LinkedIn Boot Camp

Lisa  Ray    @lisa_ray    Career  Development  Center  

Macalester  College  www.macalester.edu/cdc  

Pick two: Amanda Roll-Kuhne Executive Assistant at Hamline University Curt Shi Evangelist of Skateboarding and Entrepreneurship Mary Montgomery The Luxury Home Realtor in Las Vegas Will Ficken Associate Consultant at Bain & Company

What do you notice?

What will your profile say about you?

98% 97% recruiters using social media

for recruiting in 2012 of those, using LinkedIn

Bullhorn  Research,  North  American  Staffing  and  RecruiDng  Trends  Report,  2013  

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Skills & Recommendations

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A word about skills, endorsements, and recommendations.

I  am  skilled  at  Online  Research  

Yep.    He  sure  is.  

I’ve  known  Arthur  Reed  blah  blah  blah  uniquely  qualified  blah  blah  research  online  blah  blah  blah    presenta:ons  blah  blah  I’ve  reviewed  blah  blah  blah  blah  excellent  blah  blah    .  .  .    

RecommendaDon  Endorsement  Skill  

www.linkedin.com/alumni  m/alumni  

You would like to gain experience in

______________ while you spend

the summer in _______________.

Find a Mac alum to contact for advice.

job  or  skill  

city  

www.linkedin.com/studentjobs  m/alumni  

www.university.linkedin.com