6 + 4 Reasons to Use LinkedIn

According to Ruth Harper, a communications student and blogger, here are six reasons to use LinkedIn (See full article at http://www.usatodayeducate.com/staging/index.php/blog/why-you-should-use-linkedin-before-graduation) 

LinkedIn offers an easy way to break the professional networking ice.

1. LinkedIn contains fewer 18 to 24 year olds than other social networking sites.
2. LinkedIn makes it easier to find internships or jobs while in school.
3. LinkedIn helps students build and maintain professional networks efficiently and effectively.
4. LinkedIn provides students an opportunity to prove themselves professionally through     authentic discussion.
5. LinkedIn allows students to promote themselves professionally online. 

Four more reasons to use LinkedIn:

1. It’s a great way to promote your blog or personal website.
2. It can be an especially effective way to connect to professionals in different locations throughout the United States or the world.
3. LinkedIn has a job search feature and more and more employers are using it.
4. It’s a great way to research a company before a job interview. You might even be able to find the people who will be interviewing you.

Time to Get Back With Your Job Search

Graduate earlier this month? Been taking a break? You deserve it, afterall. But, you also deserve a job. So, time to get back in the program and get serious about your job search again.

Where to start? May I suggest? Set up a record keeping system to keep track of all the people and organizations you have contacted, method and date of contact, response, and anything else of significance. Keep this up to date and you could potentially save yourself the embarrassment of having an employer call who you have little or no memory of contacting.

Next, make up another list of people and organizations you want to contact. This can include people you want to conduct informational interviews and/or network with, employers you want to drop by to leave your resume with, employers you will fill out an online application with. You get the idea.

After all this list making, hopefully the job search adrenalin will be pumping. Good, because next time we will go over "Ten Reasons to Use LinkedIn".

Get a Job!

~ jan