This document provides instructions on how to join and assess LinkedIn groups. It discusses: 1. Following the LinkedIn protocol to join groups by clicking the "join" button and adjusting notification settings to avoid emails. 2. Reassessing each group after joining to check if it meets criteria like providing industry information, career examples, and jobs. The document provides an example of leaving a group by accessing settings. 3. A call to action for those needing help optimizing their profile, advising to contact the author for professional assistance.

1. Tutorial II:
How To Use Linkedin
To Get A Great Job:
For students: Tutorial II
Produced: Ann-Marie Childs
Social Media Director, Active Space Australia
http://www.linkedin.com/in/annmariechilds
Contact me: asimreports@gmail.com

2. Tutorial 2: How to Join LinkedIn Groups
(Principles)
There are two parts to the “join” process:
1. Follow the LinkedIn protocol
for joining groups;
2. reassess each group
after joining to check its
usefulness as an
employment-promoting tool.
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3. Tutorial 2: How to Join LinkedIn Groups
1. The LinkledIn protocol for joining a group
(Principle)
It is very easy to use:
Just click on the “join” button located next to the group you
wish to join:
Then wait till you are either accepted or rejected.
NB: Getting accepted may vary from instant acceptance
(open groups) to days, weeks or even months before
acceptance. Occasionally there will even be a rejection.
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4. Tutorial 2: How to Join LinkedIn Groups
1. The LinkledIn protocol for joining a group
(walk through)
a) Join the first group on your to-join list (in this
example it should be the ‘Animation and Film Jobs’ group:
When you click the “join” button, you will get the following message:
b) You MUST adjust your settings or you will be
inundated with emails from the group.
As you will become a member of several groups this will quickly become extremely
annoying and as it is not a necessary part of the benefits of belonging to the group 4
can be easily avoided by adjusting settings from the beginning:

5. Tutorial 2: How to Join LinkedIn Groups
(walk through)
b cont) Adjust your settings as follows:
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6. Tutorial 2: How to Join LinkedIn Groups
(walk through)
b cont) Open groups will accept your join-request immediately. The
instructional design professionals group, for example, is an open group
NB: You will need to adjust your settings for open groups as well - as
recommended
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7. Tutorial 2: How to Join LinkedIn Groups
2. Reassess each group after joining (principle),
or using the “leave group” option:
A group may look great from the information provided in the group profile
but it may turn out that it does not satisfy any of the three criterion we
used for joining a group:
- Deliver professional/industry-relevant information
- Have members that demonstrate what a viable career path in your
field looks like
- Provide information about new job opportunities
This is because, some groups have members who:
- engage in shameless self-promotion
- engaged in trivia
- spam the group (eg conference managers)
- are not very active – last discussion was some months ago!
- are international and so not relevant to your purpose of attracting notice from local recruiters
If a group turns out to be not worth visiting – use the “Leave group” button which you
can find by going to the group and selecting “your settings” in the “more” drop down box.
<<This will keep your groups relevant and worth participating in>>

8. Tutorial 2: How to Join LinkedIn Groups
2. Reassess each group after joining
or Using the “leave group” option (walk through)
For illustration purposes lets say that you decide that the
“Instructional Design Professional Group” is not useful for
enhancing your job prospects (ie: discussions show it is not the
career for you).
a) Go to “your groups”, click on the unwanted group, then when
on the group page, click on the “more” tab and select “your
settings” from the drop down box
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9. Tutorial 2: How to Join LinkedIn Groups
b) Scroll to the bottom of this page and click “leave group”. Then
click “save changes” and you are done.
The group will then be removed from your list. (NB: “Games
Professionals in Australia” is a example of a group with –sadly - little
participation)
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10. Call to Action
If you:
 Are not confident you can set up your profile so that it
looks professional and will get noticed by and impress
recruiters, OR.
 You don’t have the time to set up, let alone optimise
your profile, then:
GET a professional to do it for you:
 contact me at: asimreports@gmail.com for details.
(then all you will have to do is send your resume!)
NB: TUTORIALS 3&4 are on the next video.
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