Linkedn Presentation Oakton Community College
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The document provides guidance for enhancing job searches using LinkedIn, detailing essential do's and don'ts for optimizing profiles, including photo choices, title robustness, and summary sections. It emphasizes the importance of customizing URLs, joining groups, and soliciting recommendations to increase profile visibility. Additionally, it suggests ways to drive recruiters to profiles by sharing custom URLs across various platforms.
Linkedn Presentation Oakton Community College
- 1. 1 ENERGIZE YOUR JOB SEARCH USING LinkedIn Denis Curtin 01/2016
- 2. 2 LinkedIn by the Numbers U.S. Members – 122 Million 2 New Users Join per Second Members in 200 Countries and Territories
- 3. 3 LinkedIn by the Numbers Available in 24 Languages 432 Million Years of Professional Experience Executives from Every Fortune 500 Company
- 4. 4 Number of LinkedIn Members from 1st quarter 2009 to 3rd quarter 2015 380 Million Members Now 400 Million Members
- 5. 5 THE #1 PROFESSIONAL SOCIAL NETWORK LinkedIn is a registered trademark of the LinkedIn Corporation
- 6. 6 LinkedIn Do’s and Don’ts
- 7. 7 Picture and Headline Section Don’t Don’t Always Have a Picture
- 8. 8 Be Aware of the Background Black White
- 9. 9 Wear Your Interview Outfit Do Don’t
- 10. 10 Use the Correct Size Picture
- 11. 11 Do Not Use the Default Job Title 120 Character Limit
- 12. 12 Use a Robust Job Title
- 13. 13 Use a Robust Job Title
- 14. 14 Always Have A Current Job Title Don’t Do
- 15. 15 Do Do Choose a Background Image
- 16. 16 Do Do Choose a Background Image
- 17. 17 Do Don’t Choose a Background Image
- 18. 18 Choose a Background Image Choose from more than 200 free LinkedIn Backgrounds www.LinkedInBackground.com
- 19. 19 Communication Settings Found Under Privacy & Settings Viewable by all 400 Million Members Do
- 20. 20 Create a Custom URL Do
- 21. 21 Create a Custom URL Don’t Don’t
- 22. 22 Create a Custom URL Do www.linkedin.com/in/deniscurtin/ Don't www.linkedin.com/pub/mark-cuban/5b/75/6a www.linkedin.com/pub/barbara-corcoran/74/718/7a7
- 23. 23 Summary Section Career Summary From Your Resume Portions of Your Elevator Speech Tell Your Story
- 24. 24 Summary Section Don’t No Summary
- 25. 25 Summary Section Don’t One Sentence Summary
- 26. 26 Summary Section Do One Paragraph Summary
- 27. 27 Summary Section Do CALL TO ACTION
- 28. 28 Create a Specialties Section Good Better
- 29. 29 Summary Section Add Your Word .doc Resume Using www.SlideShare.net
- 30. 30 Summary Section Add Your Word .doc Resume Using www.SlideShare.net Edit Title
- 31. 31 Experience Section Everything From Your Resume and More Add Bullets Dropped From Your Resume Incorporate Your Industry’s Keywords
- 32. 32 Experience Section Further Amplify Your Achievements Add Visual Media, Projects, Publications Choose Your Company From The Dropdown So Logo Is Visible Next To Company Name
- 33. 33 Experience Section Omit Months Use Action Words Don’t Don’t
- 36. 36 Honors & Awards Section Don’t
- 37. 37 Honors & Awards Section Do
- 38. 38 Education Section Select College from Dropdown Menu Start with Highest Degree If Recent include Graduation Year Include More Details If You Like
- 40. 40 Skills Section List Your Key Skills First Choose 50 Entries Use Keywords from Specialties Section
- 41. 41 Skills Section Recruiters are Using Skills Filters
- 42. 42 LinkedIn Groups Join up to 100 Groups including: 727,520 Members 1,000,000 Members Do Do Do 953,297 Members 768,669 Members Try
- 43. 43 LinkedIn Profile Goals Bring Profile Strength to All-Star Level Have at Least 501 Connections (500+) • Invite Super Connectors (5,000+ Connections) • Invite Recruiters Who Are LIONs LinkedIn Open Networkers
- 44. 44 LinkedIn Profile Goals Invite Super Connectors (5,000+ Connections) Denis Curtin suggested I connect with you. Used By Permission of Phil Ferenzi 26,667 1st Level Connections
- 45. 45 LinkedIn Profile Goals Solicit Recommendations (3 - 5) Solicit Skills Endorsements (99+) Error-Free Profile
- 46. 46 Drive Recruiters to Your Profile Include Your Custom LinkedIn URL on Your • Resume • Handbill • Emails • Networking Business Card
- 47. 47 Drive Recruiters to Your Profile Post Your Resume on • CareerBuilder.com (Using 3 Different Titles) • Monster.com • Indeed.com • Other Job Boards
- 49. 49
- 50. 50 Denis Curtin WEBMASTER www.JobSearchChicago.com Denmarc@comcast.net © Copyright 2016 – Denis Curtin – www.JobSearchChicago.com – All Rights Reserved