2. ‣ Provide ongoing mentorship
‣ Meet bi-monthly to address topics that relate to professional development
‣ Group of people with common career backgrounds
‣ Invite-only
‣ Similar next steps
‣ Transitioning to a new role
‣ Benefits
‣ Help & support from your peers
‣ Share stories of successes and setbacks
‣ Intimate networking
Femgineer Friends
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3. ‣ Mentor leads a session
‣ Mentor may propose a topic or mentees may suggest one
‣ e-mail questions to be addressed day before
‣ During the session Mentor will provide suggestions, answer questions, and
lead an open discussion
‣ Everyone participating must respect confidentiality
‣ Fine to broadcast the topics on social media, but please be respectful
when it comes to identifying participants
‣ Slides will be available online:
‣ http://www.slideshare.net/poornimav
‣ Recordings will be available via DropBox
‣ Invitation will be sent to monthly members
How It Works
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4. Getting Your LinkedIn Profile to Tell a Story
I. Why does LinkedIn matter?
II. How do people use LinkedIn?
III. How does my LinkedIn profile actually tell a story?
IV. What does my LinkedIn profile need to absolutely have?
V. What are some useful features in LinkedIn that I don’t
know about?
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5. Q. When scanning a LinkedIn profile to determine whether you'd like to know
more about an engineer, what elements would you expect a "perfect" profile to
contain?
Questions from the Group
Q. And out of the things you're looking for, in which order do you look for them?
Q. Importance of keywords in the profile to tell the story. Some suggestions on
how to choose right keywords which will attract recruiters for the specific
position
Q. When you are trying to transition from one position to another, would it be
appropriate to reflect that in the linked in profile directly?
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6. Thank you for participating!
Session #2 - Preparing for a Transition
9am PST June 7, 2013
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