How to create your electronic resume in LinkedIn

How to create your electronic resume

using LinkedInBy David Strom

david@strom.com

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Who is David Strom?

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Agenda

Ways to beef up your profile Do’s and don’ts List all of your positions Make sure people can contact you How to grow your network Ask for recommendations Privacy and visibility issues

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Why bother

The new “Parachute” Typical business uses What happens if you don’t join It isn’t just for job seekers Start small and develop experience

and learn by using more of its features

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Too many choices!

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Your profile

What is in a name -- header, email identity, and photo

Status updates

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What to include in your “headline”

Photo Email address A concise way to describe yourself as

part of your name (“computer networking consultant”)

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Sample header files

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My header

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Ways to show your name

Nancy Shoup, MBA Nancy Shoup, ace project

manager Nancy Shoup, project manager

maven Nancy Shoup, project manager

professional

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Do’s

Make sure they are people you can visualize in your mind or have some memory

Do check LinkedIn daily Make sure you have your settings the

way you intended Constantly cultivate and feed your

network

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Don’ts

Don’t send out mass invites to more than 30 people at once

Don’t put non-professional items in your status updates

Don’t obsess about the number of connections and build slowly over time

Don’t just get started on the site two weeks before you are changing jobs

Don’t worry too much about using InMail

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List ALL of your positions

Both paid and volunteer, part-time and full-time!

And get recommendations from as many as possible

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Make sure people can contact you

Under “edit contact settings”

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How to grow your network

Sending out invites Accepting requests

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Criteria for adding people

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Now let’s add them!

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Export from email address book

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Be choosey!

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Forwarding requests

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Recommendations

But I don’t know anyone! Part time jobs Family friends, neighbors, other

adults who know you well can be a good substitute

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Recommendations

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Claim a Public Profile URL

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My business card

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Privacy and visibility

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Facebook “marriage”

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Do you want your connections visible?

Visit this setting first!

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What is the difference?

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Different types of contacts

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Making your contact info visible

In Profile/edit contacts:

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Profile updates announced

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Status info visible to contacts

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Public profile

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Should you pay for it?

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Finally: make it a daily habit

For new job postings on your groups For new connections with your

network To tweak your profile and update

your job history To update your status with

noteworthy activities, meetings, or plans

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Good luck with your networking!

David Strom(310) 857-6867david@strom.comhttp://strominator.comhttp://webinformant.tvSlides available:http://slideshare.net/

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