Post on 12-May-2015
AU Career, Business and Social Sciences Linking students & business
AU Career, Business and Social Sciences Linking students & business
The largest professional online network
Working 24/7/365
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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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