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LinkedIn Basic Training
1. LinkedIn for Job Search
Basics
Using LinkedIn to Stand Out in
the Crowd
Mike Ellsworth
Linked InSolutions
www.LinkedInSolutions.com
2. Meeting Logistics
• If the GoToWebinar
menu is blocking your
screen, click the right-
facing double arrows
on the upper left of
the menu.
3. Meeting Logistics
• To ask a question,
click the hand icon
and type your
question
• To work on your
LinkedIn profile, you
can minimize the
Webinar and start
your browser
4. Meeting Logistics
• Many of the links in the presentation are
available online at:
bit.ly/D6O7L
• You’ll get copies of the slides after the
Webinar
5. About ME
• LinkedIn user since June 16, 2003
• Networking online since the 80s
• 15 years at Nielsen Co.
• 6 years as IT strategy consultant
• <3 years at State of Minnesota
– Program Director of CareerOneStop
• But here as a citizen and
entrepreneur
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14. Today’s Agenda
• Building Your Personal Brand
• How Employers Use LinkedIn
• Must Have Elements of Your Profile
• Making and Getting Recommendations
• Becoming Findable
• Using LinkedIn Groups
• Power Tools to Enhance
LinkedIn
24. Today’s Agenda
• How Employers Use LinkedIn
• Must Have Elements of Your Profile
• Making and Getting Recommendations
• Becoming Findable
• Building Your Personal Brand
• Using LinkedIn Groups
• Power Tools to Enhance
LinkedIn
26. Ensure Profile is Complete
• Users with complete profiles are
40 times more likely to receive
opportunities through LinkedIn
• Get recommendations
27. Create Your Profile
• Current and past position – complete
• Education – complete
• Photo – just you, taken by a pro
• Nickname or maiden name – for
search
• Summary – more on this
• Websites – all of them
• Interests – be careful
• Email addresses – all of them
• NO TYPOS!
30. Create Your Profile
• Customize profile URL to your name
– www.linkedin.com/in/mikeellsworth
– NOT www.linkedin.com/in/smith12345!!!!!
– Create a PDF of your profile to send along
with your resume
36. Today’s Agenda
• Building Your Personal Brand
• How Employers Use LinkedIn
• Must Have Elements of Your Profile
• Making and Getting Recommendations
• Becoming Findable
• Using LinkedIn Groups
• Power Tools to Enhance
LinkedIn
37. Make and Get Recommendations
• Make
recommendations
and ask for
recommendations
• Feels good to
recommend and to
be recommended
• Great for job
references