LinkedIn for the Job Seeker

Professional Development Series 2012

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What We’ll Cover Today

• Profile Content• Increase Your Network• LinkedIn Job Search Strategies

PROFILE CONTENT

Profile Content: Profile Box

Profile Content: Profile Box

• Photo• Professional “Headline”• Websites– Your organization–http://connectcommunity.org–Personal blog

• Twitter• Public Profile

Profile Content: Summary

• Equal to Resume Profile on a Resume

• Can be in any format including bullet points.

• Skill, accomplishments, vision.

Profile Content: Experience

• Focus on outcomes.• Use bullets when appropriate.

Profile Content: Sections

Project Examples

• CBAIS Conference• Mid-Course Workshop• Outreach • Curriculum Development

Projects are group efforts. State who else worked on the project with you.

Strengthen Your Profile

CONNECTIONS

Increase Your Connections

Who Do I Connect To?

• Connect to people you know. • Connect to people you respect.

Value of LinkedIn Connections

• We can’t possibly know the professional details of all our colleagues lives without help.

• Current contact information.

JOB SEEKING STRATEGIES

LinkedIn Job Search Strategies

• Status Updates• Recommendations• Finding Warm Leads

Status Updates

• Do not post “I’m looking for a job!”• Interesting articles, particularly

ones that help you with job searching.

• Events you have attended.• Projects you are involved in.• CYC stats.

Sample Status Updates

• Attended “LinkedIn for Job Seekers” webinar today. Learned important strategies I’m sure to use.

• Federally funded project Connect Your Community at ACCEL wraps up October 2012. So proud of what we have accomplished!

• Graduated my 17th Connect Your Community class today!

Recommendations

Recommendations

GIVE

Its Who You Know

Using LinkedIn for Intros

• 2nd degree only• Find the connection on LinkedIn,

maybe MAKE the connection offline.

Its Who Knows You

• Post INTERESTING status updates weekly.

• Write recommendations. • Create Projects and Add Project

Members.

Homework

• Add content to your profile.• Write a recommendation.• Use your email address book to

add more connections.• Decide how you will add use of

LinkedIn to your weekly routine.

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