1. LinkedIn for the Job Seeker Professional Development Series 2012 3-16-12

2. What Well Cover Today Profile Content Increase Your Network LinkedIn Job Search Strategies

3. PROFILE CONTENT

4. Profile Content: Profile Box

5. Photo Professional Headline Websites – Your organization – http://connectcommunity.org http://connectcommunity.org – Personal blog Twitter Public Profile

6. Profile Content: Summary Equal to Resume Profile on a Resume Can be in any format including bullet points. Skill, accomplishments, vision.

7. Profile Content: Experience Focus on outcomes. Use bullets when appropriate.

8. Profile Content: Sections

9. Project Examples CBAIS Conference Mid-Course Workshop Outreach Curriculum Development Projects are group efforts. State who else worked on the project with you.

10. Strengthen Your Profile

12. CONNECTIONS

13. Increase Your Connections

14. Who Do I Connect To? Connect to people you know. Connect to people you respect.

15. Value of LinkedIn Connections We cant possibly know the professional details of all our colleagues lives without help. Current contact information.

16. JOB SEEKING STRATEGIES

17. LinkedIn Job Search Strategies Status Updates Recommendations Finding Warm Leads

18. Status Updates Do not post Im looking for a job! Interesting articles, particularly ones that help you with job searching. Events you have attended. Projects you are involved in. CYC stats.

19. Sample Status Updates Attended LinkedIn for Job Seekers webinar today. Learned important strategies Im sure to use. Federally funded project Connect Your Community at ACCEL wraps up October 2012. So proud of what we have accomplished! Graduated my 17 th Connect Your Community class today!

20. Recommendations

21. GIVE

22. Its Who You Know

23. Using LinkedIn for Intros 2 nd degree only Find the connection on LinkedIn, maybe MAKE the connection offline.

24. Its Who Knows You Post INTERESTING status updates weekly. Write recommendations. Create Projects and Add Project Members.

25. Homework Add content to your profile. Write a recommendation. Use your email address book to add more connections. Decide how you will add use of LinkedIn to your weekly routine.

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