LinkedIn and You
The social media site LinkedIn is a critical tool for job seekers. Today’s class will feature a workshop with a staff member from Career Services, who will introduce LinkedIn and discuss the ways that the site can work for you.
Objectives
After completing this assignment, students should be able to
- list the percent of job openings that are never published
- list the ratio of additional engagements generated by a LinkedIn profile picture
- Define and summarize best practices related to the following elements of the LinkedIn platform
- profile picture
- summary
- employment history
- 1st, 2nd, and 3rd degree connections
- connect requests
