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Why linked-in is important O Improve your visibility (make a name for yourself from day one and differentiate yourself from the crowd of other job or promotion seekers). O Linked in Answers are GREAT! O Improve your connect-ability (having a well filled out linked in profile will allow past colleagues to find and contact you). O Improve your page rank (will allow you to rank higher in Google when your name is searched).

Steps to success O Step 1 – Establish WHO you are O Step 2 – Make a choice, LION or TPN O Step 3 – NETWORK!!!

Step 1 Who are you? - Your profile

The good news! O We’re taking profile pics for you today!

Profile Pic – DON’Ts O Your profile pic should be you and YOU alone, NO group pics! O Too Sexy… NO cleavage, or hulking biceps O Too juvenile, NO cartoon pics O No movie pics, NO footy pics O Too staged, NO holding mobile phones, your tie etc. O Too random, NO landscapes, NO fruit O Too personal, NO baby’s, NO dogs O NO picture!

Have a HELPFUL Headline In 120 Characters

Why your headline shouldn’t be your current job O Your current job title probably doesn’t say much about what you do… O Consultant, Intern, Manager, Junior Analyst? O Treat your headline like your introduction when networking O How about something like: O Helping professional services firms attract more clients and win more new business

Questions to ask yourself O What do I provide businesses with? O What is my unique value proposition? O What is it that I actually do? Think more how you would describe what you do at work… O E.g I help companies develop a project from Initial idea to delivered product, providing PM along the way.

Your Summary O This is your chance at your very own elevator pitch O Be INTERESTING O No phrases that sound like an automatic mission statement generator! O No heavy jargon O Write in 1 st person O Here, you should describe WHO you are and HOW you help people O Here are three steps to a successful summary

3 Steps to a successful summary O Step 1: Introduce WHO you are. Talk about HOW you’ve got to where you are today and WHERE you are. O Step 2: Talk about WHO your clients/employers are, what type of company do you help, do you work for IB, do you work for consultancies. O Step 3: WHAT do you do, talk about what you do for these companies.

Use your name as the unique url O Linked-In allows you to set a custom linked in url, set it as your full name so you rank better in search.

Recommendations O Recommendations are social proof, that businesses look at to see if you’ve impressed previous employers/clients. O Try not to ask people for recommendations, better strategy is to leave a recommendation for people you would vouch for… quid pro quo, they’ll be inclined to help out in response.

Completing your profile O Linked-In provides some great insights into how you can fill out all the foundations of your profile. You should follow Linked-In prompts to get to 100% completion. O When asked to describe what you did at a particular jobs, where possibly try to include quantifiable achievements such as: O Built from Idea to final event, BiG Day In, IT Student Careers conference with 220 attendees within 3 Months

Putting it all together O Profile Pic O Headline O Summary O If possible Current and 2+ Previous work experiences O URL O Recommendations

Step 2 Make a choice

LION Trusted Partner O Linked-In Open Networker O Trusted partner networking

Step 3 Network

What to do with all those connections O Status updates subtly remind your contacts of what you do. O Just pitched Queensland government on the benefits of tech in curriculum O Just finished an extensive IT audit, proud of the team. O Team just finished evangelising Microsoft at the TechEd conference! O Watch others status updates and respond where possible to initiate contact.

Linked-In Donts O Overshare! - “aT the baR til 4AM!!!” O Harass others – Hey can you give me the CEO’s number? Hey can you review my resume. O Overuse words: Creative, organisation, effective, extensive experience and track record. O Post inappropriate photos O Neglect profiles and update

One more thing O Review your LinkedIn profile. Look at it as if you’re a prospective new boss, or a client. Would you hire YOU to do something? If not, rewrite it. Keep it tight. Do as much editing as you can.