Building employability-oriented online profile for law students

GLAN (Greenwich Law Alumni Network) &

Linkedin introduction

Outline of the session

1. What is your current online presence?(optional video1)

2. Why is your Digital Identity important?(optional video2) for your employability?

3. Develop your own employability-orienteddigital profile on Linked in.

4. Join GLAN to extend your network.

Digital Technology plays a changing role in our formation of identity.

It is a social construction of identity including personal, social and learner identity

Image CC BY-NC-N Will Foster

• How can you construct your digital identitywhich will help you make the transition froman ‘unemployed student’ to a hired employeein your dream job?

Shaping up your digital identity with a focus on employability

• Skills & qualities of mind of a law graduate• Self management• Working with a range of data & research sources• Communicating orally & in writing in relation to legal

matters• Applying knowledge & understanding to hypothetical

scenarios• Awareness of principles & values of law, justice and ethics

• http://www.qaa.ac.uk/en/Publications/Documents/SBS-Law-15.pdf

A job-seeker’s guide to Linkedin

How many of you have a linkedin account?How many of you have an updated linkedin profile?How many of you join a Linkedin group? Contributed to the group?How many of you has recommendations on Linkedin?

A job-seeker’s guide to Linkedin

1. Go to LinkedIn at www.linkedin.com

2. Confirm your account through your email address,

3. Edit your profile with a profile picture, sub-heading, area and industry underneath your name,

4. Add your current and past employment with descriptions of your jobs,

5. Add your education with degrees earned,

6. Add a summary,

7. Add specialties, e.g. skills and language,

8. Add connections and get recommendations,

9. Join a group.

A hand-on activity to help you start with LinkedIn

Step 1 – Complete your profile and make it relevant

Step 2 – Seek recommendations

Step 3 – Link your Twitter Facebook, blog and website to your LinkedIn profile

Step 4 – Personalise your profile link

Step 5 – Search for and add groups

Step 6 – Add Everyone

Step 7 – Promote your LinkedIn profile

Step 8 – Use LinkedIn answers, try to answer 2 or 3 questions a week.

Step 9 – Update your linkedIn regularly

Source: https://stirlinggraduateclub.wordpress.com/2011/12/08/9-simple-steps-to-getting-the-most-out-of-linkedin/

Your to-do list on LinkedIn

GLANConnect, Develop, Inspire

• Greenwich Law Alumni Network

• Opportunities for current students & graduates

• Linkedin professional group

• Action Plan your Future Shabina Begum 25th Feb 6pm QA075

• Annual Law Reunion: Celebrating Inspirational Women 10th March 6.00 – 8.30pm

• April GLAN Question Time Panel (Speakers TBC)

• @GlanGreenwichTwitterhttps://www.facebook.com/GLANGreenwich1/

More food for thought

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