What is Linkedin.com?
It’s a business-focused social networking website, designed first and foremost to help you leverage your existing relationships. You can also meet and interact with new people, in a professional context.
2. What is Linkedin.com
It’s a business-focused social networking website, designed
first and foremost to help you leverage your existing
relationships. You can also meet and interact with new
people, in a professional context.
3. Why Should You Use LinkedIn?
The largest professional networking site online
Over 100 Million users! – all interested in being better
networked professionally
A great place to find expertise professionals
A place to ask, collaborate, and offer help to others
Website Unique visitors count
Monsterindia.com 11,042 UV / perday
Naukri.com 34,520 UV / perday
Linkedin.com 26,186,877 UV / perday
5. Number of Unique Visitors in Linkedin.com
Early 2008
4+ M unique visitors/month
June 2008
9.5 M unique visitors/month
Now
26 M unique visitors/day.
6. The Basics
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7. How to increase your chances of getting relevant professionals
Fully complete your profile! - Make it EASY to read!
1. BRIEF – Key points summary with Specialties
2. Skills & Expertise
3. CONTACT INFORMATION!
4. Full Job History (written in SHORT points with white space)
5. Accomplishments / Successes
6. KEYWORDS – KEYWORDS - KEYWORDS
7. Recommendations
8. PROFESSIONAL Picture (to built trust)
9. Acadamic informations
10. Update your Website BlogaddressTwitter id
At the end
Go to Profile -> edit profile -> Improve your profile & fill up the details accordingly.
8. BUILD YOUR NETWORK!
Add Connections – As many as possible for good searches
Recent and Old Co-workers, Classmates, Friends, Family,
Relevant Skilled Peoples, Rare skilled peoples, even
recruiters*.
Join ‘Groups’ related to your career or industry
9. Searching professionals
Searches to define your target job titles, locations,
Skills required and much more…
Searches to find contacts at your target companies
Search current company, titles, keywords
Searches to find company information
Not getting enough results???
BOOLEAN SEARCH IN GOOGLE!!!
10. Do’s
Add your daily outlook email connections using Outlook toolbar
Add appropriate groups using Skills option
Add LIONS as your connections.
Daily visit Linkedin Today to get today trends (Rypple)
Use Skills option very effectively to know about appropriate skills, to add perfect groups
& much more
Use bullhornreach to post your jobs
Post your jobs before 12pm everyday
Follow companies.
Always use Linkedin Advanced search for finding professionals within specific group/all
linkedin users.
Always lookout your linkedin updates (All updates/Coworkers/
Update your linkedin account frequently.
Always use comments to post your jobs on relevant postings/groups.
Use professional inmail formats.
Sent a message to moderator, when a group member not accepts your group requests.
Get recommendations from your Successful hires
Promote your profile everywhere (Email signature, forums, other social sites)
Export your linkedin connections in regular basis.
11. Don’t’s
Do not mention your client name while posting the jobs
Do not sent invitations with default message (Always use (personal message)
Do not add Irrelevant connections / Groups.
Do not post jobs in general discussion forum of any groups.(always use job discussions
forum).
Do not post any jobs without reading the group rules
12. Google Boolean Keyword to find people
site:www.linkedin.com intitle:linkedin YOUR
KEYWORDS HERE -intitle:answers -intitle:updated -
intitle:blog -intitle:directory -inurl:jobs -
inurl:megite.com