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The Power of


What will you get from this session?

• overview of the value of LinkedIn

• specific ideas and techniques to make it more useful for you

• new CONNECTIONS!!!


Why Should You Use LinkedIn?• The largest professional networking site online

over 300 Million users and 325 Million company pages!

• A great place to be found

• A tremendous place to FIND what and who you need in your career and in your job search!

• A place to ask, collaborate, and offer help to others


Improve your PROFILE to be found!

• Fully complete your Profile! - Make it EASY to scan and read!• Important components:• Your Professional Headline • Long but BRIEF – Key points summaries• Professional PICTURE• CONTACT INFORMATION!• Full Job History

(written in SHORT SUBSTANTIVE SOUNDBITES with white space)• Accomplishments / Successes• KEYWORDS - KEYWORDS - KEYWORDS• Recommendations


BUILD YOUR NETWORK!• ADD CONNECTIONS – ADD CONNECTIONS – ADD CONNECTIONS as many as possible for good searches

• Recent and Old Colleagues, Classmates, Friends, Family

• Join ‘GROUPS’ related to your career or industry

• WRITE A PERSONAL NOTE IF YOU KNOW THEM– increases your chances of being accepted


SEARCH!!!• Searches to define your target job titles and companies

– Keyword search to find people that have other titles using your skills– Title search to find companies that have roles using those skills

• Searches to find contacts at your target companies– Search current company, titles, keywords

• Searches to find company information, interview prep

• Not getting enough results???– BOOLEAN SEARCH IN GOOGLE!!!


Boolean Searches on Google• Google allows you to do a focused (X-Ray) search on a specific site

• Search to find ‘Public’ LinkedIn contacts not in your network

• Example:

site:www.linkedin.com "Greater Minneapolis" “Company” “Title” -profiles


SO I HAVE A NAME ~ NOW WHAT?MAKE A CALL! CONTACT DIRECTLY!

• You don’t have to ask for an introduction through LinkedIn– call the main company number and ask for the person by name

• Find contact information on Google:“Firstname Lastname” “@companyname.com”“Firstname Lastname” phone

• Try: emails4corporations.com

• BE PREPARED – Write scripts for contact and voicemail


Free LinkedIn Training & Resources

• Webinars:http://learn.linkedin.com/jobseeker/

• Articles:http://help.linkedin.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/151 http://help.linkedin.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/27

TERRY RUDIN www.linkedin.com/in/terryrudin/ 612-807-7309

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