LinkedIn is a social network where you have the opportunity to show your knowledge to everyone who is looking for the ideal candidate.
The basic concept of the social network is the “professional networking”, it means users can create a list of contacts, known and unknown, to establish working-level relationships.
How LinkedIn works
To have access to the social network the first step is the registration, simple and free, by filling in a few fields with personal data: name, surname, email and password. Later, you will create your own CV/Resume by providing all relevant information about your studies, work experiences, interests, knowledge of one or more foreign languages, and a good photo. LinkedIn also allows you to add other sections, such as: volunteer experiences, courses, driving license, awards and prizes. The advice we give you is to be the most precise as possible as you can and make sure that your resume is more interesting than the others. You can also add links to projects or content created.
Then you can proceed to the next stage, the search of friends and co-workers or with which you has worked to establish the first “connections”.
How to make your mark in LinkedIn
Some ways to make your mark in the social platform and to keep updated your profile are:
- publishing content related to your professional area and personal interests which coming out an aspect of your character or personality that may be of interest for companies who are looking for staff;
- interacting in your personal page with posts and with comments to content posted by other users on your network;
- attending the LinkedIn groups, actively taking part in discussions, providing opinions related to the topic or asking questions.
How to search and apply for jobs on LinkedIn
In the home of LinkedIn there is “Jobs”, a section to search for jobs posted and send your application to all the announcements you want. There is a search engine to select ads based on one or more keywords and the city of preference. Clicking on the ad will open the complete description of the type of work offered and clicking the button to apply you may send your CV/Resume to the company.
Other uses and advantages of LinkedIn
- Considering your needs and requirements, in addition to the basic version of LinkedIn, there is Premium version, a paid service that allows you to take advantage of more services for all users: who are looking for work, for example, he will have access other information that will improve your CV/Resume and you will be noted by recruiters. Even for companies that want to expand their network of clients there are considerable benefits.
- LinkedIn is a social platform very useful to advertise your web, and therefore also to introduce your products if you sell something. In this case, once you have created the page for your business, you will need to feed it sometimes with useful content for your potential customers. For those selling products, for example, the premium account provides important information that would allow you to customize the selling.
- An important aspect of this social network is the possibility to know who has visited your profile. This information is useful because if a recruiter visited the profile might be interested in you and if he has not made contact, you might decide to do it yourself, after you have upgraded or added information that maybe you had overlooked.
- In the main menu of LinkedIn there is a section “Learning” to access online courses to improve your knowledge. You have one month free trial, then to continue you must pay a fee.
What does it mean the number next to the name of a profile?
The number indicates the degrees of separation from you to another person. Having two degrees of separation from John Smith means that you know someone who knows John Smith.
