Virginia Career Network LinkedIn. What is LinkedIn? Overview Creating a profile Growing your...

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Virginia Career Network LinkedIn

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Virginia Career Network

LinkedIn

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What is LinkedIn?

• Overview• Creating a profile• Growing your contacts• Sourcing capability

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Largest source of professionals more than any other social networking tool

•Over 25 million experienced professionals •Over 150 industries•Utilized by thousands of recruiters

When you join, you create a profile that summarizes your professional accomplishments. Your profile helps you find and be found by former colleagues, clients, and partners. You can add more connections by inviting trusted contacts to join LinkedIn and connect to you.

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Your network consists of your connections, your connections’ connections, and the people they know, linking you to thousands of qualified professionals.

Through your network you can:•Find potential clients, service providers, subject experts, and partners who come recommended•Be found for business opportunities•Search for great jobs•Discover inside connections that can help you land jobs and close deals•Post and distribute job listings•Find high-quality passive candidates•Get introduced to other professionals through the people you know

Get introduced to other professionals through the people you knowLinkedIn is free to join.

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www. .com

Where to sign up

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Creating a profile with LinkedIn• Open an account• Fill in core profile information

– Name, employment, schools

• Find connections– Through colleagues– Through schools– Through groups– Add individually– Import

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Creating a profile with LinkedIn

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Building your network• Complete your profile

– Current and past position, education, photo, nickname or maiden name, summary, websites, interests, email addresses

• Make recommendation and ask for recommendations

• Upload a contacts file from Outlook or other email address books

• Join groups – Virginia Career Network• Ask questions and provide answers• Publicize your LinkedIn profile

– Email signature, website

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Growing your contacts

• 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!

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See who all you know and who they know

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Making wider connections

• Be specific about who your 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

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Wondering which of your Colleagues and Friends are on LinkedIn?

• The Just Joined LinkedIn section highlights :– new LinkedIn users that have worked or

attended the companies and listed on your profile.

– Just click on these links, find the people you know, and invite them to connect.

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Searching

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Contacts

• The more contacts the better, but make contact with people who matter to you

• LinkedIn Open Networkers• Will Link with anyone

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Groups - Overview

• LinkedIn Groups is your destination to find and join communities of professionals based on:• Common interest• Experience• Affiliation• Goals.

• Stay in touch with organizations, schools, and companies that you are and were a part of, network with professionals with similar interests and goals, and collaborate in a professional community online.

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Groups

• Professional, personal interests

• Contact members directly

• Ask for advice• Questions• Form your own

group

Connect, Communicate, and Collaborate

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Groups Drop down box: Select Group

Type in Richmond or

“Virginia Career Network”

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Groups: Virginia Career Network

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Join the Virginia Career Network to network

and connect with organizers, employers

and members!!!