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Tbc career meeting 02 2012 linked in-1
This document provides guidance on using LinkedIn for job searching. It discusses transferring a traditional resume to an online profile on LinkedIn, including key components like a photo, headline, and summary. The document also covers growing your professional network on LinkedIn by connecting with colleagues, searching for connections, and asking for introductions. Maintaining an active presence by keeping your network updated and helping others connect is also presented as a way to be a valuable member of the LinkedIn community.
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- 1. The Use ofSocial Media in Job Search Trinity Job Club Meet Monthly on the last Sunday of the month
- 2. Brief Introduction • You name • Occupation • Notable achievement • What you are looking for • Your Trinity affiliation • Please repeat your name
- 3. Why move yourresume to online? Resume have been transformed from a printed document to a web-based document that can be shared with anyone, including potential employer. In this session, I will take your current understanding of resume and explain how to leverage it on LinkedIn.
- 4. Objective • Fitting a traditional resume into a modern job search • Transferring your paper resume to an online version • Using and writing recommendations • Discovering what makes LinkedIn the highest-leverage, job- seeking engine • Taking a look at the essential components of a good profile • Moving your profile to the head of the pack with applications, recommendations, and more • Figuring out how to grow your linkedIn network • Investigating additional LinkedIn features you may find useful
- 5. Before we getinto LinkedIn • Discovering the benefits of online resume • Writing for an online audience • It’s only “words” • What to include and / or leave behind
- 6. Discovering the benefitsof online resume • You remind in control of the document • You can show your current value, rather than just your past • You can show some personality
- 7. Writing for anonline audience • User bulleted points an list as often as possible • Shorten your blocks of test • Use headers • Take advantage of hyperlinking • Put the most important content up top • Keep a little white space
- 8. “words” To get yourresume found, you need to practice Search Engine Optimization (SEO) by selecting choice keywords – nouns that are relevant to a search query (examples) Healthcare: Medical Office, Healthcare Information Management, HIPAA Higher Ed: Admissions, Education, Institution Human resource: Organization, Staffing, Source, Training Technology: Agile, Business continuity, Disaster recover, Operations, Security Non-profit: Communications, Giving, volunteer, soica and community service
- 9. What to includeand / or leave behind Include • Most relevant information • Brief • Descriptive Leave behind • Don’t need to include anything over 15 years • Personal preferences • Irrelevant information
- 10. LinkedIn - Basic Introductionfor people who have never used LinkedIn or not familiar with the basic functions. It is assume that attendee have minimum experience of job networking and have a updated resume.
- 11. What is LinkedIn? •LinkedIn has approximately 135 million members • Facebook and Twitter are useful for personal social and broadcast media purposes, LinkedIn’s place for keeping tabs on professional contacts – Establish a professional identity and build a network. – Demo that you are in the know and great at what you do. – Needs to be mobile “Our mission is to connect the world’s professionals and make them more productive,” Nishar
- 12. What can youdo on LinkedIn? See who you know & who they know
- 13. What can youdo with this? • Sell products or services – Find customers/clients, build channels, build demand, understand the market • Call into a company – Locate an individual, gain background knowledge • Find job candidates – Post openings, research background, check references
- 14. What else canyou do with this? • Make connections in a new city, company, or industry • Get advice • Build your professional reputation • Find and evaluate business partners • Promote your successes • Stay in touch with colleagues
- 15. Getting started • Createan account • Fill in core profile information – Name, employment, schools • Find connections – Through colleagues – Through schools – Add individually – Import
- 16. Profile Basic element isyour profile. Employer looks at three areas during first few seconds: • Profile photo • Professional headline • Profile summary
- 17. Photo • Pleasant smile • Professional attire • Pleasing or bland background • Interesting angle • Sign of your personality (optional)
- 18. Professional headline Defines whoyou are and what you can do for an organization • 120 characters to communicate – What you do – Who you are – What your level of motivation – What you can do for a company • Be sure to include your most powerful keywords / key phases
- 19. Summary Summarizing what makeyou different • Make it short (< 30 seconds to read) • Make it concise (don’t use bullet list or detail accomplishment) • Make it unique (avoid jargon, buzzwords, or clichés) • Make it narrative
- 20. Inviting a colleagueto connect • Locate the right profile • Click to add to your network • Choose how you know him/her • Write your own message – Share recent news -- take the opportunity to really connect
- 21. Making wider connections •Be specific about who you’re looking for • Search your network • Ask for introductions – Note degree of connection before asking – Look for colleagues you know but haven’t yet connected with – Explain your goals
- 22. Be a networkhub • Keep everyone up to date – Send periodic emails to contacts • Never eat alone – Find a connection in any city you visit • Help others connect – Hold events for people with common interests – Form a group • Share your knowledge
- 23. Questions? Dave Chen, CISSP wchend@aol.com 917 945 3893 Come back after the break for more advance topics…