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

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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?

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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

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