The document provides guidance on creating and maintaining an effective LinkedIn profile for job searching. It recommends completing all profile sections to be 100% complete, using relevant keywords, uploading a professional photo, and customizing the profile for recruiters by including skills and past work experience. Regularly updating the profile is also advised to increase visibility among connections. The document stresses optimizing the profile for discoverability in searches conducted by recruiters and hiring managers.
This document discusses how to create and maintain an effective LinkedIn profile for job searching. It notes that most recruiters now use social media like LinkedIn for recruiting. An effective LinkedIn profile showcases one's skills, experience, and potential to recruiters. Hiring managers are more interested in candidates that demonstrate high potential rather than just past achievements. The document encourages job seekers to emphasize their potential and what they can do in their LinkedIn profiles and social media to attract recruiters and opportunities.
This document provides guidance on using the professional social networking platform LinkedIn. It discusses what LinkedIn is, how to set up an account and profile, and how to network and engage with others on LinkedIn through answering questions, participating in groups, and connecting with contacts. The document contains step-by-step instructions for setting up a profile, including adding a photo, listing experience, and obtaining recommendations. It also reviews customizing profile links and integrating other social media like Twitter.
1) The document profiles several experts in personal branding and social media marketing, including Dan Schawbel, Gary Vaynerchuk, Pete Kistler, Patrick Ambron, and Matt Wilson.
2) It then provides an introduction to using Twitter effectively for career and job searching purposes, such as building credibility, networking, and generating job leads.
3) The first chapter focuses on building an effective personal profile on Twitter to establish credibility, including choosing a professional username, adding a headshot, writing a targeted bio, and customizing the background.
LinkedIn is a business-oriented social networking site launched in May 2003 mainly used for professional networking. Here is a quick-start list of key features to help you get started.
How to Web 2.0: Hands-On Guidance to Social Networking and New Technologies f...Leora Maccabee
Written materials to accompany my PowerPoint presentation at the Minnesota Continuing Legal Education's 2009 Midwest Intellectual Property Institute on September 25, 2009.
How to succeed in business using linked inRaj Narayanan
This document provides an overview of how to use LinkedIn to promote yourself and your business, grow your professional network, find jobs and business opportunities, exchange information and advice, and increase your chances of business success. It discusses how LinkedIn allows you to create a professional profile, connect with colleagues, search for people with shared interests, find and post jobs, ask and answer questions, and make valuable business contacts.
This document discusses how to create and maintain an effective LinkedIn profile for job searching. It notes that most recruiters now use social media like LinkedIn for recruiting. An effective LinkedIn profile showcases one's skills, experience, and potential to recruiters. Hiring managers are more interested in candidates that demonstrate high potential rather than just past achievements. The document encourages job seekers to emphasize their potential and what they can do in their LinkedIn profiles and social media to attract recruiters and opportunities.
This document provides guidance on using the professional social networking platform LinkedIn. It discusses what LinkedIn is, how to set up an account and profile, and how to network and engage with others on LinkedIn through answering questions, participating in groups, and connecting with contacts. The document contains step-by-step instructions for setting up a profile, including adding a photo, listing experience, and obtaining recommendations. It also reviews customizing profile links and integrating other social media like Twitter.
1) The document profiles several experts in personal branding and social media marketing, including Dan Schawbel, Gary Vaynerchuk, Pete Kistler, Patrick Ambron, and Matt Wilson.
2) It then provides an introduction to using Twitter effectively for career and job searching purposes, such as building credibility, networking, and generating job leads.
3) The first chapter focuses on building an effective personal profile on Twitter to establish credibility, including choosing a professional username, adding a headshot, writing a targeted bio, and customizing the background.
LinkedIn is a business-oriented social networking site launched in May 2003 mainly used for professional networking. Here is a quick-start list of key features to help you get started.
How to Web 2.0: Hands-On Guidance to Social Networking and New Technologies f...Leora Maccabee
Written materials to accompany my PowerPoint presentation at the Minnesota Continuing Legal Education's 2009 Midwest Intellectual Property Institute on September 25, 2009.
