Linkedin Boot Camp | Macalester College | 2.12.15

Lisa Ray @lisa_rayCareer Development Center

Macalester Collegewww.macalester.edu/cdc

Mac alums working for the State of Minnesota. Pick two:

Mike Ring

Developer at MN Health Department

Betsy Brock

Director of Research at Association for Nonsmokers-MN

Rob Davis

Communications & marketing for pioneering organizations

Jill Cox-Cordova

Writer | Mentor

What do you notice?

43 percent

use social networking sites to research

applicants

12 percent

of those who don’t, plan to

45 percent

use Google to research applicants

Harris Poll on behalf of CareerBuilder Feb - Mar 2014

33 percent

found content that made them more likely to

hire a candidate

23 percent

found content that directly led to them hiring

the candidate

51 percent

of employers found content that caused them

to not hire the candidate

Harris Poll on behalf of CareerBuilder Feb - Mar 2014

What will your

profile say about

you?Begin with:

Photo

Headline

Summary

SUMMARY

HEADLINE

PHOTO

January, 2015

Next:

Sections

Skills & Recommendations

Privacy Settings

SECTIONS

A word about skills,

endorsements, and

recommendations.

I am skilled at Online Research

Yep. He sure is.

I’ve known Arthur Reed blah blah blah uniquely qualified blah blah research online blah blah blah presentations blah blah I’ve reviewed blah blah blah blah excellent blah blah . . .

RecommendationEndorsementSkill

www.linkedin.com/alumnim/alumni

You would like to gain experience

in ______________ while you

spend the summer in

_______________.

Find a Mac alum

to contact for advice.

job or skill

city

www.linkedin.com/studentjobsm/alumni

www.university.linkedin.com