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Building your online professional profileIngrid Koehler
Knowledge Hub social media taster sessions
Tuesday, 7 December 2010
Thanks for coming
• First session• Lots of ideas, but
refining them• An opportunity to
share tips in the group
Celyn 4, 09 by Castaway in Scotland on Flickr
Tuesday, 7 December 2010
Enhancing your online profile• Recruiters increasingly turning to LinkedIn• Helps potential clients understand your
approach• Sensible employers use Google, some check
social sites, too• Showcases your past work• Puts you in the light you want to be in
Ceiling by radiant guy on flickr
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This is brand YOU!
• Ensure your social networking profiles match the image you want to project
• Tell the truth• Don’t badmouth colleagues, former employers
(as tempting as it may be!)
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Approaches
• Don’t be afraid to ask
• Sharing is winning• Celebrate others • organising your
‘real world’ connections
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Tool set
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And don’t forget...
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And this will be even better...
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But first...What does Google say about you?
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And what does Google say about your field?
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LinkedIn• Profile completion• Profile openness• Recommending
others• Asking for
recommendations• Improving your
findability
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Profile completion
• All of your (relevant) employment history• Your CV• Your education• Your social profiles• Joining groups and contributing to them• Recommendations
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Steps to profile completion
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Education Employment Your CV Groups Links Recommend Update
Profile completion
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Profile openness Easily linkable URL
Full view,tick everything
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Recommend!
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What about Facebook?
• Generally not seen as a job seeking resource• Will NOT generally help you link to new
people or manage acquaintanceships• But these people ARE your friends• Understand your social graph and target
messages
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ExpatsDigi public
services in the UK
LG Group
Local politics
in-laws
My home town in TN
Uni
Dad’s family
Clusters of networks
only certain networks may help you with some goalsTuesday, 7 December 2010
Facebook warnings
• Clean up your Facebook act: Are your friends bringing you down?
• Check privacy settings• Inappropriate photos?• Incoherent rubbish?• Reference to drug/ alcohol use?• It IS ok to be less formal in Facebook
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Portfolio blogging
• Great way to showcase your talents• Makes you much more findable• Helps you to link your social profiles• Allows you to help and promote others
more easily
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www.ingridkoehler.com
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What about Twitter?
• Celebrate others and share useful links• Stay up to date in your field• Stay visible• Promote your other online efforts• Ask for work or suggest how you can help
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Search
• Set Google search alerts
• Key words on Twitter for real time search
• set up Google Reader to stay informed and share relevant links
Magnify by catd_mitchell on Flickr
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The Knowledge Hub
• Much greater control of your profile• Will showcase YOUR knowledge and
contributions• Activity streams and updates• Ability to link to other social profiles, including
LinkedIn• Not the go-to job search resource now, but it
will be soon for the public sector and related fields
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Link your profiles
And don’t forget to share your profile in your email signature
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Other cool ideas
http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/pda/2010/may/13/google-jobs-brownstein
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Other cool ideas
http://www.slideshare.net/GlobalGossip/really-ugly-resumes
Do a visual CV!
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Pick your tools
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So much time does all this take?
Little and often, prioritise tools depending on your objectives
What time is love by Myxi on Flickr
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Time spent
A couple of hours to set up, 15 minutes a week
Minutes to set up basic site, successful blogging - minimum two hours a week
Minutes to set up, as and when you have presentations
Minutes to set up, depends how you use it
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Plan your online routine
• Have a strategy• Be pragmatic - bite off what you can chew• Be consistent
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Contact me
• These slides are posted at www.slideshare.net/ingrid_k
• www.twitter.com/ingridk• http://uk.linkedin.com/in/ingridkoehler• [email protected] or
[email protected]• www.ingridkoehler.com
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