With the technological advances that exist today, employers are not only looking at an individual’s hard copy resume but they are also turning to LinkedIn to put a face to the name, as well as seeing how the individual presents themselves online. “Rapidly growing and expanding, LinkedIn is an online, social networking site for individuals to connect with other professionals and post their professional accomplishments, experiences, and volunteer activities. Even as she approaches the time of her university graduation in May of 2017, she is most enthusiastic about it. What suggestions do you have that might enhance the value of LinkedIn to me? Or, (as some have suggested) do am I a stranger in a strange land and I not belong on this network?įor a refreshingly “non peevish” take on LinkedIn, I invited about a year ago one of my research assistants, Alison Lehman who is quite knowledgable about LinkedIn (she wrote about it in her first book) to share her perspectives about it. I get annoyed by my inability to read some articles unless I turn off my ad blockers, “white list” the target website, or switch to another computer for which I have not turned on ad-blockers.I prefer substance to platitudes or bullet-points (but that may be due to the academic world I inhabit). I find many of the articles posted in LinkedIn far two “formulaic” for my taste: Promises of THE “seven”proven ways to increase my (fill in the buzzword).My work-around has been to write LinkedIn blog pieces targeted for a LinkedIn audience on another platform and then migrate them into the LinkedIn editor after proof-reading. It is far inferior and far less intuitive to that of WordPress (though far superior to Yammer’s). I still find the “post publishing platform” primitive and user-unfriendly.I urge that “older” (more experienced) LinkedIn users recognize that this incoming work force can serve a valuable mentoring function f or you if you tap into their knowledge of how to use social learning tools to supplement or to replace more formal, traditional formal training programs. She writes well, has championed efforts to encourage cross-fertilization of ideas from higher education and the business world and has increased opportunities (and recognition) for involvement by college students. I have found particularly enlightening the good work of Maya Pope-Chappell, Education and Millennial Editor of LinkedIn. I have explored using hashtags for my postings, and I am making more time to read and to respond thoughtfully to a number of thoughtful posts and comments (far too many comments are snarky but that is opportunity cost). I have also learned how to subscribe to RSS feeds which enhance my personal learning plan. I have discovered a few “Influencers” worth my following and learning from. To be fair, I have benefitted by selectively and systematically expanding my network. Which of these features do you use? Which features have I failed to discover? How do you keep up with a constantly changing interface? I realize that one way to answer these questions is for me to systematically go through all menus (especially the privacy controls). I have participated in some LinkedIn surveys of the “LinkedIn Premium Insiders Community” (and found them far too generic). I have examined the usefulness of S lideShare (here is an example of its value in a recent posting there by Jane Hart). I have explored many of LinkedIn’s (continually evolving) premium features such as “learning”( aka ). Since those postings, I have joined several linked in groups. Thanks to those of you who have made constructive suggestions. In several prior posts about my experiences with LinkedIn, I have pondered and sought advice about how I -with one foot in academe and the other in the business world-might most profit from and contribute to LinkedIn.
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