Jumpstarting You Career with

What is the point of using LinkedIn?

Get a Job

Build Your Network!

How?

• Optimize Your Profile

• Be Active

• Use Your Existing Connections

• Lean on your Alma Mater

• Be a Giver

Optimize Your Profile

• Professional• Applicable to target job

or industry

• 3rd Person• Reflect target

industry• Tie work history to

next step

Be Active• Post, like and share content• Follow interesting people and companies• Comment!

Leverage Your Existing Connections

Lean on Your Alma Mater

Be a Giver

• Write Recommendations

• Endorse People for Skills

• Make Introductions

• Don’t Wait Until You Need Something

When You Connect…

• Write a personal message

• Reference when you met or your common factor

• Explain why you want to connect

• Be gracious

• Use email once a person has connected

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Questions?

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