Linkedin is the Latest Platform to Provide a Host of Options in One’s Career. Jasmine Chabria Explores Linkedin’s Treasures
Isn’t LinkedIn just about business networking? This is the general perception attached to LinkedIn, but there are way more interesting aspects and opportunities dwelling in it. It is not only a great search tool, but an enhancement of one on the professional front. Having the right LinkedIn profile equips one with booming career enhancement pushes, so let’s get linked to the LinkedIn treasures.
Filling Out Your Industrial Visit (IV) Schedule
Several times one finds tiny blocks of free time amidst IVs or business trips and one wants to make maximum use of it by meeting people relevant to their business, or people one may have met only online. LinkedIn places the selection process in your hand:
Send an introduction request to the ones you find appealing, saying that you’re going to be in town on a particular date and would like to meet them.
Yes, I Got the Job Via Linkedin
The novel buzz among employers is to pick candidates from the e-platform. Viacom18 Careers’ page gives a good idea of this. Having adopted LinkedIn Corporate Solutions, several companies have paid huge bucks for subscriptions, access to over 8.5 million professionals, enhanced searches for candidates and job listing packages. While they post employeehunting feeds, you need to be equipped with apt job hunting skills. and display your best.
Incorporate Twitter Linkedin
You can integrate Twitter tweets in LinkedIn. This is done through an application called Tweets. It’s not rocket science to install it, but you need to pay attention to the settings. There are a zillion users with a zillion updates on LinkedIn per day. These updates typically come from Twitter and are unhealthy for your brand. The setting you want to use is to only share tweets on LinkedIn when you use the hashtag #in inside Twitter. This allows you to selectively share on LinkedIn as opposed to bombing your network with conversational unLinkedIn stuff.
Linkedin for the Startup Entrepreneur
Behind every success story lies major efforts. LinkedIn turns a guide at this point. Finance is the elixir for every startup entrepreneur. Vijay Lakhani, founder of Pro-Care Computer Technology, says “Based on the meatiness of the entrepreneur’s profile, he can acquire ongoing support for his finance just by a few clicks.” This entrepreneur would also need HR and operations departments and could hire agencies to help if he doesn’t have the resources in-house. These agencies are all under one roof in LinkedIn with services and criteria clearly defined.
Build Your Brand
Promoting a brand needs advertising and that needs bucks. Few ways to do it for free are status updates, posting in groups that match your target audience. Use the events section to spread the buzz. Another novel way is to use a SlideShare or Google presentation where you put your presentation, integrate it with your LinkedIn profile and share with your connections. This can go viral!
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