Saturday, April 5, 2008

LinkedIn

As of last week, NSCSS' LinkedIn membership rose above 10%. We also now have an NSCSS LinkedIn group, which 3% of our members have joined. A link to the group has been placed on the NSCSS home page.

It only takes a few minutes a day (8 minutes is enough), to get the most out of LinkedIn:

  • Add Job Details to Your Profile. Let viewers know about your interests and accomplishments.

  • Add Education to Your Profile. Make it easy for fellow alumni to reconnect.

  • Choose Your Vanity URL. (www.linkedin.com/in/yourname) This professional touch makes it easier for colleagues to catch up with you when you enable your public profile.

  • Import Your Address Book. This is the most effective step you can take in expanding your network.

  • Install the Outlook Toolbar. If you have Outlook (I don't).

  • Install the Internet Explorer Toolbar. I don't use MSIE much so I installed the alternative companion for Firefox. Now, when I use Gmail, I can click through to see if a senders email address is registered with LinkedIn. An invitation to join my trusted network is one-click away.

  • Enable Your Public Profile. Places your LinkedIn profile in web search results so that the professional image you earned is presented to the world.
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