3. Why does Upwardly Global exist? Global Leaders = Invisible in the U.S. More than 1.3 million college-educated immigrants in the U.S. are unemployed or working in unskilled jobs Housecleaner Barista Waspada Indonesia Auditor Evelyn El Salvador Engineer Cashier Taxi Driver Manizha Afghanistan Physician Cristian Romania Engineer
Introduce facilitators About Upwardly Global – 10 Minutes
social networking establishes interconnected Internet communities (sometimes known as personal networks) that help people make contacts that would be good for them to know, but that they would be unlikely to have met otherwise. In general, here's how it works: you join one of the sites and invite people you know to join as well. Those people invite their contacts to join, who in turn invite their contacts to join, and the process repeats for each person. In theory, any individual can make contact through anyone they have a connection to, to any of the people that person has a connection to, and so on.
Allows jobseekers figure out what connections they have to people who work at companies that are hiring
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Your profile is your online resume Your profile should be consistent with your resume
Examples of keywords for an Administrative Assistant might be: Typing 90 wpm, Dictation, Microsoft Word, Reception, Phone Support For an Accountant keywords might be: Tax Accounting, Reconciliations, General Ledger, Profit and Loss Statements
Your LinkedIn profile works like an online resume, so it should be consistent with your resume. Increase xx efficiency by streamlining
Demo: Click Add Connection button at the left side
Demo: Search people by typing name Search jobs by typing title and do advanced job search Search companies by typing the name of the company. See if you have connections LinkedIn Search Engine Limitation Boolean Commands: only AND, OR, and NOT If you type “job” it won’t find “Jobs”: Must type “job OR jobs” 5 Minutes
Select groups carefully. Don’t stay in Groups that are not well managed: if the group grows too slowly, does not attract VIPs, does have interesting content in news, jobs, leave it! Don’t be afraid to join, leave, rejoin later. Groups change so check them regularly
Select groups carefully. Don’t stay in Groups that are not well managed: if the group grows too slowly, does not attract VIPs, does have interesting content in news, jobs, leave it! Don’t be afraid to join, leave, rejoin later. Groups change so check them regularly
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