professional writing for the job search: cover letters ...€¦ · *see connecting with alumni...
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• Allows you to search for alumni based on their major, skills, location, or
industry
• Allows you to search for alumni who have joined networking groups
and are generally open to receiving messages from other huskies
• Allows you to search all UConn alumni who are on LinkedIn
(over 200,000!)
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• Go to linkedin.com
• Log in to your profile
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• Hover over
Connections tab
• Click on Find Alumni
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• Select search categories
such as:
• What they do
• What they studied
• What they’re skilled at
• Where they live
• Where they work
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• Scroll down to see all alumni who meet your criteria
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• Click on a specific person’s name to see an overview
• Do not click connect from this page*
• Click on view profile
*You will lose the opportunity to
add a tailored message
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• Check out their profile
• Review experiences, posts, education,
certifications, skills, and groups
• Consider reaching out for an informational
interview*
*See Connecting with Alumni through LinkedIn
PowerPoint
*You will lose the opportunity to
add a tailored message
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• Go to linkedin.com
• Log in to your profile
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• Search for networking groups to join
• Consider joining industry related groups
• Don’t forget to join the UConn Alumni Networking Group,
the UConn Center for Career Development Group, and the
UConn College of Liberal Arts & Sciences Group
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• Click on the
About tab
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• Click on the
Members tab
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• Enter
keywords into
search bar
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• Review search results
and view profiles of
members
• Do not request to
connect from this
page*
*You will lose the opportunity to add a
tailored message
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• Check out their profile
• Review experiences, posts,
education, certifications, skills,
and groups
• Consider reaching out for an
informational interview*
*See Connecting with Alumni through LinkedIn PowerPoint
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• Go to
linkedin.com
• Log in to your
profile
• Click on
Advanced
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• Enter in
keywords,
location and
University of
Connecticut
• Hit the Searchbutton
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• Review results
• Click on name to view profile
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• Check out their profile
• Review experiences, posts,
education, certifications, skills,
and groups
• Consider reaching out for an
informational interview*
• *See Connecting with Alumni through LinkedIn
PowerPoint
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