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By Joan McGrory
Definition / Purpose Overview Features
Search features People Jobs Answers Companies
Groups Overview Settings
User Profile More Information
Purpose: Career / Job / Professional Networking and research tool.
Definition: Linkedin is a business-oriented social network dedicated to helping professionals maintain a list of connections. These connections can then be used to find a job, find out more about potential employers including which of you contacts might be able to refer you, and fill your own job vacancies through the social network.
Source: http://webtrends.about.com/od/profiles/fr/LinkedIn-bio.htm
Purpose: Career / Job / Professional Networking and research tool.
Definition: Linkedin is a business-oriented social network dedicated to helping professionals maintain a list of connections. These connections can then be used to find a job, find out more about potential employers including which of you contacts might be able to refer you, and fill your own job vacancies through the social network.
Users set up a profile Employers (past & present) Education history Memberships in various organizations
Make contacts / connections See updates to profile See their connections See groups they join See who recommended
Join groups View events View announcements
Email Within LinkedIn to connections
Discussions Limited Apps
Huddled Workspaces Reading Lists by Amazon Google Presentations / Share
presentations
Recommendations Collect Give
Search Jobs, People, Search Answers (Post
Questions) Research companies
Job Seekers Review potential employers
and find out what connections you may have with the employer
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#1Search for people you know
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#2 Search for people by criteria
#3 Search for “Insiders” / References
Southwest Tennessee…
#1Search for specific job types,
keyword
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#2 Search for jobs by keyword
Analyst
#2 Search for jobs by criteria
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#1Keyword search
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One difference between browser searches and LinkedIn searches is that answers are connected to LinkedIn members and so “expertise” or “preference” is associated with the postings.
I will simply show the pages associated with the above tabs.
An overview of the settings
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A snapshot
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LinkedIn in Plain Englishhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MXDaywPfRuk&NR=1
Social Media in Plain Englishhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MpIOClX1jPE&NR=1
Definition / Purpose Overview Features
Search features People Jobs Answers Companies
Groups Overview Settings
User Profile More Information