3. Setting Up Your LinkedIn Profile Parts of Your Profile: General Information Summary Experience Education Additional Information Personal Information Contact Settings Activity Connections Groups Recommendations Similar Connections
30. Finding Other Contacts Online Look at coworkers, client, and friend’s connections View connections at companies you’ve worked for and with Let LinkedIn suggest connections based on information in your profile (school, employment, shared connections, etc)
55. Reach out to leads without reading their profile and finding their desired method of contact
Editor's Notes
Talking points:Human resources – finding new hiresJob hunting – looking for a new position (jobs posted on linkedin, researching companies)Resume – using linkedin as your online resume, both for yourself and for your companyCompetitor research – following companies that are your competitors to find out what they are doing Finding leads – finding contacts at companies you want to work with, answering questions/brandingNetworking – using groups to network with related industries and keep up with industry events, keeping in touch with past employees/employers
Discuss the different ways to find connects:Email: allow linkedin to access your email contactsSignature: add your linkedin profile to your email signature so that contacts know they can connect with you onlineWhy connections are important in linkedin: networks, access to possible leadsPast Employment: visit past employer’s pages to find coworkersCurrent Employment: find current coworkers onlinePartners: find vendors, marketing contacts, and those that you have met through industry eventsClients: connect with current and past clients who may be able to recommend you
LinkedIn will read your email contacts and suggest people to connect with; show how
Create a friendly LinkedIn URL (instead of linkedin.com/in/rachel-kuptz/54321 change it to your name
Why groups: networking events, talk about current industry trends/happenings, share information, follow leads, call for speakers, job postings, etc