LinkedIn: Learning to stay connected
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The document discusses how LinkedIn can help users professionally network and find jobs or business opportunities. It provides tips for setting up a profile, making connections, engaging with status updates, and using LinkedIn to explore career opportunities within the agriculture industry. The agriculture industry employs over 22 million people with over 200 different job types, and LinkedIn helps connect job seekers with opportunities that go beyond traditional farming roles.
LinkedIn: Learning to stay connected
- 1. Linked In Making your own footprint in the World’s Largest Professional Network
- 2. By Sarah Bastin Missouri State Student studying Agriculture Business Marketing and Sales
- 3. -A few facts on why LinkedIn is a good fit for you LinkedIn is the largest professional networking site that has over 200 million users in 200 different countries 87% of its users trust LinkedIn as a source of decision making 57% of people talk more to others online than in real life
- 4. -Why bother? Now more than ever it is important to make business connections in order to create better business realationships LinkedIn creates a place where you can start networking with others, businesses can search for new taltent, post jobs, and promote upcoming events Business cards are old news– Now there is a better way of keeping your connections and creating lasting relationships!
- 5. How to get started LinkedIn begins like most online social medias Start with putting in your first and last name then add your email and create a password
- 6. Create your Profile Your Profile consists of A profile picture Summary of yourself Past positions Education Skills Your current position with a description Your contacts and connections Industry and postal code Completing your profile is a very important step because that will be your future employers first view as to who you are and what skills and training you have. This will also increase your chances of appearing in the LinkedIn search results.
- 7. Home Page When you finish creating your profile the LinkedIn Home Page allows for an easy search for: new job postings, people you may know, groups, conta cts, news, companie s, and many more.
- 8. Making Contacts Start by making connections with people you know. In the beginning of making your profile you will be asked to sync with existing contacts through other media sites such as email, facebook, and twitter. Use the search box at the upper right-hand corner of the front page Add former colleagues, alumni, friends, and other important contacts People you may know: your contacts come from either a 1st degree connection (people your are already connected with), 2nd degree connections (other friends direct contacts), 3rd degree connections (friends of friends), or through group connections (organizations, alumni, etc.
- 9. Status Updates Instead of using status updates to inform other of what your are doing socially, use them to inform others that you are a subject expert Posting frequently allows you to increase engagement Post and share links, events, topics and statistics Posts should be industry related and professional
- 10. Mobile LinkedIn Install the LinkedIn app on your Android or Iphone for easy, mobile, and fast use. Install the Card Munch app, which allows you to take pictures of business cards you currently have and upload them to linkedIn
- 11. LinkedIn and Agriculture: A Personal Story For many years I struggled with how I was going to fit in the agriculture industry as a young professional. Many people today have misconceptions about the industry thinking that the only job opportunities out there only includes farming and food production. LinkedIn provides a way for people searching for jobs in agriculture to find jobs in their field of study. Agriculture is the largest industry in our country providing over 22 million people with employment, with over 200 different jobs.