AU Career, Business and Social Sciences Linking students & business

AU Career, Business and Social Sciences Linking students & business

The largest professional online network

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Why bother?

AU Career, Business and Social Sciences Linking students & business

LinkedIn is a place to: - Create and nurture your network

- Research people and companies

- Recruit / Be recruited (visibility)

- Make requests

- Get access

- Engage in discussions

- Share information

Why bother?

AU Career, Business and Social Sciences Linking students & business

Worldwide Membership

• The world’s largest professional online network with more than 200 million members

• 64 % of LinkedIn members are located outside of the United States

• Members in over 200 countries

• 1 million+ members in Denmark

• 2 new members per second (approx.) Facts as of December 31, 2012

http://press.linkedin.com/about

Five Fascinating Facts

AU Career, Business and Social Sciences Linking students & business

Expectations

AU Career, Business and Social Sciences Linking students & business

1. Getting started – the basics

2. Specific tips to improve your profile

3. Be clear on your skills

4. How to take contact

5. Mapping your network

6. Statistics about former AU students (AU Alumni)

7. Find jobs on LinkedIn

8. Increase your number of connections

9. Groups

10. Nurse your network

Program

AU Career, Business and Social Sciences Linking students & business

Recruiters: 100% complete profile

Important steps:

1 Photo

2 Summary

3 Experience (jobs)

4 Skills & Expertise

5 Education

6 50 first degree connections

(7 Recommendations and endorsements)

Getting started – the basics

AU Career, Business and Social Sciences Linking students & business

Getting started – the basics

AU Career, Business and Social Sciences Linking students & business

• Use keywords in your profile

• Who do you want to be seen as? – Make sure your profile, resume and yourself align

• Tell us your story – How did you get from A-Z?

– Who are your connections? (Map the gap)

• Use a professional profile photo

• Use your profile link

Specific tips to improve your profile

AU Career, Business and Social Sciences Linking students & business

Be clear on your skills

http://www.linkedin.com/skills/skill/Career_Assessment?trk=skills-rel-5

AU Career, Business and Social Sciences Linking students & business

Get introduced

Inmail

Send connection request

Remember Networking is about ”giving and taking”

Apply good networking behaviour

How to take contact

AU Career, Business and Social Sciences Linking students & business

How to take contact

AU Career, Business and Social Sciences Linking students & business

http://inmaps.linkedinlabs.com/

Map your network

AU Career, Business and Social Sciences Linking students & business

Statistics about former AU students

AU Career, Business and Social Sciences Linking students & business

Find jobs on LinkedIn

AU Career, Business and Social Sciences Linking students & business

Find jobs on LinkedIn

AU Career, Business and Social Sciences Linking students & business

Increase number of connections

AU Career, Business and Social Sciences Linking students & business

Groups

Netværk hvor jobsøgende og arbejdsgivere mødes : 592 jobs

TED: Ideas Worth Spreading – Unofficial : 129 jobs

AU Career, Business and Social Sciences Linking students & business

Nurse your network

AU Career, Business and Social Sciences Linking students & business

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