Creating professional and engaging internet profiles can sometimes seem like an unachievable task. But with over 300 million users and an average of two new members per second you want to make sure you’re using LinkedIn to its full advantage*. This one-hour webinar will teach you how to create a professional LinkedIn profile and how to navigate and use LinkedIn to your advantage. The webinar is presented by USQ Careers and Employability staff member, Michael Healy. To see more from the Beyond the Books Online Series, visit our website. https://www.usq.edu.au/webinars

3. USQ Careers and Employability
twitter.com/mojohealy
linkedin.com/in/mojohealy
michael.healy@usq.edu.au
Michael Healy

4. psPoll
How confident are you
that you know how to
use LinkedIn well?

5. students.linkedin.com
Ebooks:
How to Kick Start Your Career
Job Search Skills for Students
Interviewing Tips for Students
Videos and cheat sheets
Useful resources

6. Building your profile

7. Pay attention to your:
Photo
Headline
Summary
Do: Write the profile with your goals in mind
Don’t: Just use your job title and description
Building your profile

8. psPoll
What might you improve
on your LinkedIn profile
after this webinar?

9. Some important privacy settings

10. Visibility when viewing other people’s profiles
Sharing profile edits
Do: understand and use privacy settings
Don’t: forget the reason for using LinkedIn
Some important privacy settings

11. Photo by Sidharth Bhatia on Unsplash
Connecting with people

12. Do: always customise your connection request
Don’t: just click the “connect” button
Do: recognise different approaches to networking
Don’t: be offended if someone doesn’t accept or respond
Connecting with people

13. psPoll
What is your style of
networking?

14. Researching your field

15. Researching your field
Do: Search for job titles, skills, disciplines
Do: Search, follow, and research organisations
Do: Use the alumni finder tool
Don’t: take everything at face value
Don’t: make important decisions without talking to people

16. Looking for work

17. Looking for work
Do: edit your career interests
Do: make a habit of browsing jobs
Don’t: rush to sign up for a premium account
Don’t: expect immediate results
Don’t: limit your sources of opportunities

18. Participating and engaging

19. Do: use LinkedIn regularly
Do: like, comment, share, post
Don’t: be too self-promotional
Don’t: forget professionalism
Participating and engaging

20. psPoll
Have you ever seen
anyone embarrass
themselves on social
media? What did they
do?

21. Sharing your work

22. Do: post articles, videos, web links
Do: repurpose work or study projects
Don’t: forget your audience
Don’t: breach confidentiality
Sharing your work