BEGINNER’S GUIDE TO LINKEDIN
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BEGINNER’S GUIDE TO LINKEDIN
WH
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LinkedIn is the world’s largest professional network with over 135 million members and growing rapidly.
LinkedIn enables you to:Establish your professional profileBuild professional reputation for your businessConnect with family, friends, colleagues, sales leads, and ideal business partners professionallyFind experts and ideasExplore career opportunities
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LinkedIn is for:
• Small Business• Students• Job Seekers• Entrepreneurs• Attorneys
• Consultants• Journalists• Nonprofits• Business Development
Site Features
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I. Home Page
II. Profile
III. Contacts
IV. Groups
V. Jobs
VI. Inbox and Invitations
VII. Companies
VIII.News
IX. More
X. Settings/Personalisation
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Menu People YouMay Know
Ads
Who’s ViewedYour Profile
Your LinkedInNetworks
Jobs, Groups, and
Company You May Like
ShareUpdate
ImportContacts
TopHeadlines
All Updates
LinkedIn Homepage
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Go to www.linkedin.com
Sign Up for an account if you haven’t joined LinkedIn yet.
For those who already have their account, just fill in your email address and password and click Sign In (see top right of page).
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What makes your profile complete?
1. Current position
2. Two past positions
3. Education
4. Skills
5. Profile Picture
6. (At least three) Recommendations
7. Summary
8. Specialties
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This is an example of a LinkedIn profile.
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Customise your public profile URL.
Enhance your personal brand by creating a custom URL for your LinkedIn public profile. If you change your URL, your current custom URL will no longer be valid.
Note: Your custom URL must contain 5 - 30 letters or numbers. Please do not use spaces, symbols, or special characters.
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Under Contacts, you can:•See all your connections•Add connections•View statistics about your network
Note:
1. Make it a habit to invite people.
2. Only invite people you know.
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SClick Groups on the Menu
LinkedIn Groups allow you to:•Find interesting discussions.•Discuss with your professional groups.•Find and follow the most influential people in your groups.
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To join just click Join Group or you can also create a group under the Create a Group tab.
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SFind a job, post an opening, or explore your career options.
This site feature allows you to:
• search for open jobs by location, company, date posted and more.
• post your job to receive applications from high-quality applicants.
• explore career options and reach out to new connections on different career paths.
• upgrade to find your ideal job or top talent for your open positions
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NSLinkedIn Inbox lets you:
• Read messages in you inbox• Compose message• See sent, archive, trash items• Accept pending invitations• Send invitations to people you may know
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• Search for companies to follow
• Create a company page for your business
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With LinkedIn Today, you can discover what professionals are reading and sharing.
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LinkedIn Answers is one of the best places on the web to share business knowledge.
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Skills beta is one of the best places on the web to discover the skills you need to succeed.
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You can also go to Upgrade Your Account and select account types that will suit for your profile.
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If you want to enhance your profile to be more effective in sharing, you can click More > Get More Applications…
Under Setting you can change your:•Primary Email•Password•Account Type•Profile Settings•Email Preferences•Groups, Companies, & Applications•Account Settings
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Click on Settings.
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This are some of the areas that you can choose to alter.
So what are you So what are you waiting for? waiting for?
Sign up now in LinkedIn.com and start creating your professional profile.
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