How to succeed in business using linked inRaj Narayanan
This document provides an overview of how to use LinkedIn to promote yourself and your business, grow your professional network, find jobs and business opportunities, exchange information and advice, and increase your chances of business success. It discusses how LinkedIn allows you to create a professional profile, connect with colleagues, search for people with shared interests, find and post jobs, ask and answer questions, and make valuable business contacts.
This document provides tips and strategies for using LinkedIn to grow a business. It discusses setting up a complete LinkedIn profile with a photo, getting recommendations from connections, joining relevant groups to build connections, participating in discussions, and using LinkedIn to drive traffic to a website and find new customers. LinkedIn is positioned as a powerful professional networking tool that can be leveraged for lead generation, hiring, finding partners and more when used strategically over time through active engagement and relationship building.
Business Development / Personal Branding using LinkedInDana Vanden Heuvel
This document provides an overview and summary of a presentation on using LinkedIn for business development and branding. The presentation covered:
- Introducing the presenter and their background in social media marketing.
- Expectations for what attendees hoped to learn about using social networking and LinkedIn for business purposes.
- Key concepts around social networking, building relationships, and developing word-of-mouth marketing through social platforms.
- Strategies for using LinkedIn to connect with clients, find contact information on companies, and tips for creating an ideal LinkedIn profile to optimize business development and networking opportunities.
- Encouragement for attendees to start networking on LinkedIn and engaging with others in the platform.
The Ultimate Guideline to Growing Your Followers on LinkedIn Company PageSocialityio
This document provides guidance on how to effectively grow and manage a LinkedIn company page. It discusses that LinkedIn users are professionals seeking industry insights and connections, so a company page should focus on quality over quantity and share relevant industry content. The document analyzes top performing company pages and recommends strategies like consistent posting of valuable content, using analytics to understand audiences, and engaging with groups to build connections. The goal is to position the company as an industry thought leader to attract potential customers and drive traffic.
LinkedIn is a powerful social media platform that connects colleagues and professionals, job seekers, companies, recruiters and industries. It is a great tool for raising your profile and organizing and keeping track of your education and job history and skills. Take a minute to go to the site and wander around a bit and get familiar with the layout.
LinkedIn is a great social media tool for business and professional networking. It is also the premier human resources forum for getting exposure to recruiters and employers and upping your chance of landing your dream job.
LinkedIn was launched in late 2002 and has grown to more than 467 million members in more than 200 countries. Professionals are signing up to join LinkedIn at a rate of more than two new members per second. It is your one-stop shop for career and professional networking.
The human resources field is being dramatically reshaped as a consequence of the digital economy. The rise of LinkedIn as a nexus point for job seekers, recruiters, and employers, is an indication and consequence of this transformation.
The social networking site has transformed how employers and prospective employees engage with one another, becoming an indispensable tool for employers seeking the right person to fill a specific position. Employers use the site both to connect with active job seekers and also to identify desirable candidates to contact, court and hire.
This document provides an overview and summary of strategies for leveraging LinkedIn effectively. It discusses completing your profile, building your network, marketing your business and yourself, and measuring results. Experts provide tips for optimizing your profile to be found by contacts, getting plugged in with LinkedIn applications, and checking your LinkedIn efforts. The overall document aims to help professionals make the most of LinkedIn's professional social network.
Are you ready to take your LinkedIn experience to the next level? Then this guide is for you. We've packed it with tips, advice, and practical steps you can take to level up your LinkedIn experience. It's got everything from how to create the perfect profile, through to how to connect with the right people (and avoid the wrong people), plus information on how to use Groups and the LinkedIn Publishing Platform to your advantage. If you want to quit being a LinkedIn beginner and move to a more advanced experience on the most important professional network, it's time to Level Up Your LinkedIn Game.
A quick snapshot into how leveraging LinkedIn can change the way you do business!
From standing out to Lead Generation, find out these quick and easy steps to getting the most out of your social media presence.
For more tailored solutions follow ConnectIn on LinkedIn or reach out to our team and find out how we can help you win business in 2019!
The document discusses ways to use the professional networking site LinkedIn. It provides basics on setting up a LinkedIn profile, including adding a custom public profile URL and personalizing recommendations. It also offers creative ways to use LinkedIn such as expanding one's network to increase search visibility, checking references for potential managers or companies, and finding people working in sectors of interest. The document encourages fully completing profiles and customizing profile URLs and website links for improved search engine optimization.
