network and arm yourself with information when making sales calls.
If you're interested in having a workshop done for your organization, contact me at lisa@lisakhorn.com.
Thanks for viewing the presentation. Let me know what you think...leave a comment below!
This document discusses networking and its importance. It defines networking as developing contacts for mutual benefit through communication. There are two main types of networking: online/social networking using sites like Facebook and LinkedIn, and face-to-face networking at events. Both have advantages and disadvantages. The document also discusses Granovetter's theory of strong vs weak ties, and how weak ties can provide access to new information. Networking is important for Simventure, a simulated new business, to increase customers and profits by promoting the business to a wider audience.
This document provides tips to avoid 7 common mistakes on LinkedIn and succeed with the world's largest online business network. It outlines mistakes like only creating a basic profile and not engaging with connections. The tips encourage having a clear goal and plan, a complete profile with recommendations, growing connections through events and searches, personalizing outreach, and persisting consistently. The overall advice is to use LinkedIn actively to build relationships and provide value to others in order to develop business opportunities.
Linkedin 7 mistakes to avoid - dawn adlamDawn Adlam
This document provides tips to avoid 7 common mistakes on LinkedIn and succeed with the professional networking platform. It outlines mistakes like only creating a basic profile and not engaging with connections. The document recommends growing one's network through events, advanced searches, direct outreach, and giving value to connections. It emphasizes having a clear goal and plan of action on LinkedIn, completing one's profile, personalizing outreach, and persisting with networking over time through consistency. The tips are provided by The Biz Links, a company that offers LinkedIn training and coaching services.
Marketing yourself in the social and digital world June 2014 - Social TipsWitmer Group
A presentation from a recent HR group for HR Professionals in transition and looking to better use social tools such as twitter, LinkedIn, facebook and Google+ for job seeking purposes.
Includes social marketing stats, tips and how to's.
The document discusses LinkedIn and why professionals should use it. It notes that LinkedIn has become the largest professional networking site on the internet, with over 433 million members worldwide. Unlike Facebook, LinkedIn is for business networking rather than socializing. The author explains that LinkedIn allows users to develop business relationships that can lead to new opportunities or even become their own business. It emphasizes that everyone needs to network professionally online using LinkedIn to strengthen their expertise, brand and career.
Networking Career Essential Or Time Vampire April 2010.Htmkrietow
The document discusses networking and provides tips for both individuals and organizations. For individuals, it recommends mapping your network, identifying passions, closing gaps, and maintaining connections over time. It also emphasizes paying networking forward by introducing others. For organizations, it suggests establishing a social media policy to clarify appropriate professional networking while separating personal and work lives. The policy should also address employee time spent networking and protecting intellectual property.
This document provides information on using social networks, particularly LinkedIn, for job seeking. It discusses why networking is important, gives an overview of LinkedIn and its benefits for job searching, and provides tips for using LinkedIn such as creating a professional profile, connecting with contacts, joining groups, regularly updating status, and conducting research.
Developing your career: A guide for project managersKnowledge Train
For more project management careers guidance, visit: https://www.knowledgetrain.co.uk/resources/careers If you're a project manager looking to push your career to the next level, this career guide is for you. Learn how to build your personal brand online, use social media to establish yourself as a thought leader and where to go to keep your knowledge up to date. The "Developing your career" guide also features expert tips from the successful women in The Glass Breakers network.
project management, project, projects, manager, management, career advice, career guidance, careers, project management career, job, personal development, project management industry, project management carers advice, job search, professional development
This is the deck for the class that I have been teaching for the past 2 years at the San Francisco Public Library. It includes a high level strategy on how you should approach using social media to find a job. It focuses on personal branding and engaging advocates that help you navigate and talk to the right people to get a job.
LinkedIn is the world's largest professional network with over 90 million members in over 200 countries. It allows users to connect with colleagues and professionals, find potential clients and jobs, gain industry insights through groups, and view and create company profiles. Creating a detailed profile is important to establish yourself on the network and be found by others. There are also many tips provided on ways to generate business through LinkedIn, such as posting content, growing your network, answering questions, and staying actively involved on the site.
This document outlines Jonathan Sanderson's presentation on professional networking. It discusses what networking is, why it is important for career and business development, and how to develop a professional network. Some key strategies covered include using LinkedIn to connect with contacts, attending networking events, and following up on connections in a respectful and ethical manner. The overall message is that a person's success now relies on the strength of their professional network as much as their individual skills and abilities.
