It has become increasingly important to develop “networking savvy” for success in a job or internship search. Networking is still the number one way people find jobs. Since this is the case, we want to provide you with some pointers, some caveats and some general guidelines on how you might use the professional networking site LinkedIn to be more effective in your networking efforts. Rather than attempting to “re-invent the wheel” we are providing links to a number of instructional YouTube presentations that you might access to help you develop an effective LinkedIn profile. Each of these videos is about ten minutes or less, with the exception of the final link.
A Beginners’ Tutorial:
For those of you who have more time here’s a 45 minute presentation from CareerRealism.com:
How-To Presentations
LinkedIn has produced several PowerPoint presentations that can also help you to kick-start your experience. Click on the link to download or view the presentation. PowerPoint or the PowerPoint Viewer required.