Defense contractors can grow their business by raising their company’s profile, participating in “virtual trade show breakout rooms,” positioning themselves as experts, generating quality leads and making direct contact with key decision makers.
This document provides information and instructions for a training session on using social media for business purposes. It discusses various social media platforms like LinkedIn, Twitter, and blogs and how businesses can utilize these platforms to market themselves, build online communities, monitor engagement, and more. Trainees are instructed to create blog posts throughout expanding on topics like the benefits of social media for businesses and ways to monitor social engagement. The document also provides guidance on using LinkedIn, including how to set up a profile, find connections, and get involved in groups. It discusses using Twitter for business and sharing useful content to build an audience.
This document provides information and instructions for a training session on using social media for business purposes. It discusses various social media platforms like LinkedIn, Twitter, and blogs and how businesses can utilize these platforms to market themselves, build online communities, monitor engagement, and more. Trainees are instructed to create blog posts exploring topics like the benefits of social media for businesses and how to monitor social media engagement. The document also provides guidance on using LinkedIn, including how to set up a profile, find connections, and get involved in groups. It discusses both passive and active uses of LinkedIn and Twitter for businesses.
The document provides guidance on using LinkedIn for lead generation. It discusses determining if LinkedIn is suitable, eliminating distractions to focus on attractions that grow business, and getting started by completing your profile and connecting accounts. The document also outlines using LinkedIn for direct marketing by helping prospects first before selling, and indirect marketing by driving prospects from LinkedIn to landing pages on your website.
Social Media Strategies for Career SuccessKalindi Garvin
Wondering how to leverage social media to advance your job search? This presentation, delivered at the Corridor Careers Job Fair on October 29, 2014, highlights features of LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter, and Google+ and how to use them to your advantage to land your next job.
LinkedIn for your job search is a comprehensive overview of the navigation and usage of LinkedIn. I illustrate the best practices to incorporate on a regular basis.
LinkedIn for Lawyers—Rath Young PignatelliCharmLab
95% of all Lawyers using LinkedIn for marketing, networking, introductions, finding referrals, and sharing content. But how can the legal profession leverage this social media channel to compete for new clients? What can a Law Firm do to promote and position itself online using social media? Learn how to acheive ALL STAR status for your own LinkedIn Profile and how to connect to your Company LinkedIn page.
Here's what is covered in this presentation:
OK, what is LinkedIn?
Is LinkedIn REALLY worth my time?
What do Lawyers use LinkedIn for?
Navigate to your profile... seriously! News feed versus your personal profile.
How to post content in your news feed.
What you can share that adds value?
Your personal profile: Your photo, description, share your expertise
Skills and Endorsements
Connect your profile to the Rath Young Pignatelli Company Page on LinkedIn
Get found on search—Completing your LinkedIn Profile
Be an ALL STAR on LinkedIn—your New Year’s Resolution project
The document provides tips on effectively using LinkedIn for professional networking. It notes that LinkedIn has over 150,000 recruiters and 37+ million users, mostly professionals in North America, Europe, and Asia. The document outlines top ways to use LinkedIn such as finding clients, partners, jobs, and making connections. It emphasizes growing one's network through groups, recommendations, answering questions, and customizing communications and profiles.
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 provides guidance on optimizing profiles on the professional networking platform LinkedIn. It discusses why LinkedIn is a useful business tool, how to create a complete profile including sections like experience, education and skills. It also covers how to build connections, engage with your profile over time through updates, and common mistakes to avoid. The document recommends setting up a company page to represent your organization. It distinguishes LinkedIn profiles from resumes or CVs and provides etiquette tips. Finally it briefly introduces the LinkedIn Recruiter tool for recruiting passive candidates.
LinkedIn is a professional networking platform with over 300 million users worldwide. It is important for professionals to have a complete profile that highlights their skills, experiences, and goals in order to connect with others and further their careers. Users should ensure their profile photo presents a professional image and that their profile utilizes relevant keywords. Actively engaging with connections and groups is key to building a strong professional network on LinkedIn and advancing one's business or career.