LinkedIn best practices for Small Business owners - CareerNetworkingUSAkenlang
This document contains a summary of a LinkedIn presentation given by Kenneth Lang and Rich Heckelmann. It includes biographies of Kenneth Lang and Rich Heckelmann, who both have extensive professional experience. The presentation covers how to use LinkedIn effectively, including tips to build your profile, connect with others, request recommendations, and maximize your network on LinkedIn. The goal is to help users grow their business, market themselves, find resources and hire others using LinkedIn.
The document provides tips on effective job searching techniques, including networking extensively through both online and offline connections, researching target companies thoroughly, and treating the process like a full-time job with activities tracked in a journal. It also emphasizes self-assessment to determine ideal roles, practicing an elevator pitch, and considering contract work to maintain experience and connections. Proper preparation is key to overcoming common mistakes in interviews and follow-ups.
The document provides guidance on using social media for career management and online personal branding, including developing profiles on LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, and a personal website. It emphasizes managing your online reputation and image, participating in professional networking, and using social media to support qualifications and highlight skills and experience. Metrics like search engine results, profile views, and network growth can help evaluate your online presence. Security and appropriate content are important across all platforms.
This document provides tips for using LinkedIn effectively for business purposes. It discusses designing an impactful profile, focusing on achievements rather than job details. It also emphasizes that LinkedIn works through connections, and recommends connecting with as many contacts as possible while also cultivating deeper relationships. The document outlines strategies for open networking versus trusted partner networking and suggests a middle approach. It provides tips for using search, groups, status updates, testimonials and more to find potential clients and enhance one's professional profile on LinkedIn.
Winter Wyman Job Search Series - Networking is essentially relationship building. It’s something most of us do in our personal lives — we ask for and give referrals to dentists, hair stylists, and electricians with ease. When it comes to our professional lives, however, we often let our networking skills, and our networks, lapse. Why? Because networking is a lot like exercise — we know it’s good for us, we just have so many excuses not to do it.
Social Media as a Job Search Tool--MHANJ/DVR PresentationMichele Martin
Social media can be an effective job search tool when used strategically as part of an overall plan. Key points include: social media complements but does not replace traditional methods; it is important to find information on companies and build connections through research and networking on sites like LinkedIn; an effective strategy involves identifying target companies, researching them, networking into them, and communicating one's value as an employee rather than focusing on disabilities. Google tools like Gmail, Drive, and Calendar can help organize the job search process.
This document provides tips and guidance for using LinkedIn as a job searching tool. It discusses what LinkedIn is, the benefits of joining LinkedIn, how to set up your profile, build your professional network, get recommendations, and use LinkedIn to actively search for jobs. Additional tips are provided for optimizing your LinkedIn profile and engagement to enhance your professional brand and visibility to recruiters.
In this hands-on workshop, I identify why LinkedIn is essential for building your online reputation; go through each of the profile sections so you have the knowledge to complete yours 100%; and talk about ways to professionally engage with others in your network and arm yourself with information when making sales calls.
If you're interested in having a workshop done for your organization, contact me at lisa@lisakhorn.com.
Thanks for viewing the presentation. Let me know what you think...leave a comment below!
This document discusses networking and its importance. It defines networking as developing contacts for mutual benefit through communication. There are two main types of networking: online/social networking using sites like Facebook and LinkedIn, and face-to-face networking at events. Both have advantages and disadvantages. The document also discusses Granovetter's theory of strong vs weak ties, and how weak ties can provide access to new information. Networking is important for Simventure, a simulated new business, to increase customers and profits by promoting the business to a wider audience.
This document provides tips to avoid 7 common mistakes on LinkedIn and succeed with the world's largest online business network. It outlines mistakes like only creating a basic profile and not engaging with connections. The tips encourage having a clear goal and plan, a complete profile with recommendations, growing connections through events and searches, personalizing outreach, and persisting consistently. The overall advice is to use LinkedIn actively to build relationships and provide value to others in order to develop business opportunities.
Linkedin 7 mistakes to avoid - dawn adlamDawn Adlam
This document provides tips to avoid 7 common mistakes on LinkedIn and succeed with the professional networking platform. It outlines mistakes like only creating a basic profile and not engaging with connections. The document recommends growing one's network through events, advanced searches, direct outreach, and giving value to connections. It emphasizes having a clear goal and plan of action on LinkedIn, completing one's profile, personalizing outreach, and persisting with networking over time through consistency. The tips are provided by The Biz Links, a company that offers LinkedIn training and coaching services.
