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How linkedin helps your career
LinkedIn is an important social media platform for careers, as 89% of companies use it for recruiting and 86% of employers want candidates to optimize their profiles. The document outlines 5 tips for building a successful LinkedIn presence: 1) plan your profile, 2) build a complete profile, 3) build your network carefully, 4) be active and generous by sharing content, and 5) leverage other networks to monitor your personal brand online. It also notes that over 30,000 Italian companies have LinkedIn pages and millions of professionals use it for opportunities.
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How linkedin helps your career
- 1. HOW LINKEDIN HELPSYOUR CAREER
- 2. Why social mediaare important for career?* 89% of companies use social media for recruiting 65% of companies sucessfully hired via 86% of employers Social Media say candidates should make their profile more employer-friendly 79% of hiring managers review applicant’s on-line info *Job vite Social recruiting Survey 2011
- 3. Networks most usedby companies
- 4. Be in theright place is the #1 step
- 5. 95% of companieshired via LinkedIN
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- 7. 30K+ Italian Companies have a LinkedIN Page 3.770 I.T. 189 > 22.000 HIRING ON LINKEDIN HR PROFESSIONAL 1.187 1.146 Marketing & Management Advertising Consulting
- 8. HAVE A GLOBALAPPROACH
- 9. 5 tips tobuild a successfull presence on Linkedin #1 Plan your presence Who you are Why you use linkedin What you do When you did Who you want to reach
- 10. 5 tips tobuild a successfull presence on Linkedin #2 Build a profile and …. Put a face on IT
- 11. Ensure your profileis complete and up-to- date Users with complete profiles are 40 times more likely to receive opportunities through LinkedIn! Take care about Photo Use a strong headline Describe your experience and education Publish your Website Tag your self with skills Obtain Reccomendetion
- 12. 5 tips tobuild a successfull presence on Linkedin #3 Build your network at the right speed IMPORT CONTACTS FROM YOUR PERSONAL ADDRESS LIST IMPORT ONLY PEOPLE YOU KNOW
- 13. Get Introduced orintroduce your self According to linkedin policy you are allowed to link only people you really know! LinkedIN allow connection to: • Friends • Collegues • Classmates •People you have made business with •Members who you share groups with LinkedIn initially allows all users to send up to 3000 invitations
- 14. 5 tips tobuild a successfull presence on Linkedin #4 Be active, be generous Show what you do Join groups and be a contributor Post and Aswer to questions
- 15. SHOW WHAT YOUDO … You can enrich your profile integrating the contents you produce among the social media sphere Be consistent with your goals and your profile…
- 16. BE RECOGNIZED ASAN EXPERT Help LinkedIN Members Join groups and share relevant contents useful to audience
- 17. HOW TO CHOOSETHE RIGHT GROUP? #1 SEARCH WITH KEYWORD #OR FILTER CATEGORY AND COUNTRY #2 LOOK AT GROUPS JOINED BY YOUR CONTACT #3 TAKE A LOOK TO GROUP STATISTICS
- 18. 5 tips tobuild a successfull presence on Linkedin #5 Use your LinkedIN Home Page
- 19. ARE YOU REACHINGYOUR GOALS? Profile statistic gives useful information • Number of connection You Have • Most frequent function in your network • Most frequent location • Fast growing Functions • Fast growing Locations Only Premium • How many times you appeared accounts have in search detailed information • People who visited your profiles
- 20. EXTRA tip tobuild a successfull presence on Linkedin #BONUS Don’t ignore other networks Hiring Managers probably will look at you on other Social Networks You are always a professional also when you share in Facebook
- 21. Monitor Your PersonalBrand among the web
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- 23. WHAT DOES THEWEB KNOW ABOUT ME?
- 24. HOW MUCH AREYOU INFLUENT?
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- 27. THANKS FOR ATTENTION! SIMONE FAVARO linkedin.com/in/simonefavaro SOME RESOURCES USED FOR THIS PRESENTATION JOBVITE SOCIAL RECRUITING SURVEY 2011 – LINKEDIN ADVERTISING TOOL – LINKEDIN COMPANY SEARCH IMAGES ARE FREELY DOWNLOADED BY “GOOGLE® IMAGES “ OR THEY ARE SCREEN CAPTURES OF MY PERSONAL ACCOUNT