Why should scientists care about social media and communications? Don Stanley of 3Rhino Media and the University of Wisconsin-Madison Department of Life Sciences Communication answers this question in this presentation.
He also addresses how to get started with LinkedIn as a first social media platform
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17. 150 million (2009)
500 million (2010)
Number of Accounts
*FB is blocked in China
700 million (2011)
1 BILLION (2012)
1.15 Billion (2013)
1.26 Billion (2014)
18. 18181818
75 nations have more smartphone subscriptions
than people living in their country – chuck martin
The AVERAGEsmartphone ownerin the US willlook at their phone 150X/day
Spend 141 minutes on it
92%
24 hours/day,
7 days/ week!
19. When You Have a QuestionWhen You Have a Question
What do you do?
30. Why do people use it?
LinkedIn connects you to your trusted contacts
and helps you exchange
knowledge, ideas, and opportunities
with a broader network of professionals.
Here are newly updated statistics about LinkedIn.
The main takeaway from this slide is that there are a whole lot of incredibly diverse people on LinkedIn – all together in one place -- Fortune 500 companies, nonprofits, arts organizations, government agencies, small businesses, recruiters, active job seekers and passive job seekers. No matter what profession, position or locations your students want to work in, they’ll find related people and opportunities on LinkedIn.
So let’s look at the many ways you and your career center can use this huge network to achieve your goals and help your students.
Here you can see I’ve taken the 5 golden rules of LinkedIn profiles and adapted them to student profiles.
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Many career centers are beginning to teach LinkedIn profiles when they teach resume workshops and providing handouts or website articles about LinkedIn profile writing and other elements of the website. That is a terrific best practice.
Onto our next topic. As you talk to your students about building a professional network on LinkedIn, you’re likely to hear this comment: “But I don’t know anyone!”
This is the biggest resistance careers professionals told us they hear from students. Students join Facebook and immediately connect to 600 people. LinkedIn takes more patience and professional savvy. It also requires an understanding of who is actually in your network.
LinkedIn provides a great opportunity to help students understand who is in their network and to connect with these important contacts. Networking doesn’t mean cold-calling dozens of people. It means connecting with the people you already know and building your network from there.
Social media is certainly a communication and networking tool for students. It is also a valuable research tool. This is the third way that LinkedIn can help your students find jobs and internships.
When students comes to you with interest in a specific company, show them how to research using LinkedIn company pages. They will simultaneous learn valuable information about the company AND find networking connections into that company.
LinkedIn Company pages feature a wealth of incredibly valuable information for student job seekers.
Social media is certainly a communication and networking tool for students. It is also a valuable research tool. This is the third way that LinkedIn can help your students find jobs and internships.
When students comes to you with interest in a specific company, show them how to research using LinkedIn company pages. They will simultaneous learn valuable information about the company AND find networking connections into that company.
LinkedIn Company pages feature a wealth of incredibly valuable information for student job seekers.
Another brand new feature of LinkedIn is the Student Jobs Portal at www.linkedin.com/studentjobs.
In a nutshell:• LinkedIn has built a job portal for students and recent grads• It provides quick access to entry-level jobs and internships on LinkedIn from the best companies in the world, including jobs in non-profit and government agencies
Based on a student’s education and interests, LinkedIn will recommend jobs specifically targeted to that student – right on his or her home page or with optional email alerts.
The student job portal is free.