Marketing yourself in the social and digital world June 2014 - Social TipsWitmer Group
A presentation from a recent HR group for HR Professionals in transition and looking to better use social tools such as twitter, LinkedIn, facebook and Google+ for job seeking purposes.
Includes social marketing stats, tips and how to's.
The document discusses LinkedIn and why professionals should use it. It notes that LinkedIn has become the largest professional networking site on the internet, with over 433 million members worldwide. Unlike Facebook, LinkedIn is for business networking rather than socializing. The author explains that LinkedIn allows users to develop business relationships that can lead to new opportunities or even become their own business. It emphasizes that everyone needs to network professionally online using LinkedIn to strengthen their expertise, brand and career.
Networking Career Essential Or Time Vampire April 2010.Htmkrietow
The document discusses networking and provides tips for both individuals and organizations. For individuals, it recommends mapping your network, identifying passions, closing gaps, and maintaining connections over time. It also emphasizes paying networking forward by introducing others. For organizations, it suggests establishing a social media policy to clarify appropriate professional networking while separating personal and work lives. The policy should also address employee time spent networking and protecting intellectual property.
This document provides information on using social networks, particularly LinkedIn, for job seeking. It discusses why networking is important, gives an overview of LinkedIn and its benefits for job searching, and provides tips for using LinkedIn such as creating a professional profile, connecting with contacts, joining groups, regularly updating status, and conducting research.
Find Info on Social Networks for Job Seekersbizcareer
Join us as we explore ways you may social network your way to a job. By the end of this program you will be introduced to popular websites like LinkedIn and Meetup. You will learn to maximize social networking strategies that can lead to a job.
This document provides tips and strategies for using professional networks like LinkedIn to build relationships and advance one's career or business. It emphasizes that networking is about building personal brands and relationships over time. It outlines best practices like choosing the right networks, maintaining an active online presence, engaging with contacts regularly, and using one's profile strategically to attract opportunities from their growing network. The goal is to connect with quality contacts and decision-makers in a way that provides value and allows one to be discoverable to new opportunities through referrals and visibility.
This document provides an overview of networking, including what networking is, ways to connect through networking, common networking myths, and requirements for effective networking. It discusses interacting socially to make connections or for personal advancement, and creating and maintaining a group of interconnected people. The document emphasizes that networking is a process that requires being strategic, prepared, developing skills, physically meeting people, understanding resources, achieving results, follow through, and having a system to store networking data.
The 10 Day Social Media Success Plan provides steps to get a social media marketing plan operational and productive in 10 days. On Days 1-3, participants set up accounts, build a blog, and plan content. Days 4-8 focus on engagement on Facebook, LinkedIn, and Twitter to build connections. Days 9-10 are for setting up management tools and reviewing progress. The goal is to convert online connections into email contacts and ultimately customers.
Sumedh Nene is a communications expert and owner of CrackerJackWordSmiths who has worked in several countries including Canada. In his presentation, he provides tips on using LinkedIn effectively for networking and job searching. He outlines 15 ways to avoid mistakes on LinkedIn such as not overselling yourself on your profile. He also details 10 ways to exploit LinkedIn's features to build your professional brand and make valuable connections, such as customizing your profile, actively engaging in groups, and selectively inviting new connections.
LinkedIn is a powerful social media site for business professionals that exploits the concept of six degrees of separation. It allows users to network, find jobs, and promote themselves and their businesses through creating a professional profile and connecting with colleagues. Users can join groups, write recommendations, and search for jobs or candidates. Regular use of LinkedIn's features can help users expand their network and brand themselves as an expert in their field.
LinkedIn operates the world’s largest professional network on the Internet with more than 332 million members in over 200 countries and territories. When it comes to inspiration and advice, there’s tons of global industry leaders on LinkedIn to follow, to learn from, and to start a conversation with. These tips will help you understand some of our best practices on giving and receiving career advice.
LinkedIn is the essential social network for businesspeople. Whether you want to get a job, keep a job, or get ahead at your job, LinkedIn is part of the modern business landscape. But while everyone has a LinkedIn profile these days, few know how to use the platform effectively.
Get concrete ideas for what, when and how to post on LinkedIn, advice on joining and benefiting from LinkedIn Groups, strategies for growing your network, and 9 free templates for personalized invitations to connect on LinkedIn.
The document provides 25 creative ideas for finding a job, including volunteering, temporary work, networking, social media, freelancing, and unconventional tactics like handing out business cards or sending greeting cards that fold out into resumes. It emphasizes the importance of following up, thanking contacts, and staying positive during your job search.