This document provides tips and strategies for using LinkedIn to grow a business. It discusses setting up a complete LinkedIn profile with a photo, getting recommendations from connections, joining relevant groups to build connections, participating in discussions, and using LinkedIn to drive traffic to a website and find new customers. LinkedIn is positioned as a powerful professional networking tool that can be leveraged for lead generation, hiring, finding partners and more when used strategically over time through active engagement and relationship building.
Business Development / Personal Branding using LinkedInDana Vanden Heuvel
This document provides an overview and summary of a presentation on using LinkedIn for business development and branding. The presentation covered:
- Introducing the presenter and their background in social media marketing.
- Expectations for what attendees hoped to learn about using social networking and LinkedIn for business purposes.
- Key concepts around social networking, building relationships, and developing word-of-mouth marketing through social platforms.
- Strategies for using LinkedIn to connect with clients, find contact information on companies, and tips for creating an ideal LinkedIn profile to optimize business development and networking opportunities.
- Encouragement for attendees to start networking on LinkedIn and engaging with others in the platform.
The Ultimate Guideline to Growing Your Followers on LinkedIn Company PageSocialityio
This document provides guidance on how to effectively grow and manage a LinkedIn company page. It discusses that LinkedIn users are professionals seeking industry insights and connections, so a company page should focus on quality over quantity and share relevant industry content. The document analyzes top performing company pages and recommends strategies like consistent posting of valuable content, using analytics to understand audiences, and engaging with groups to build connections. The goal is to position the company as an industry thought leader to attract potential customers and drive traffic.
LinkedIn is a powerful social media platform that connects colleagues and professionals, job seekers, companies, recruiters and industries. It is a great tool for raising your profile and organizing and keeping track of your education and job history and skills. Take a minute to go to the site and wander around a bit and get familiar with the layout.
LinkedIn is a great social media tool for business and professional networking. It is also the premier human resources forum for getting exposure to recruiters and employers and upping your chance of landing your dream job.
LinkedIn was launched in late 2002 and has grown to more than 467 million members in more than 200 countries. Professionals are signing up to join LinkedIn at a rate of more than two new members per second. It is your one-stop shop for career and professional networking.
The human resources field is being dramatically reshaped as a consequence of the digital economy. The rise of LinkedIn as a nexus point for job seekers, recruiters, and employers, is an indication and consequence of this transformation.
The social networking site has transformed how employers and prospective employees engage with one another, becoming an indispensable tool for employers seeking the right person to fill a specific position. Employers use the site both to connect with active job seekers and also to identify desirable candidates to contact, court and hire.
This document provides an overview and summary of strategies for leveraging LinkedIn effectively. It discusses completing your profile, building your network, marketing your business and yourself, and measuring results. Experts provide tips for optimizing your profile to be found by contacts, getting plugged in with LinkedIn applications, and checking your LinkedIn efforts. The overall document aims to help professionals make the most of LinkedIn's professional social network.
Are you ready to take your LinkedIn experience to the next level? Then this guide is for you. We've packed it with tips, advice, and practical steps you can take to level up your LinkedIn experience. It's got everything from how to create the perfect profile, through to how to connect with the right people (and avoid the wrong people), plus information on how to use Groups and the LinkedIn Publishing Platform to your advantage. If you want to quit being a LinkedIn beginner and move to a more advanced experience on the most important professional network, it's time to Level Up Your LinkedIn Game.
A quick snapshot into how leveraging LinkedIn can change the way you do business!
From standing out to Lead Generation, find out these quick and easy steps to getting the most out of your social media presence.
For more tailored solutions follow ConnectIn on LinkedIn or reach out to our team and find out how we can help you win business in 2019!
The document discusses ways to use the professional networking site LinkedIn. It provides basics on setting up a LinkedIn profile, including adding a custom public profile URL and personalizing recommendations. It also offers creative ways to use LinkedIn such as expanding one's network to increase search visibility, checking references for potential managers or companies, and finding people working in sectors of interest. The document encourages fully completing profiles and customizing profile URLs and website links for improved search engine optimization.
Defense contractors can grow their business by raising their company’s profile, participating in “virtual trade show breakout rooms,” positioning themselves as experts, generating quality leads and making direct contact with key decision makers.
