20 top tips & tricks

Andy Priestner & Meg Westbury

2013

Check out all the NEWprofile sections and fill them in

(LinkedIn has changed for the better)

Personalise your

invitation to connect

‘I’d like to add you to my professional

network’

Say ‘hello’ after connecting

Manage both your

profiles

-

public&

private

Find a role modelnetworkerand learn from them

Join a group and actively contribute

to it

If job-searching, success will come from networking and sharing NOT desperation

Connectyour

connections (if you

think they could

collaborate)

Update yourstatus withmeaningful & appropriate content (this is a professionalnetwork)

Use anestablishe

d connectio

nto ‘get

introduced’

If job-searching,find a companyinsider to give you thelowdown

A complete

profile and smart

use of keywords

will improve

your findability

Write arecommendationor endorse a skill(don’t sit and wait to be recommended)

If there is not a group

around your area

of interest or

expertise, start one

Promoteyour profile(customise your URL, get a badge, and add to your email signature)

Check outcontacts

at your alma mater,

via the alumni search facility

Download and explorethe sleek new mobile apps and use it on the go

Check out

company pages (they’re

cool)

Make your home page feel less cluttered by customisingyour news feed

Connect, share, like –

become a ‘good

LinkedIn citizen’

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