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Networking events make many people uncomfortable. In Smart Networking, author Liz Lynch confesses to feeling so small and overwhelmed at her first networking event that she only lasted five minutes. But Lynch did not give up, and today she has built two businesses through networking. She writes that people who network do not need to be extroverts or manipulate others, and they do not need to network all the time. Lynch contends that networking is not about doing more but rather about being strategic. What people must do is be themselves and network smart.
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Finding a job with linkedin - bruno bensaid - public.pdfBruno Bensaid
This document summarizes a presentation about leveraging social media, specifically LinkedIn, to find a job. It discusses building a strong LinkedIn profile with complete information and recommendations, connecting with a large network of professionals, becoming an active contributor in relevant industry groups on LinkedIn, and searching and applying for jobs posted on LinkedIn. The presentation provides tips for each stage of using LinkedIn to enhance job search efforts.
LinkedIn can be one of your most powerful lead generation tools...if used correctly. This class (presented as a webinar) goes over the basics of lead generation to get you up and running over the next 30 days. Follow these steps, and you will have more leads than you know what to do with.
Maximising your brand power online for HunterNetHeidi Pollard
This document discusses maximizing brand power online through social media and LinkedIn. It notes that social media allows for quick, efficient, and cheap communication to a wide audience. It recommends that businesses create a LinkedIn profile to connect with other professionals and improve search engine optimization. The document provides tips for using LinkedIn such as adding a professional photo and job description, joining relevant groups, creating updates, and using LinkedIn for research.
The document outlines 11 tips for non-profits to leverage LinkedIn including enhancing their professional brand through a complete profile, creating a company profile page and group, joining relevant groups, broadcasting information through status updates, asking and answering questions as an expert, creating events, following companies, using advanced search and saved searches, leveraging applications and polls, and listing multiple email addresses. By following these tips, the document argues that LinkedIn can help non-profits achieve a "tipping point" of success through better networking, insights, problem solving, reach, and accomplishing more with less resources.
The document provides tips for creating and improving a LinkedIn profile. It recommends including a professional headline and descriptive summary that focuses on the types of clients helped and how, as well as experience, education, and skills. The tips suggest connecting with colleagues, previous coworkers, and classmates, and giving recommendations to build credibility and connections on the platform. LinkedIn can be used to research contacts' connections, join relevant industry groups, and develop expertise and reputation by answering questions helpfully.
This slide share presentation is part of RE/MAX Realty Advantage's Complete Agent Development Program, and instructs real estate agents on how to use LinkedIn more effectively as a lead generation and marketing source.
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Debra Feldman, JobWhiz describes how to overcome barriers employers impose upon career changers, re-entry candidates and individuals seeking to switch roles. Learn how to preserve your market value and land a new job that matches the candidate's expectations for time commitment, location, responsibilities, compensation, life balance, future prospects, etc. Candidates, even those who want a job on very specific terms are not powerless. Take control over your career, communicate your value contribution and get the job offer you want. Network Purposefully (tm) to find a new situation where you will be appreciated and rewarded commensurate with your value. A different position is a legitimate job search objective: be sure to communicate compellingly how your background makes you a better prospect than someone who doesn't have your track record elsewhere to back them up and demonstrate an ability to deliver and not be any risk to an employer to hire for a new role.
Network Purposefully™ for Relaunchers + Re- entry candidates:find a great new...Debra Feldman
How to access the Hidden Job Market by Networking Purposefully to identify viable new job leads. Career relaunchers and re-entry candidates face special challenges because they may not have the expected recent and/or relevant experience to attract employers.By positioning themselves correctly, it's possible to make the right contacts to learn about jobs before they are advertised and to have a new role created by an employer just for them which matches their unique background. There's a new job search paradigm today, resumes may not be the first impression a candidate makes, their online reputation may precede them making your digital persona as important as anything you can write about your qualifications. Successful new employees today use networking to find an opportunity and maintain their connections so that they keep learning about more potential leads they may want to pursue in the future.Call your relationships, "career insurance."
Feldman network purposefully never have to job search againDebra Feldman
Debra Feldman is an executive talent agent who has helped experienced executives find new jobs since 2000 using her "Network Purposefully" method. She identifies ideal connections within a client's network, initiates introductions to access unadvertised jobs, promotes her clients' value to hiring managers, and has a 99% success rate in scheduling first meetings. Feldman advises managing one's online reputation through platforms like LinkedIn and cultivating referrals by connecting with contacts who can directly hire or recommend candidates to decision makers. Her "Network Purposefully" principles include focusing on niche markets, differentiating oneself, promoting credentials to relevant contacts, and following up persistently.
