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Charles HardyEducation Engagement Lead
June 2016
How to use
to kick-start your career
You’re Closer Than You Think
The World’s Largest Professional Network
433,000,000+ members
https://press.linkedin.com/about-linkedin
12M+
Canada
128M+
USA
25M+
Brazil
7M+
Australia
138M+
EMEA
35M+
India
4M+
South Africa
5M+
Turkey
8M+
Italy11M+
France
8M+
Spain
6M+
NL20M+
UK
2M+
U.A.E
2M+
Sweden
8M+
Mexico
20M+
China
5M+
Russia
8M+
DACH
3
Why use LinkedIn?
Market yourself
1
Research
Careers,
Employers &
Jobs
2
Find and
Connect with
People
3
Give yourself the best chance of success
7
Connect to people you know…
Colleagues
from work
Family /
Family
friends
Fellow
students on
your course
Friends
Tutor /
Lecturer
Career
Services
…who know other people…
You don’t know the future
Someone you connect to today could be the key to a future unknown opportunity
Be Open
Send personalised invitations with context
Grow your network
Start at the profile to
ensure you have the option
to create a personal
message.
Send personalised invitations with context
12
Grow your network
On mobile:
Start at the profile
to ensure you have
the option to create
a personal
message.
Be informed – make the right decisions for you:
1. Register for LinkedIn…it’s free!
2. Get your professional work profile set up
3. Connect to all the people you know
4. Check out the careers of graduates from your university and
course
5. Research Companies you might be interested in – the people,
the culture, the jobs