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This guide supports and supplements the curriculum of Adulting 101: Level Up Your LinkedIn, a workshop put on by the Robert B. House Undergraduate Library in partnership with University Career Services. The workshop guides participants as they create their own LinkedIn profiles and maximize their professional online presence. You can use the resources in this guide to build a LinkedIn profile that attracts potential employers and increases your professional network.
LinkedIn for Students
LinkedIn for Students provides a suite of resources designed to help students get to know the benefits of a LinkedIn profile and presence, and also to help you get started using LinkedIn. Visit the homepage to see all of the resources available, or browse some of the tip sheets, handbooks, and videos below.
Tip Sheets
Handbooks
Videos
Top Five Profile To-Do's
This video introduces some of the key steps you should take when setting up your LinkedIn profile.
Get Hired Video Series: Episode 1
This video introduces LinkedIn's alumni tool, publishing options, and other ways to network on LinkedIn.
Related Library Resources
Books
Maximum Success with Linkedin by Explains how to use LinkedIn to: find customers, partners, investors, or advisors; hire qualified employees; attract opportunities for more work, media exposure, lucrative partnerships; increase your network with thousands of contacts with one simple technique and many more.
LinkedIn in One Hour by LinkedIn in One Hour will help anyone--from new and advanced users alike--make the most of their online professional networking.
CVs, Resumes, Cover Letters and Linkedin by Based on interviews with recruiters and HR managers, and an analysis of hundreds of CVs from around 40 different countries, the book is structured as a series of FAQs.
Find a Job Through Social Networking by With this guide, readers will discover how to launch their online networking efforts and will gain advice for getting the most out of LinkedIn, Twitter, blogs and other sites. They'll also learn how to find jobs, seek advice, research employers, build a network, and create online portfolios and blogs.
Graduate to Linkedin: Jumpstart Your Career Network Now by Melissa has helped more than 3000 6-Figure executives learn LinkedIn and use it to grow their careers. Her passion is now about helping college grads get the same results. This book is a step-by-step guide to mastering LinkedIn, including success stories that show how to optimize all the features LinkedIn has to offer.
I Got My Dream Job and So Can You by Leibman shares his proven and simple system for career success. He shows readers how to think big and identify what they want from their career, network their way past corporate gatekeepers, land interviews for "hidden" jobs, and sell themselves on paper, online, and in person.
LinkedIn for Dummies by LinkedIn For Dummies teaches you how to make the most of your LinkedIn.com profile and build connections and relationships within the world's largest professional network.
Personal Brand Creation in the Digital Age by Presenting a scientific exploration of personal branding and digital communication, this ground-breaking book aims to fill a gap between theory and practice.
Online Resources
- Inside LinkedInThis documentary from Bloomberg's Inside Series takes a comprehensive look inside LinkedIn. It includes exclusive access to the LinkedIn headquarters in Mountain View, California, and interviews with CEO Jeff Weiner and chairman Reid Hoffman.
University Career Services (UCS)
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UCS Resources
Evaluate Your LinkedIn Profile
Use this rubric to evaluate and improve your LinkedIn profile according to standards like quality, completeness, and professionalism. The rubric is adapted from the LinkedIn Profile Review Rubric for Undergraduates created by the Career Center at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
Recommended Organizations
Staff from University Career Services recommend that students beginning the job search process familiarize themselves with these career organizations. Both organizations provide resources to help students set career goals, search for jobs, and expand their professional networks.
- NC CareersThis website provides a wealth of information to help North Carolina job seekers explore potential careers, including detailed information on occupational ratings, job duties, education/ training, wages, employment outlook, and more.
- National Association of Colleges and EmployersNACE is a national professional association for university career services professionals. The NACE website offers a range of articles and other resources about the state of the job market, potential career paths, and job search strategies.