Debra Feldman is an executive talent agent and founder of JobWhiz who helps senior executives find new positions through networking. She relies on her experience, contacts, research skills, and persistence to develop customized networking strategies. Projects typically involve an initial planning phase of 2-4 weeks, followed by 2 months of implementation where Debra makes connections with hiring managers. Her almost 99% success rate is due to dedicating over 40 hours per week to networking and understanding current job market trends better than individual job seekers.
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How to Network Purposefully (tm)and find a better new executive job faster. Create career insurance for life. How to launch a job search for a swifter, smoother landing.Never apply for a job again: How to always get employers\' attention. Networking purposely is the best way to get recruited for a new position.
Feldman network career insurance final january 2010Debra Feldman
All jobs are temporary. Your networking connections are lifetime career insurance.Over 80% of new hires got their jobs via a referral. Contacts are necessary. Keep the ones you have and promote new relationships.
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In today's competitive job market, traditional networking is not enough. Savvy candidates are connecting online and leveraging social media not only to make contacts, but also to stay on decision maker's radar and attract job offers even when they are passive candidates.
Reputation 3.0 is the new standard to establish on line visibility and develop connections to new job leads through social networking effectively using inbound marketing techniques to keep in touch and attract attention.
Joyce M Sullivan, Founder & CEO of SocMediaFin, Inc. shares her "Five Questions - The Story of You", "Reflections - What Matters to You?" and "The Three Circle Exercise" to guide those evaluating what their next move may be in their careers.
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𝐖𝐡𝐲 𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐍𝐞𝐞𝐝 𝐁𝐨𝐭𝐡 𝐇𝐚𝐫𝐝 & 𝐒𝐨𝐟𝐭 𝐒𝐤𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐓𝐡𝐫𝐢𝐯𝐞 💯
In today's dynamic and competitive market, a well-rounded skillset is no longer a luxury - it's a necessity.
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Parabolic antenna alignment system with Real-Time Angle Position FeedbackStevenPatrick17
Introduction
Parabolic antennas are a crucial component in many communication systems, including satellite communications, radio telescopes, and television broadcasting. Ensuring these antennas are properly aligned is vital for optimal performance and signal strength. A parabolic antenna alignment system, equipped with real-time angle position feedback and fault tracking, is designed to address this need. This document delves into the components, design, and implementation of such a system, highlighting its significance and applications.
Importance of Parabolic Antenna Alignment
The alignment of a parabolic antenna directly affects its performance. Even minor misalignments can lead to significant signal loss, which can degrade the quality of the received signal or cause communication failures. Proper alignment ensures that the antenna's focal point is accurately directed toward the signal source, maximizing the antenna's gain and efficiency. This precision is especially crucial in applications like satellite communications, where the antenna must track geostationary satellites with high accuracy.
Components of a Parabolic Antenna Alignment System
A parabolic antenna alignment system typically includes the following components:
Parabolic Dish: The primary reflector that collects and focuses incoming signals.
Feedhorn and Low Noise Block (LNB): Positioned at the dish's focal point to receive signals.
Stepper or Servo Motors: Adjust the azimuth (horizontal) and elevation (vertical) angles of the antenna.
Microcontroller (e.g., Arduino, Raspberry Pi): Processes sensor data and controls the motors.
Potentiometers: Provide feedback on the antenna's current angle positions.
Fault Detection Sensors: Monitor for potential faults such as cable discontinuities or LNB failures.
Control Software: Runs on the microcontroller, handling real-time processing and decision-making.
Real-Time Angle Position Feedback
Real-time feedback on the antenna's angle position is essential for maintaining precise alignment. This feedback is typically provided by potentiometers or rotary encoders, which continuously monitor the azimuth and elevation angles. The microcontroller reads this data and adjusts the motors accordingly to keep the antenna aligned with the signal source.
Fault Tracking in Antenna Alignment Systems
Fault tracking is vital for the reliability and performance of the antenna system. Common faults include cable discontinuities, LNB malfunctions, and motor failures. Sensors integrated into the system can detect these faults and either notify the user or initiate corrective actions automatically.
Design and Implementation
1. Parabolic Dish and Feedhorn
The parabolic dish is designed to reflect incoming signals to a focal point where the feedhorn and LNB are located. The dish's size and shape depend on the specific application and frequency range.
2. Motors and Position Control
Stepper motors or servo motors are used to control the azimuth and elevation of
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