This document provides information and instructions for a training session on using social media for business purposes. It discusses various social media platforms like LinkedIn, Twitter, and blogs and how businesses can utilize these platforms to market themselves, build online communities, monitor engagement, and more. Trainees are instructed to create blog posts throughout expanding on topics like the benefits of social media for businesses and ways to monitor social engagement. The document also provides guidance on using LinkedIn, including how to set up a profile, find connections, and get involved in groups. It discusses using Twitter for business and sharing useful content to build an audience.
This document provides information and instructions for a training session on using social media for business purposes. It discusses various social media platforms like LinkedIn, Twitter, and blogs and how businesses can utilize these platforms to market themselves, build online communities, monitor engagement, and more. Trainees are instructed to create blog posts exploring topics like the benefits of social media for businesses and how to monitor social media engagement. The document also provides guidance on using LinkedIn, including how to set up a profile, find connections, and get involved in groups. It discusses both passive and active uses of LinkedIn and Twitter for businesses.
The document provides guidance on using LinkedIn for lead generation. It discusses determining if LinkedIn is suitable, eliminating distractions to focus on attractions that grow business, and getting started by completing your profile and connecting accounts. The document also outlines using LinkedIn for direct marketing by helping prospects first before selling, and indirect marketing by driving prospects from LinkedIn to landing pages on your website.
Social Media Strategies for Career SuccessKalindi Garvin
Wondering how to leverage social media to advance your job search? This presentation, delivered at the Corridor Careers Job Fair on October 29, 2014, highlights features of LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter, and Google+ and how to use them to your advantage to land your next job.
LinkedIn for your job search is a comprehensive overview of the navigation and usage of LinkedIn. I illustrate the best practices to incorporate on a regular basis.
LinkedIn for Lawyers—Rath Young PignatelliCharmLab
95% of all Lawyers using LinkedIn for marketing, networking, introductions, finding referrals, and sharing content. But how can the legal profession leverage this social media channel to compete for new clients? What can a Law Firm do to promote and position itself online using social media? Learn how to acheive ALL STAR status for your own LinkedIn Profile and how to connect to your Company LinkedIn page.
Here's what is covered in this presentation:
OK, what is LinkedIn?
Is LinkedIn REALLY worth my time?
What do Lawyers use LinkedIn for?
Navigate to your profile... seriously! News feed versus your personal profile.
How to post content in your news feed.
What you can share that adds value?
Your personal profile: Your photo, description, share your expertise
Skills and Endorsements
Connect your profile to the Rath Young Pignatelli Company Page on LinkedIn
Get found on search—Completing your LinkedIn Profile
Be an ALL STAR on LinkedIn—your New Year’s Resolution project
The document provides tips on effectively using LinkedIn for professional networking. It notes that LinkedIn has over 150,000 recruiters and 37+ million users, mostly professionals in North America, Europe, and Asia. The document outlines top ways to use LinkedIn such as finding clients, partners, jobs, and making connections. It emphasizes growing one's network through groups, recommendations, answering questions, and customizing communications and profiles.
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 provides guidance on optimizing profiles on the professional networking platform LinkedIn. It discusses why LinkedIn is a useful business tool, how to create a complete profile including sections like experience, education and skills. It also covers how to build connections, engage with your profile over time through updates, and common mistakes to avoid. The document recommends setting up a company page to represent your organization. It distinguishes LinkedIn profiles from resumes or CVs and provides etiquette tips. Finally it briefly introduces the LinkedIn Recruiter tool for recruiting passive candidates.
LinkedIn is a professional networking platform with over 300 million users worldwide. It is important for professionals to have a complete profile that highlights their skills, experiences, and goals in order to connect with others and further their careers. Users should ensure their profile photo presents a professional image and that their profile utilizes relevant keywords. Actively engaging with connections and groups is key to building a strong professional network on LinkedIn and advancing one's business or career.
The document provides tips and strategies for effectively using LinkedIn for professional networking. It outlines how to use LinkedIn to find clients, jobs, experts, and make professional connections. The summary highlights using LinkedIn to build your professional network and personal brand, find new opportunities, and maximize the site's features to professionally promote yourself.
This is the deck I presented to the St. Joseph Employment Ministry group in Libertyville, IL on Wednesday, July 10th. I discussed best practices and covered several #LinkedIn mobile app features.
