2. Questions
S 1. Should we use a university or
company page? Or both?
S 2. How can we best support students in
setting up and managing their LinkedIn
profiles and ultimately co-op/job
search?
4. S
Company, Group, or
Showcase pages?
• University page geared towards students and alumni – Showcase pages for
aspects the university would like to highlight. Example – Uvic’s executive
programs. http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/how-to-use-linkedin-
showcase-pages-for-business/
• Group page or university page? Example – UVic group co-ops and careers
https://university.linkedin.com/content/dam/university/global/en_US/site/pdf/T
ipSheet_RunningaGroup.pdf
• Company pages traditionally for employees of the university, however –
seems they will be merging . . . http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jason-
boucher/finally-linkedin-universi_b_12010490.html
5. S
Who owns and
manages?
• University page – typically comm/marketing
• Company page – typically comm or HR
• Develop clear roles and responsibilities for each admin and “posting
guidelines”
• Go to any university page and click “LinkedIn for Education” in the top right
corner, then choose “For You” for helpful tips
6. Other questions . . .
S Types of memberships – let’s explore; click “Try Premium” at top right of
your page
S Collecting data to benchmark where we are now
S https://www.linkedin.com/help/linkedin/answer/26032/understanding-
company-page-analytics?lang=en
S http://sproutsocial.com/insights/linkedin-analytics/
S http://blog.hubspot.com/blog/tabid/6307/bid/28736/LinkedIn-Launches-
Analytics-Tool-for-Groups.aspx
S Using career pages
S https://www.linkedin.com/help/linkedin/answer/4501/linkedin-career-pages-
overview?lang=en
7. Helping students set up
LinkedIn profile
S Have students bring in current resume
S Offer to have professional photo taken
S Use LinkedIn guidelines;
S Go to any university page
S In the top right, click “LinkedIn for
Education”
8. Other resources
S LinkedIn job app
S https://www.workbc.ca, http://www.indeed.ca/
S Exploring companies where you’d like to work and contacting
them directly (networking on LinkedIn is useful for this)
S Association websites – such as https://www.apeg.bc.ca/Home
S https://linkedin.com/in/williamarruda - personal branding guru
9. LinkedIn Learning
S Currently free to try out until end of October, but will only
be available for premium users after that
S https://www.lynda.com/ ; https://www.coursera.org/
S https://www.linkedin.com/help/linkedin/answer/530/educat
ional-webinars-about-linkedin?lang=en (free)
S https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=using+li
nkedin+to+find+a+job