1. www.CrossroadsCareer.org The Power of

2. www.CrossroadsCareer.org What will you get from this session? overview of the value of LinkedIn specific ideas and techniques to make it more useful for you new CONNECTIONS!!!

3. www.CrossroadsCareer.org Why Should You Use LinkedIn? The largest professional networking site online over 300 Million users and 325 Million company pages! A great place to be found A tremendous place to FIND what and who you need in your career and in your job search! A place to ask, collaborate, and offer help to others

4. www.CrossroadsCareer.org Improve your PROFILE to be found! Fully complete your Profile! - Make it EASY to scan and read! Important components: 1.Your Professional Headline 2.Long but BRIEF – Key points summaries 3.Professional PICTURE 4.CONTACT INFORMATION! 5.Full Job History (written in SHORT SUBSTANTIVE SOUNDBITES with white space) 6.Accomplishments / Successes 7.KEYWORDS - KEYWORDS - KEYWORDS 8.Recommendations

5. www.CrossroadsCareer.org BUILD YOUR NETWORK! ADD CONNECTIONS – ADD CONNECTIONS – ADD CONNECTIONS as many as possible for good searches Recent and Old Colleagues, Classmates, Friends, Family Join ‘GROUPS’ related to your career or industry WRITE A PERSONAL NOTE IF YOU KNOW THEM – increases your chances of being accepted

6. www.CrossroadsCareer.org SEARCH!!! Searches to define your target job titles and companies – Keyword search to find people that have other titles using your skills – Title search to find companies that have roles using those skills Searches to find contacts at your target companies – Search current company, titles, keywords Searches to find company information, interview prep Not getting enough results??? – BOOLEAN SEARCH IN GOOGLE!!!

7. www.CrossroadsCareer.org Boolean Searches on Google Google allows you to do a focused (X-Ray) search on a specific site Search to find ‘Public’ LinkedIn contacts not in your network Example: site:www.linkedin.com "Greater Minneapolis" “Company” “Title” -profiles

8. www.CrossroadsCareer.org SO I HAVE A NAME ~ NOW WHAT? MAKE A CALL! CONTACT DIRECTLY! You don’t have to ask for an introduction through LinkedIn – call the main company number and ask for the person by name Find contact information on Google: “Firstname Lastname” “@companyname.com” “Firstname Lastname” phone Try: emails4corporations.com BE PREPARED – Write scripts for contact and voicemail

9. www.CrossroadsCareer.org Free LinkedIn Training & Resources Webinars: http://learn.linkedin.com/jobseeker/ http://learn.linkedin.com/jobseeker/ Articles: http://help.linkedin.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/151 http://help.linkedin.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/27 http://help.linkedin.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/151 http://help.linkedin.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/27 TERRY RUDIN www.linkedin.com/in/terryrudin/ 612-807-7309