The document provides tips and strategies for effectively using LinkedIn for professional networking. It outlines how to use LinkedIn to find clients, jobs, and make professional connections. Key recommendations include building a robust profile, developing a strong network through groups and invitations, engaging with questions and answers, and using LinkedIn search tools to find opportunities and make connections inside target companies. The presenter emphasizes growing and nurturing your LinkedIn network for both current and future professional needs.
This is a presentation that I did for the Fremont Public Library that covers the basics of LinkedIn. I discuss the elements that need to be a priority. The latter portion of the deck shows the LinkedIn mobile app and several unknown features.
workshop on LinkedIn in HSTU Campus, main speaker Md. Al Masud, Professional freelancer and Founder Of TI vanilla. website www.itvanilla.com
Page: facebook.com/itvanilla
Group: facebook.com/groups/it.vanilla
Adjusting how you use LinkedIn changes the way prospects react the “LinkedIn for business,” is the next episode of the Social Media Marketing marketing empire.
The document provides tips for optimizing a LinkedIn profile and effectively using LinkedIn to build business connections. It recommends establishing a strong profile with a professional photo, compelling headline, descriptions of experience and skills, and recommendations. It also advises connecting with contacts, joining relevant groups, searching for new connections, and engaging with your network to build valuable relationships that can lead to new customers, partnerships and opportunities.
LinkedIn is a social networking site focused on professional networking. It allows users to create profiles, connect with colleagues and professionals, search for jobs, and research companies. Recruiters can use LinkedIn to find both active and passive job candidates. They can search profiles, check references, and learn more about companies and potential hires. Maintaining an active LinkedIn profile helps users expand their professional network and increase their professional credibility and brand.
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.
Interesting document about putting up your profile on LinkedinHubert Van de Vyver
The document provides tips for optimizing a LinkedIn profile, including using relevant keywords throughout, adding a professional photo and complete contact information, customizing website links, writing a compelling summary that tells one's career story, listing relevant skills and getting endorsements, reordering sections for optimal flow, joining relevant groups, and managing privacy and notification settings. The goal is to build an engaging profile that helps a user stand out from the 350+ new members who join every second, build their professional reputation and network, and find jobs or business opportunities.
This document provides guidance on using LinkedIn effectively for professional networking and career development. It outlines key LinkedIn features like completing your profile, connecting with contacts from your email address book, leveraging your network by asking questions to your connections, and searching for service providers and jobs based on trusted recommendations. It also notes that maintaining an up-to-date profile and using LinkedIn can help improve your search rankings on Google and allow you to research connections of potential business partners or competitors.
LinkedIn is a powerful platform for recruitment. This document provides 10 tips for recruitment firms to optimize their LinkedIn presence and connections, including completing profiles, leveraging colleagues' profiles, making engaging status updates, building a following on the company page, following other companies, listing services, gaining industry insights, creating polls to gain market insights, and using the LinkedIn mobile apps.
The document provides tips for optimizing your LinkedIn profile, including using relevant keywords in your header, profile photo, summary, skills, experiences, and groups to improve searchability. It recommends customizing links, joining relevant industry groups, and managing privacy settings. The goal is to establish yourself as a specialist within your field and engage your target audience to build business opportunities through your LinkedIn presence.
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How to Create and Maintain a LinkedIn Account
I. Join LinkedIn and Create Your Network
1 Visit the LinkedIn Web site (www.linkedin.com) to start your
account. (Click on “What is LinkedIn? Option to learn more).
2 Locate the "Join Now" button and click on it. Remember it is free
to join LinkedIn.
3 Begin by filling in your name and your email address (you will
need an active email address) in the boxes provided for you.
4 Choose a password by entering it into the box provided for you.
5 Confirm your password by reentering the previous password
entry.
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6 Complete the remaining boxes and categories, along with your
country and ZIP code.
7 Include information on your industry by selecting an option from
the drop-down menu. Next, provide your experience. Your education
information is optional.
8 Finalize the process by clicking on the "Join Now" button.
9 Confirm your account through your email address. Once you
have done this, go back to www.linkedin.com, and sign in.
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II. Make Your Account Specific
10 Specify the needs of your account by selecting the checkboxes
in either or both of the categories titled "To Find" or "To Be Found.
11 Check any of the categories that apply best to you and will be
most beneficial for your business needs.
