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Linkedin: More Than Just Social Media
NACADA Region 1 March 9, 2016
Jim Peacock Peak-Careers Consulting
& Colby College Career Center
Peak-Careers Consulting
• Offering Career Development Facilitator (CDF) course since 2000
• Customized trainings on a variety of career topics
• Monthly newsletter for career practitioners
• Individual career counseling (College age to Boomers)
• Colby College Career Center part-time career counselor
• 1/2 day workshop on using card sorts in your practice
• LinkedIn workshops
Offering online seminars for career practitioners . Discussion based, 4 & 5
week, 10-15 recertification hours
• Career Advising Using Happenstance
• Transition Theory in Career Advising
• Working With Boomers to Reinvent Retirement
• Assisting Ex-Offenders: Understanding Needs and Solutions
• Career Advising Using Integrative Life Planning Theory
• Using Twitter in Career Advising
SPECIAL NACADA 10% off on Working With Military Veterans Starts Saturday March 19.
Use Promo Code NACADA1 by Saturday March 12
LinkedIn is the largest database in the world for careers and is now used by
nearly every recruiter and Human Resources person in the country.
Attendees will learn how to use:
• Advance Searching to discover career pathways
• Alumni page to discover career pathways by major
• University page for networking and career pathways
• embrace 'Intentional serendipity' to discover new opportunities using LinkedIn
Learning Objectives for this session
LinkedIn - The Basics Your professional online presence
• One picture: “Pre-Interview”
• Tag Line: 180 characters to send a message
• Summary Section: Opportunity / “cover letter”
• Experience
• Groups - advice / discussions / learning
• Research- company & people
• Jobs
Advanced Searching
to Discover Career
Pathways
Search
Alumni Page -
“what to do with a
major”
Alumni Page -
“what to do with a
major”
University Page for networkingUnder “Interests” look for “Education”
Designed to find university, but can use for career exploration. “Field of Study Explorer”
Jobs
You can always use “Jobs” on the Menu Bar
Students should use: www.linkedin.com/
studentjobs
All entry level and by job function, location, etc..
Information and
Resources
https://university.linkedin.com/
RESOURCESFirst 3 resources all found at www.Peak-Careers.com/blog
LinkedIn, Start from the beginning. http://bit.ly/15wqEE0
4 Tips to use LI Better: http://bit.ly/peakcareers19
Backing up your Profile and contacts
http://bit.ly/peakcareers2
For Higher Ed Professionals https://university.linkedin.com/
Questions? Comments?
SPECIAL NACADA 10% off on Working With Military
Veterans Starts Saturday March 19.
Use Promo Code NACADA1 by Saturday March 12
Jim Peacock Peak-Careers Consultingwww.Peak-Careers.com
207-649-9761
JimPeacock@Peak-Careers.com
LinkedIn / PeakCareers Twitter / PeakCareers
Facebook / PeakCareers
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