This document provides guidance on setting up a LinkedIn profile, including uploading a profile photo and résumé, filling out contact information, writing a summary and adding sections like skills, projects, and honors. It recommends connecting with people you know, writing connection requests, asking for recommendations, joining your alumni group, and exploring LinkedIn features. The overall goal is to create a strong online profile to help with job searching.

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Knock Knock:
Leveraging LinkedIn

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Getting started
Upload
your résumé
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Correct any errors
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Add links to videos, images, documents, presentations
Upload
Show
off your education
Create
 Admit
an appropriate photo
a catchy headline
you’re looking for a job – tell them what work
you’re seeking

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Edit your profile

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Add contact information
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Edit contact info
 At
minimum: add your email and phone number
 Option to add address, website, Twitter handles,
instant messaging services – but only if you
present yourself professionally

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Write a summary
The best of your cover letter – clear and
confident about your qualifications and goals
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 Be
Fill
human, be real
out “Specialties”
 Include
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keywords, even if it seems repetitive
Ex: Singing, being green, porcine relations, etc.

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Add additional sections
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Skills and Expertise
 Think
about what you’re good at
 Search
for skill or area of expertise
 Choose correct or suggested skill from drop-down
menu and “add”
 Remember, repetition is okay
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Projects
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Volunteer experience and causes
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Honors and awards

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Customize your profile
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Change your public profile URL
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Control how you appear in search

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Customize your profile
Do you want anyone to
be able to find you? Do
you want others to know
you’ve viewed their
profiles?
Change to
www.linkedin.com/in/yourname

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Finalizing your profile
Proofread, proofread, proofread – this is
your online résumé
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Use another set of eyes

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Connections
 Connections
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= friends, connecting = friending
Connect with people you know and trust
 Family
and friends
 Current and former classmates
 Fellow group members
 New contacts
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It’s okay to archive (ignore) requests from
others
 Quality
of your network >>> quantity

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Writing a connection request

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Writing a connection request

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Asking for recommendations

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Asking for recommendations
Be thoughtful about
who you ask.
Show your appreciation.

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15
To do
Join
your alumni group
 Search
for “University of Wisconsin-Platteville
alumni” or http://linkd.in/169DmeV
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Share news, updates, industry info
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Explore LinkedIn:
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http://help.linkedin.com/app/home
Keep connecting
Developed and written by Sarah P. Miller, University of Wisconsin-Platteville Advancement, millersara@uwplatt.edu

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Need help? Contact me!
Sarah P. Miller
millersara@uwplatt.edu