4/26/2017 1 1 Using LinkedIn to promote your career options and opportunities Dr. Joseph Barber, Associate Director, Career Services 10 steps you can take to get from this to this 50% of networking is gathering information you can use to identify and plan for career goals 50% is sharing information about yourself with others to achieve your career goals RESEARCH BRANDING 3 University of Pennsylvania Do not copy or distribute without permission
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Using LinkedIn to promote your career options and opportunities
Dr. Joseph Barber, Associate Director, Career Services
10 steps you can take to get
from this to this
50% of networking is gathering
information you can use to identify and plan for career goals
50% is sharing information about yourself with others
to achieve your career goals
RESEARCHBRANDING
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What we’ll cover today…
1. Identifying your career goals2. Branding basics + resources3. Being informed – taking the pulse4. Researching employers5. Researching your contacts + alumni6. Being active – professionally active7. Researching jobs8. LinkedIn Learning – new skills [Premium]9. Employer insights [Premium]10. Your questions
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#1Identifying your
career goals
Research starts with good questions
Things you already know from your own research:
• The type of question affects the research approach
• Specific questions lead to definitive answers
• Having well-defined questions allows you to identify an endpoint to your research
• Career exploration can seem scary and overwhelming– Finding out a certain piece of information about a certain
position at a certain type of employer is manageable
• Networking in general terms can seem terrifying– Making a specific connection with a person who can
answer some of your questions is easier
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What are YOUR career questions?
Write down one general question you have about career exploration, networking, or the
job search process
Write down one specific question you have about career exploration, networking, or the
job search process
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Career exploration – background research
• The following information can help you start the process:– What careers do you know about?
– What careers have you heard of?
– What companies have you heard about?
– What companies interest you?
– What job titles have you heard about?
– What job titles interest you?
• Google every term you write down until you begin to re-read some of the same information– Collect keywords (especially those you are unfamiliar with)
– Keywords are great for “literature reviews” and research
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Record your exploration
• A new Excel spreadsheet for every career field you are exploring (e.g., consulting, science writing, non-profits, architecture)
• A separate column for:
– Employer name
– Department
– Job titles
– Skills requested/required (from job descriptions and LinkedIn profiles)
– Contacts
– Questions
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Career exploration – background research
• Create a database
• Perform your review:
– Career Services reference library, online subscriptions, “resources by career field” webpages, VPhD, Science Careers, Nature Jobs, MLA website, and on, and on, and on
– Google things…
– You will encounter unknown terms/acronyms –understand these, and add them to the database
• Begin to use the new keywords you are finding to perform more targeted “literature reviews” and career research
The types of career paths you are exploring can influence
how you brand yourself
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#2 Branding basics
“Personal brand is what
people say about you
when you leave the room”
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“Personal branding builds
up your reputation to the
point where you have a
presence even in your
absence” So…, what is a brand?
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PERSONAL BRAND = YOUR GOALS + VALUES + STRENGTHS
Everyone has a brand, by design or default!
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PERSONAL BRAND = YOUR GOALS + VALUES + STRENGTHS
1. Your values – what is important to you
2. Your value to the people around you
Everyone has a brand, by design or default!
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PERSONAL BRAND = YOUR GOALS + VALUES + STRENGTHS
Positive, distinguishable, memorable impression of you…,
…and what makes you of potential value to the employer
Everyone has a brand, by design or default!
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Take some time to answer these questions:
• Thinking about your knowledge, what are you an expert in?• Thinking about your skills, what are you an expert in doing?• What makes you stand out from others like you?• What words do others use to describe you?• How do you make people feel?• What are your career goals?• How do you want to make a difference?• What would you like to achieve?• How can people/organizations benefit from working with you?
I speak, write and coach on career planning and professional development for academics. As Founder of Beyond the Tenure Track, I offer group programs and one-on-one coaching to graduate students, postdocs and early stage faculty in exploring and transitioning to careers outside of traditional academic teaching and research. My clients have secured jobs in higher education administration, foundations/philanthropy, and social media research (yes, one of my clients got a job at Twitter—woot! woot!), to name a few.
