LinkedIn for Beginners Iwan Griffiths MSc Business Careers Adviser Aston Business School

What this session aims to cover What is LinkedIn? Why develop a LinkedIn profile? Setting up a basic profile Joining groups

What is LinkedIn? World’s largest professional network with 175 million members 2mins

Why join LinkedIn? To build professional networks To manage information that’s publicly available about you as a professional To find a job or be talent-spotted To create and collaborate on projects, gather data, share files and solve problems

Setting up your profile Standard registration procedure – go to Also see linkedin.htmlhttp:// linkedin.html

Key components of your LinkedIn profile Photograph Professional Headline Summary and Specialities Experience Skills and Expertise Education Groups (in Additional Information) Connections

Using your photograph to project a professional, business-like image

Professional Headline

Summary and specialities s/executive-summary/

Experience com/profiles/career- experience/

Skills and Expertise

Education

Groups (in Additional Information)

Connections

Importing information from your CV Click the Import your resume link on the Edit Profile pageEdit Profile Move your cursor over Profile at the top of your home page and click Edit Profile. Click Import your resume on the right under "Complete your profile quickly". Click Browse to locate the resume document and then click Upload Resume. Review and edit the extracted information. Click Save Changes or "Go back to Edit My Profile" to cancel the import process and return to your profile.

Next steps in becoming LinkedIn 1.Create or review your profile 2.Start building your connections 3.Join relevant groups and following relevant companies 4.Come along to Using LinkedIn for Career Development session tomorrow at 12.30pm

Editing your profile Choice of photo Professional headline Compiling your Summary and Specialities Adding information on your Education and Employment Also seehttp://learn.linkedin.com/profiles/overview/ (sample student LinkedIn profile)

Other useful LinkedIn weblinks LinkedIn Learner Center Linked Student and Graduate Guide

Any questions? Iwan Griffiths