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Frontline Workforce Association Get Linked Up With LinkedIn

May 11, 2016

9:00 – 9:15 Introductions + Agenda

9:15 – 9:30 About LinkedIn

Mission + What We Do

9:30 – 9:45 Navigating LinkedIn Job Board, Groups, Content

9:45 – 10:15 Rock Your Profile

10:15 – 10:45 Small Group Breakout

New Users + Advanced Users

Agenda

Cathy Brovelli

Sr. Recruiter

Sarah Caldwell

Relationship Manager

Naomi Keller

Relationship Manager

Suzanne Krakover

Relationship Manager

Tim Ly

Account Executive

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Chelsea Liechty

Relationship Manager

Sean Campbell

Relationship Manager

Natalie Lynch

Recruiter

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• The world's largest professional network with more than 433 million members in 200 countries and territories around the globe.

• Available in 24 languages: Arabic, English, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Czech, Danish, Dutch, French, German, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Malay, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Spanish, Swedish, Tagalog, Thai and Turkish.

• Professionals are signing up to join LinkedIn at a rate of more than two new members per second.

• Our mission is simple: To connect the world's professionals to make them more productive and successful. When you join LinkedIn, you get access to people, jobs, news, updates, and insights that help you be great at what you do.

About LinkedIn

mission + reach

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LinkedIn Helps Its Members

CONNECT STAY INFORMED GET HIRED

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Navigating LinkedIn

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groups job board content

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Find and Join Groups

Participate in discussions

related to your industry

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LinkedIn Jobs

making the job search smarter, not harder

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STAY INFORMED

the most relevant professional news and

knowledge

Pulse Influencers &

Publishing

Groups SlideShare

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build your knowledge

discover content that matters to you

Rock Your Profile

how to create a compelling profile & why its important

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Add a

professional photo

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More views with a

profile photo than

without

14x

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Write an attention-

grabbing headline

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Explain what it is you do

Show your passion and value

Draft a

compelling summary

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Focus on career accomplishments and

aspirations

Recommend 40 words or more

Include keywords – not buzzwords

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Detail your past

work experience

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More profile views

than those without

12x

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Add examples of your

work in photos

presentations & videos

Give a dynamic, visually appealing

representation of your professional

story

23

Add skills and get

endorsed for them

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Include a mix of high level

and niche skills

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Include Volunteer

Experiences &

Causes

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More profile views

than those without

6x

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the average job search takes 6 months

Assisting Job Seekers

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Common Obstacles

tactics or overcoming them

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Smart Search

maximizing your time

update often

add keywords related to jobs

quality over quantity

put yourself out there

make it personal

nlynch@linkedin.com

Questions?