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Linkedin for Blue Collar Workers
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How I heard about it…• An article was passed along through the RRAF
group… http://www.marketplace.org/topics/tech/linkedin-style-job-network-blue-collar-crowd#.Uk7FhZMFNT0.email
• I checked it out and here is what I learned…
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www.workhands.us
• This is the home page• I chose to sign up through Facebook
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Welcome page
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Welcome Survey
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Getting started• Because I chose to sign up through Facebook, some
information was pulled in already• The rest I had to add, starting with my trade• For a few moments, I pretended to be a construction
carpenter…
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Next• Add the number of years experience by sliding
the bar• Then enter your zip code
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Following this• To fully utilize this site you will want to add connections (just
like Linkedin and Facebook)• This is your chance to do that• You can have it pull in your Facebook friends to choose from
or you can sync your Yahoo or Gmail emails
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At this point…
• You have created your profile• Now it is time to learn about it and enhance
what kind of information you are sharing
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Things like…
• What kind of equipment do you know how to use (and which do you own)
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Also…
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Projects
• There is a section called Projects where you can add in more info about a specific project you worked on – you are also supposed to be able to upload photos
• I had trouble with the photos – I couldn’t get it to work (it kept saying wrong file type even though I tried a variety of file types)… probably a glitch that will fix itself
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In addition…• Because I signed up through Facebook and I already
had some information about my education in my FB profile, this came in automatically
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Furthermore…• My work history also came in from Facebook• You can, of course, edit this or add additional
information at this time
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Right now…
• The profile looks like this…
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You can even…
• Ask for endorsements (like Linkedin) by email or through Facebook
• I tried the email for endorsement, but it didn’t go anywhere – just kept running… again, could be a glitch that will fix itself
• I didn’t try the Facebook one
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This is what the Feed looks like
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This is what the Jobs tab looks like• It looks like the jobs pull in from different sites (like Craigslist for example)
but it also look like employers can join and post jobs for free right now• When I clicked on a job to look at it more, it gave the option to apply
(now) or apply externally – I didn’t try this feature fully as I’m sure the poor soul who would have received my “application” would have been a bit confused!
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Another shot of the Jobs feed
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Cool feature alert! • Download your resume – takes the info in
your Work Hands profile and creates a resume
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• If you get a chance to play with it, I’d love to hear how it works for you
• Also, if clients are using it and you get feedback, I’d love to hear that too!
• Again, great find Marney and thanks for sharing it – I think it could be really valuable for the skilled/trades fields!
• Sarah Rach-Sovich, [email protected]