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LinkedIn Training - Lake Grove Job Seekers
This document provides guidance on using LinkedIn effectively as a job seeker. It recommends completing your profile with a career profile, areas of excellence, and professional experience and recommendations. Members should join at least three relevant groups, add professional connections, and be proactive by following companies and connecting with secondary contacts. The key is to create a fully completed, professionally relevant profile to attract recruiters.
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- 1. Garrett Ira |Community Manager Web: bonfiresocialmedia.com Email: [email protected] LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/garrettira
- 2. Determine the REALvalue of LinkedIn as a job seeker Learn the steps and best practices for completing your profile Discover how to leverage LinkedIn after profile completion Goals For Today
- 3. What is thevalue of LinkedIn as a Job Seeker? “ If you don’t like change, you’re going to like irrelevancy even less” - General Eric Shinseki Take control of your personal brand Up to 86% of recruiters use LinkedIn Most valuable social media tool for job seekers
- 4. Have you GoogledYourself? LinkedIn ranks very well
- 5. How Do ILearn to Use LinkedIn? PRACTICE Attend events and workshops Get help from your mentor Keep up with changes: Read your weekly LinkedIn Network Update email Follow Viveka von Rosen: http://linkedintobusiness.com/ Use often
- 6. LinkedIn Steps toSuccess Customize your LinkedIn URL Edit Profile > Edit Public Profile > Edit URL Complete your profile Summary Specialties Experience Education Recommendations Additional Information Join at least 3 groups Get Recommended Add all RELEVANT, PROFESSIONAL connections Be Proactive
- 7. Use the LGJSResume Format Summary = Use “Career Profile” from resume Specialties = Use “Areas of Excellence” from resume Experience Use “Professional Experience” descriptions from resume Add relevant points from “Professional Accomplishments” Do not exceed 6 lines underneath each past position Seek assistance from your mentor Education = “Education” from resume [ Grab the employer’s attention quickly. Don’t “dump” data.
- 8. Complete Your ProfileComplete 100% of Your Profile Put yourself in the position of a recruiter Complete profile vs. incomplete Complete profile = complete employee Don’t be overly detailed. Must be complete, but scanable. Link to your resume if necessary. Don’t skip the profile picture Why? Keep 100% Professionally Relevant
- 9. Join at LeastThree Groups Keyword search will find groups with the name in the title AND other relevant groups Some groups are very beneficial and meet in person periodically Some are simply to share information, and show interest and association on your profile
- 10. Get Recommended Mostpowerful tool for building credibility Shoot for 1+ recommendations for each position Give the person you’re asking 3 points to highlight Increases the likelihood that they will follow through Prevents an unusable recommendation and wasted time
- 11. Additional & PersonalInformation Use your best judgment Leaving this section blank is OK “ Professional & Relevant” still apply to this section LinkedIn is NOT Facebook
- 12. New Feature: “Adda Section” These will be displayed much lower on your profile They are redundant to your summary and specialties Don’t spend much time on these at this point
- 13. Add All Relevant,Professional Connections The QUALITY of your network is more important than the QUANTITY Add anyone who you have connected with in a professional setting Do not accept requests from people you don’t know Don’t worry about having the most connections
- 14. Be Proactive Followyour target organizations Find secondary connections from your target companies Get introductions Be bold and reach out to people Worst case scenario = no
- 15. Don’t Freak Out. Start slow & take one step at a time Have a mentor review your profile Find this presentation at http://www.slideshare.net/rlewis1686 One Last Thing
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