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1 Pressed For Success Merrimack College October 19, 2009

2 “The average person knows at least 250 people. Then each of those 250 people knows 250 people. So instantly, you have access to 62,500 people.” --Mark Victor Hansen and Robert G. Allen, authors of “The One Minute Millionaire”

3  A business social network to ◦ Expand your network ◦ Access information and resources ◦ Communicate to many professionals ◦ Search for job opportunities  It is not: ◦ A social network ◦ Replacement of face-to-face networking

4  Accounts: Personal and Premium  What to do with LinkedIn? ◦ Build and maintain a trusted professional network ◦ Find and reconnect with colleagues and classmates ◦ Request and provide recommendations ◦ Create a professional presence on the web ◦ Request up to 5 Introductions at a time ◦ Search for and view profiles of other LinkedIn users ◦ Ask and Answer questions in the Answers section ◦ Search for jobs seeing how you are connected to the person offering the job or employees at the company

5  The more information, the more likely you will be found  Your profile is your brand – keep it business-focused  Account & Settings ◦ My Profile ◦ My Profile Photo ◦ Public Profile ◦ Manage Recommendations ◦ Status Visibility ◦ Member Feed Visibility

6  Personal Information ◦ Name and Location ◦ Email Addresses ◦ Change Password ◦ Close Account  Privacy Settings ◦ Connections Browse ◦ Profile Views ◦ Profile and Status Updates ◦ Partner Advertising ◦ Authorized Applications

7  Email Notifications ◦ Contact Settings ◦ Receiving Emails ◦ Invitation Filtration  Home Page Settings  Groups  Personal Information  Privacy Settings

8  Home page = LinkedIn dashboard ◦ Review connection activities  Navigation ◦ Top Category Navigation ◦ Site Service Navigation ◦ Side Navigation

9  Left side = You ◦ Your content navigation ◦ Statistics  Middle = Your Connections ◦ Inbox ◦ Your Status ◦ Network updates = Content on your connections  Right Side = Modules ◦ People You May Know ◦ Sponsor Ads ◦ Who’s Viewed My Profile? ◦ People Module ◦ Answers Module ◦ Job Search Module

10  Top Box ◦ Your name ◦ A Photo ◦ Your summary ◦ Status update  Middle Box ◦ Current/Past/Education ◦ Recommendations ◦ Connections ◦ Websites ◦ Personal URL

11  Summary ◦ Elevator Pitch ◦ Key Words for Searches  Applications ◦ Presentations ◦ Reading List ◦ Blogs

12  Experience ◦ Most Recent to Oldest ◦ Company, Title, Dates of Employment ◦ Description of your role  Not a job description  What impact did you have?  What strengths did you exhibit?  Education  Additional Information  Personal Information  Contact Settings Create Your Brand!!

13  My Connections  Imported Contacts  Profile Organizer  Network Statistics  Add Connections ◦ Invite Contacts (file upload) ◦ Outlook Toolbar ◦ Colleagues ◦ Classmates  Remove Connections Build your network!!

14  Get recommendations ◦ From Managers ◦ From Peers ◦ From Subordinates  Give recommendations  More recommendations = More visibility Get noticed for your accomplishments !!

15  My Groups ◦ 50 maximum  Following ◦ Discussions or news articles  Groups Directory  Create a Group Get Exposure to a wider network!!

16  Home page ◦ Search for companies ◦ Add a company  Search results  Company Detail ◦ Description ◦ Employees ◦ New Hires ◦ Popular Profiles ◦ Key Statistics ◦ Related Companies ◦ Career Path / Most Connected To ◦ Recent Promotion and Changes Research before the Interview!!

17  Answers Home ◦ Summary page ◦ Ask a Question ◦ New Questions from Your Network ◦ This Week’s Top Experts ◦ Featured Category ◦ My Q&A ◦ Browse  Advanced Answers Search  My Q&A  Ask a Question  Answer Questions Demonstrate your expertise!!

18  Jobs Home ◦ Simple search  Advanced Job Search ◦ Job function ◦ Company ◦ Industry  Search results ◦ Sort ◦ Detail ◦ Get introduced ◦ Apply Now Find jobs and Get Introduced!!

19  Research Companies  Research hiring managers and potential employees  Enhance and build your network  Get reconnected with former peers, managers, subordinates, alumni, groups, etc.  Increase your ability to be found by recruiters  Build your brand  Get recommendations (they are visible!) and make recommendations  Ask & Answer questions – show your knowledge  Find Jobs


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