How to use linked in training
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The document provides guidance on optimizing a LinkedIn profile by adding a professional photo, short summary, custom URL, work history, education, skills, basic information, projects, and connections. It also discusses using LinkedIn features like private messaging, adding companies and groups, seeing profile views, and social sharing options.
How to use linked in training
- 1. Signing Up To LinkedIn
- 2. Signing Up To LinkedIn •www.linkedin.com • Signup
- 4. Photo • Professional Headshot • Not too much body (want to be able to see your face)
- 5. Summary • Short summary about who you are etc • 2000 character word count • Keep it to 1 paragraph per point
- 6. Custom URL • Customise your own personal URL (suggested using the name people will use to search for you) • First come, first served • http://help.linkedin.com/app/answers/detail/a _id/87/~/customizing-your-public-profile-url
- 7. Background • Add all previous jobs • Try to link each job to a company profile already on LinkedIn
- 8. Education • Include any formal education you have. E.g.University degree • Try to link to school / university profile • Professional qualifications? Put that in here
- 9. Certification • Any other certificates go here.
- 10. Skills & Endorsements • Only lists top 10 • We suggest you have max 10 written down that are relevant to your work or desired area of expertise. • When you are first suggested for a skill, you can accept or reject it • Easy to gain more endorsements
- 11. Basic Information Put whatever level of detail you feel comfortable with. • Interests • Personal Details • Advice For Contacting – really useful filter • Languages
- 12. Projects • Any major projects undertaken can go here • Use to showcase your experience
- 13. Right Side Menu – Recommended For You • Honors and Awards • Test Scores • Courses • Patents • Add whatever is relevant here
- 14. View Your Profile • Click Done Editing • Check Profile Strength For “All-Star” rating • Click customised URL for public profile
- 16. Profile • Set Privacy • Most Important here is how you want to be seen when viewing other people’s profiles • Easiest Place To Make/Ask for Recommendations
- 17. Communications • Set email frequencies • The types of emails you want to receive
- 18. Account • Change Emails/Passwords • Most Important: Add all emails so you can be found easily • Change security, change language and privacy of photos (who can see yours, whose you can see)
- 19. Connections
- 20. Add Connections • Import contacts through email address/pst file • Use mobile app to see any contacts you have on your phone who you may be missing from email file. • Under >>Home on the right sidebar click “People You May Know” to get a grid of people to invite to connect. • One you’ve got a base level of LinkedIn contacts smart phone app is a pretty good way of flicking through potential connections • NEVER SAY NEVER! • Business card scanner apps http://appcrawlr.com/app/related/264113
- 21. Using LinkedIn
- 22. Home • Your Newsfeed – Similar to Facebook
- 23. Private Messaging • Use private messaging to find out more about someone without having to share it with your network.
- 24. Adding Companies/Groups • Your Firm – Search For It • LinkedIn will suggest groups/companies to join – join whatever is of interest. • You can also set individual (non-global) settings for each group – if there’s one group you want to receive daily emails from but nothing else you can set up there.
- 25. Who’s Viewed Your Profile • See who’s viewed your profile • How You Rank (for the competitors)
- 27. Slideshare / Social Sharing • LinkedIn has bought Slideshare – allows you to upload slides straight to LinkedIn.
- 28. IFTTT • Autopost anything from your news blog to your LinkedIn page. • Cool “recipes” to have a look.
- 29. Questions? • Please connect with me • http://nz.linkedin.com/in/rebeccacaroe/