12 Click on "Save Settings" to complete your brand-new account.
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III. Build Your Network
13 Conduct a "People Search" to get things going.
14 Locate the site map. Find the "Name Search" link and click on it.
15 Choose a person's name you would like to add to your network and
enter it into the box provided for you.
16 Add Connections, by having LinkedIn search your email address
book to find people to connect with a person's name you would like to add
to your network and enter it into the box provided for you.
17 Click on the link at the bottom of the “See Who You Already Know
on LinkedIn” screen; on the „Import your desktop email contacts‟ link.
Connect with people that have 500+ connections, and/or are LinkedIn
Open Networkers (LION). This will give you more access to second and
third level contacts, which allows you to find jobs, find out about
companies, and keep up on what is going on in your industry of interest.
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18 Balanced approach – both sides of the page – to find a job and to
be found. Job Hunters put resume and profile info into Linkedin. That is
the find side. Do not just work the find side – work the found side. Do not
forget to upload your resume though!
19 More people get hired in face to face and “real” contact. LinkedIn is
a stepping stone to getting to that off line contact/relationship.
LinkedIn helps identifying who you can contact to ultimately create a
connection. Connect with the right people – the people who have the
power to hire you. You are not truly networking if you are talking to anyone
in a company. You are talking to them, which is fine, but not networking
and will not help your job search as much as networking. You need to
contact the hiring people.
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IV. Build Your Profile
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20 Finish your profile. That's right, make it complete. When you
log in, your account displays how complete your profile is and what
elements you need to complete. Make sure your profile reads
"100% complete."
For the most part, you will only show up in searches of Head
Hunters, company HR staff, and anyone else looking for your
skill set and/or title if you are 100% complete. Only those
companies or people that pay to upgrade their LinkedIn
account get print outs of everyone in their request; otherwise it
is just those with 100% profile completion.
21 Upload a PROFESSIONAL profile picture (Avatar), and use
the same picture across any other social media platforms you use.
This makes you consistently recognizable. Career Connectors
meetings (www.careerconnectors.org) in Phoenix and Mesa
consistently has a photographer to take your picture for FREE.
22 Add keywords to the "Specialties" box. The terms you enter
here make your profile more searchable.
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23 Ask for recommendations. Don't be afraid to ask for, and give,
recommendations. They add credibility to your profile, and get your
profile to 100% complete.
24 Update your profile regularly, as this not only keeps your
information current, but keeps your name in front of people. Update
something at least weekly, as each time you update something, your
updates are sent to people you're linked to, so this keeps your profile
circulating among your connections.
25 Provide links to online articles, blog posts, Twitter profiles or
websites you run or to which you contribute content. This allows
people to get a more well-rounded sense of who you are and what
you contribute.
26 Open yourself to new connections. Look for and add
connections with former coworkers and fellow members of
professional associations. Allow incoming email in your account
preferences so other people can connect with you, too.
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V. Add Applications to Your Profile
27 The Number One Application you need to add is Signal.
This will assist with your job search. There are other applications
you can add to your account, for free, that enable you to use
them, based on your needs.
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VI. Using LinkedIn for a Job Search
28 To effectively conduct a job search in LinkedIn, adding Signal will
assist you.
29 Once you have added Signal, use can use it to the search
people who are hiring. Signal works the same way as a status update
works in Facebook.
Many professionals will discuss an opening in their company, or the
fact they are hiring, as they do not have to pay for an add. You can
conduct searches to key in on these conversations.
30 To be most effective you will need to connect with people who
have 500+ connections themselves. That level is a tipping point in
LinkedIn, because it gives you the needed level of access to find a job
faster.
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31 There is a catch with Signal to fully work for you. You do not
get to search every conversation going on about hiring in your area –
it just gives you access to your network, and 2nd degree and 3rd
degree contacts.
Thus a small network equals less access to those discussing
hiring. You need to build your network to get access to more people.
More access allows you to network more and connect better.
You need to build out strategically, but also it is a numbers game.
LinkedIn is like a sports car – it can get you there fast. But if you do
not have a rich network, it is like having no gas in your car, you get
nowhere, fast.
32 You can also do an advanced search when using the Job Tab,
to conduct specific industry searches, specific titles that have job
openings, and based on a specific location.