Branding statements
I am a quantitative problem solver and charismatic communicator with an obsession for analyzing data. As a scientist I studied cellular entry of tumor viruses, viral oncogenes and pathogen discovery. I am dedicated to enhancing and transforming the training and education of undergraduate students, graduate students and postdocs to meet the demands of the workforce.
I design and implement career development programming that will help prepare scientists for rewarding careers. As both a scientist and administrator, I thrive in environments that provide opportunities to work in and lead teams, use my analytical skills to solve problems and manage complex projects.
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Technology today is making its way into our wildest dreams, and without notice these visions become reality. This is the pace of the world we live in and it is up to us as individuals to adapt and grow with it.
I am currently co-founding oystir.com where we hope to change the future of the job market by connecting talent and employers based on skills.
I have worked at various companies both in the Computer Science and Biotech industries. I am quick to develop skills and can easily transition into a wide range of work environments.
While studying my Bachelor's at UCSD I worked in the University's technical services for three years, where I ran concerts, shows, and other major events. This was a particularly valuable experience because I spoke with clients on a daily basis and considerably expanded my interpersonal skills. As a result I am able to interact well with a multitude of people, and make quick, informed decisions when speaking with an individual.
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• Experiences in your profile should echo and illustrate themes from your summary
• Your descriptions should be skills focused
• Your descriptions should be about you, and your accomplishments = “I” and “my”, not just the “project”
• Help the reader picture what you do
• Your profile should be especially relevant to your primary audience
• Make your descriptions part of a narrative that connects your different sections together
• Be multi-modal (projects, presentations, recommendations, and more!)
The best form of branding is other people confirming your brand…
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The best way to get a recommendation…, perhaps giving one
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#3Taking your pulse
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Improving your pulse
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On your profile
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Your LinkedIn profile now has a pulse!
• Follow channels, organizations, and people to enrich the information you receive that might be relevant to careers and employers that interest you
• This is perfect material for conversation starters and small talk
• Demonstrates current knowledge of field and trends in different industries – great for returning to the field or entering a new one
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#4Researching employers
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1st degree/level connections
2nd degree/level connections
3rd degree/level connections
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Take a closer look at employers that interest you
• Follow employers• Absorb any information from their Careers page• Pay attention to their feed• Identify some possible connections at the organization
who might be able to offer you insights into:− their experience− the work− the culture− important skills/knowledge to have − the hiring process
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Comparison branding
• What career fields have people from my institution pursued?
• What career fields have people with my academic background (degree type or discipline) pursued?
• What specific skills do they have?
• What do their profiles look like?
• What groups have they joined?
• Who are they following?
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Turning online into in-person
• Grow your network to allow you to answer specific questions about roles, departments, skills, employers…
• Grow your network to allow you to broaden your knowledge of the industry or career field
• Grow your network to allow you to demonstrate your interest and experience
• Grow your network to allow you to grow your network more effectively/efficiently
• Grow your network to allow you to identify specific job opportunities
• Grow your network to allow you to find advocates for you in different organizations
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Lowest hanging fruit
• 1st degree contacts you already have on LinkedIn
– You may be surprised by who the people you know know
– They may not be aware you are interested in people they know if you have not articulated your networking goals
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Ways to reach out to Rebekah to connect with her contacts…
Outcomes of direct contact networking
• You now know who you are connected with
– Your 1st degree contacts
• You have identified some people you would like to be introduced to
– Your contacts can help you expand your networks significantly!!
– People can only help you if they know how
• People with 500+ contacts won’t remember half of them unless they have a reason to
– People change jobs, LinkedIn ensures you are not relying on your contacts to keep track of their contacts
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Penn Alumni LinkedIn group
• ~40,000 members from all Penn backgrounds and degrees who have actively decided to join this group
– Your school/department/group may have its own LinkedIn groups for you to join
– Join it…
• See if there is additional information about members of this group on QuakerNet – and vice versa
– QuakerNet and LinkedIn can be good companion tools, as each contains information that the other may lack
– http://myquakernet.com
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Take advantage of online communities as part of your research and information gathering
• Groups contain people who share your interests, but aren’t necessarily from your academic institution
• The find alumni tool helps you to see what people in your program go on to do
• You can refine your search by keyword• You can see who works at different employers