This document outlines a presentation about using LinkedIn effectively. It discusses creating a full profile, connecting with people in your network as well as their connections, searching for jobs and connections at companies, expanding your network while taking notes on connections, adding content like posts or videos to your profile, and defining a communication plan to engage with your connections. The presentation provides tips on using LinkedIn's advanced search, job search, and communication tools to find jobs and help connections. It emphasizes developing a strategy to build relationships and get value from the LinkedIn network.
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Prepared by:
Morris Yankell
Principal
HRComputes
Session ID#:
@morrisyankell
Quest2015-101910
2. Agenda
Linked In – what, when and why
The Power – who are your connections and who’s
looking at you
Controlling your settings and profile
The Job Search LI Style
Searching for jobs and connections to jobs
Staying in touch
Enhancements/Groups/Applications
Your experiences
Questions
3. Linked In – what, when, why
Morris Yankell
www.hrcomputes.com
(856) 982 7162
From the living room of co-founder Reid Hoffman in 2002, to 4,500 members
at the end of the first month to 135 million members in over 200 countries by
11/3/11.
As of 9/30/11, people were joining at a rate of more than 2 new members per
second.
59% of LinkedIn members are currently located outside of the US.
Nearly 2 billion people searches on LinkedIn in 2010. Projected to be more
than 4 billion searches on the LinkedIn in 2011.
Currently available in 16 languages.
Executives from all 2011 Fortune 500 companies as members; its corporate
hiring solutions are used by 75 of the Fortune 100 companies.
More than 2 million companies have LinkedIn Company Pages.
LinkedIn members are sharing insights and knowledge in more than 1 million
LinkedIn Groups.
10. Plan for Success
Create a full profile
Connect to people you know
Connect to people they know
Look for jobs – LI and other
Use LI to search for connections at companies
Use connections to recommend you
Expand connections but really connect and take notes
Add content
Define and implement your communication plan
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31. Plan for Success
Create a full profile
Connect to people you know
Connect to people they know
Look for jobs – LI and other
Use LI to search for connections at companies
Use connections to recommend you
Expand connections but really connect and take notes
Add content
Define and implement your communication plan
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Search for your colleagues
Connected
One of your connections is
connected
One of your connections is
connected to their connections
You are both in a Linked In Group
Not connected at all
34. Plan for Success
Create a full profile
Connect to people you know
Connect to people they know
Look for jobs – LI and other
Use LI to search for connections at companies
Use connections to recommend you
Expand connections but really connect and take notes
Add content
Define and implement your communication plan
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38. Plan for Success
Create a full profile
Connect to people you know
Connect to people they know
Look for jobs – LI and other
Use LI to search for connections at companies
Use connections to recommend you
Expand connections but really connect and take notes
Add content
Define and implement your communication plan
www.hrcomputes.com
40. Plan for Success
Create a full profile
Connect to people you know
Connect to people they know
Look for jobs – LI and other
Use LI to search for connections at companies
Use connections to recommend you
Expand connections but really connect and take notes
Add content
Define and implement your communication plan
www.hrcomputes.com
43. Plan for Success
Create a full profile
Connect to people you know
Connect to people they know
Look for jobs – LI and other
Use LI to search for connections at companies
Use connections to recommend you
Expand connections but really connect and take notes
Add content
Define and implement your communication plan
www.hrcomputes.com
46. Plan for Success
Create a full profile
Connect to people you know
Connect to people they know
Look for jobs – LI and other
Use LI to search for connections at companies
Use connections to recommend you
Expand connections but really connect and take notes
Add content
Define and implement your communication plan
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47. Communication Plan
Define your audience
connections for jobs, business, information
Define your media/tools
emails, newsletter, links, profile updates
Establish a schedule
Track responses and notes
Persevere
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49. Discussion
Ever find a job or hire a candidate from LI?
Ever help a connection you met solely from LI?
How often do you look at LI?
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51. Please complete the session
evaluation
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Session ID#
Quest2015-101910
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