33 Go to Advanced search and use Keywords and Title , and zip
code. Type in titles and use „OR‟, to add similar titles; “Marketing
Manager” OR Marketing Director, type in your target city or zip code
and the number of miles radius you‟d like to find the job in.
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34 You can also do an advanced search when using the Job Tab, to
conduct specific industry searches, specific titles that have job openings,
and based on a specific location.
35 Go to Advanced search and use Keywords and Title , and zip code.
Type in titles and use „OR‟, to add similar titles; “Marketing Manager” OR
Marketing Director, type in your target city or zip code and the number of
miles radius you‟d like to find the job in.
36 Go to Advanced search and use Keywords and Title , and zip code.
Type in titles and use „OR‟, to add similar titles; “Marketing Manager” OR
Marketing Director
37 You can also do an advanced search when using the Job Tab, to
conduct specific industry searches, specific titles that have job openings,
and based on a specific location. Go to Advanced search and use
Keywords and Title , and zip code. Type in titles and use „OR‟, to add
similar titles; “Marketing Manager” OR Marketing Director.
You can also leave keywords and title blank and search by location and
industry type, or by company.
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38 It is important to maintain a job title while looking for work, as
LinkedIn is set up to allow for easier searches by those who are hiring,
if they search using a job title.
That can be a problem if you are unemployed. There are a
couple of ways to keep a title in your profile. Use your previous title,
or the title you seek to find work in, and indicate you are looking for
opportunities with jobs holding that title.
Another way is to create a LinkedIn Group, and use your target
title as the title that will be referenced in the group. You can then add
this to your profile, that you are the Group Lead, with your target title.
39 LinkedIn Groups are also important, as many groups will post
jobs of interest to their group members. You can also pose questions
you need answers to, comment and respond to comments of others,
and begin to build true connections with others.
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40 No company wants to spend money on putting it on the internet –
you get slammed with hundreds or thousands of applicants. As a result,
HR staff, hiring managers and recruiters will use internet searches to
find qualified applicants.
CNN estimates that Recruiters and HR Departments, who are
looking for candidates will use Google 69% of the time. CNN also
estimates that LinkedIn is searched 59%. If you want to be located for
jobs, you need to be on LinkedIn.
41 Once you optimize your ability to Be Found, it will continue to
work for you, as you will continue to show up in word searches.
Optimize your profile to allow your search to continue without you having
to do it. People who are searching for people are often hiring – so you
need to Be Found.
Go to home Page; then scroll down and look on the right side
your number of views.
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42 CNN reports that it takes an average of more than 250 days to find a
job, and that job is not necessarily in your area, or what you are aiming to do,
or at the salary you previously had. LinkedIn estimates it takes 300 views,
from a hiring manager to get to a job interview.
As a result, if you can increase the views you get on LinkedIn, that
will hopefully speed up your ability to get a job.
43 Build It And They Will Come.
The advantage of using LinkedIn, is that once you have your profile
set up, your resume posted, started a group, and make regular comments,
your LinkedIn account will continue to be seen by others.
44 Ways to stand out;
• Create your own group with the words you want in it.
• www.Wordle.net – create your own word listing
• Can only see 100 search results for free, otherwise they have to pay
• Develop key word strategy and put those in your profile
• Make it four words, and put them in the right places
• Current job Title – or set up your own group, that includes your title
• Profile should not copy your resume
• Career brand – create it, use it, and keep it fresh
• Must have a call to action – Call me to get a benefit
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45 Remember that Recruiters do not know your name, but still need to
find you. They will enter in the following to locate job candidates;
• Title
• Zip Code
• Industry or Skill words – they will likely put in 7 key words.
• This leads to a smaller, more qualified set of candidates
• If you are missing one of the words, you may not show up in their
search, so you have to do a key word search in your own industry,
and use software to pull those words out. Use a word cloud.
46 Remember you need to be found by the hiring managers that may
not be trained in recruiting. You need to be at the top of the views. Most
people, including recruiters have a free account. Free accounts give you
access to listings of100 names. So, you need to be in the top 100, you will
NOT be found.
47 With a free LinkedIn account you can connect with up to 30,000
people, send 3,000 invitations to connect with you, join and/or create 56
groups, and see 100 possible connections when you search people, or
jobs.