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Managing Your Public Domain CVMake LinkedIn Work Harder and Smarter

for You

Jon Curwin

Business School

Michael Schmidt

Centre for Academic Success

Poster Series

No. 5 of 6

How to contact us:

3. 10 Tips to Maximise Your Impact

2. First: What to Avoid

This poster will highlight

• Strategies to enable LinkedIn to work

better for you

• Additions (add ons) to help you stand out,

even of the LinkedIn crowd.

1. Add a professional picture. Ask yourself while browsing

LinkedIn: are you giving connections without a picture the

same attention? If you prefer pictures yourself, what type do

you find most suitable? Invest the time to get it right. This is

your one chance to make a good first impression.

2. Be creative with your image (photo) space. Use an avatar or

embellish with Photoshop effects.

3. Edit your LinkedIn web address into something more

meaningful. (see section 4)

4. Use your LinkedIn account address on your business cards

and email signatures.

5. Link externall websites to your profile or create/record

evidence using Mahara, Eblogger or Wordpress. Instead of

just writing about your abilities demonstrate them in a picture

or video clip (a good picture says more than 1000 words)

6. People need to know in less than 20 seconds what you can

offer them (Elevator Pitch) and then want to see evidence

and testimonials that you can do the job.

7. Others want to know what you can do now and what you can

offer in the future. This showcase should be an honest

representation of your strengths and abilities.

8. Remind your existing networks that you exist by:

• Updating your profile – keep it fresh – it creates activity

which is shared across your network.

• Endorsing other people

• Sharing your innovative ideas and recent insights e.g.

a link showing Prezi as an alternative to PowerPoint

9. Easy Resume builder: LinkedIn allows you to save all your

details into one document, creating a very presentable

resume of yourself. To print your profile as a PDF, go to the

profile menu and view either Edit Profile or View

Profile. Click on the Edit icon and then Export to PDF

10.Use Facebook and Twitter to enhance your visibility. LinkedIn

allows you to inform your contacts on other networks about

any important changes if you choose to do so.

The Top 10 overused buzzwords in LinkedIn

Profiles in the United States: Avoid!!

Extensive Experience

Innovative

Motivated

Results-oriented

Dynamic

Proven Track Record

Team Player

Fast-paced

Problem solver

Entrepreneurial

6. Customise your LinkedIn address

Your first Linked web address is usually generated randomly

and is a mix between a name you have chosen and a long

string of numbers e.g /joncurwin143668p4 Why not simplify

and personalise it? It creates a more tidy and memorable web

address for you which you can easily use on your Business

cards or email communications. For an example please see

box below (How to contact us). If you want to adjust your

address:

• Go to Settings and click "Edit your public profile".

• In the "Your public profile URL" box on the right, click the

"Customize your public profile URL" link.

• Type the last part of your new custom URL in the text box.

• Click Set Custom URL.

‘You have only one chance to make a first impression’

What does your LinkedIn account says about you?

Jon CurwinLecturer in Business Analysis with interests in creativity and photography

Birmingham, West Midlands, United Kingdom (Birmingham, United Kingdom)

Higher Education

Current Enthusiast of e-Portolios and Digital Storytelling at Birmingham City

University

Principal Lecturer in Business Analysis at Birmingham City University

Education Aston University

University of Southampton

Recommendations 1 person has recommended Jon

Connections 108 connections

Websites The creative problem solver

My ePortfolio

My photos

Jon Curwin's Summary

What I do

I teach creative problem solving, quantitative methods (statistics) and stategy. I love to see the

difference education can make and believe that it is important to balance continuing learning with

other interests and activities.

My academic interests

I believe that improved digital literacy can offer new creative insights in a variety of ways

particularly with the use of digital storytelling and video. I use the ePortfolio, Mahara with my

students and believe it offers an effective way for them to articulate the skills valued by business.

Other interests

I love to sea dive and believe that the marine environment needs to be valued for the amazing

place it is. I instruct with a local diving and snorkelling club and see this as an ideal way of

introducing others to water sports.

Specialties

Statistics, Quantitative Methods, Creative Problem Solving, Mahara, Seasearch,Snorkelling,

Diving, Marine Environment, Photography, ePortfolio, digital storytelling

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Jon Curwin

Senior Learning and Teaching Fellow

Business School

Jon.Curwin@bcu.ac.uk

http://www.linkedin.com/in/joncurwin

https://twitter.com/joncurwin

Michael Schmidt

Academic Skills Development Tutor

Centre for Academic Success

Michael.Schmidt@bcu.ac.uk

http://www.linkedin.com/in/schmidtuk

https://twitter.com/mschmidtuk

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