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College to Career: Your Guide to Starting Out

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I spent this morning facilitating a focus group with a dynamic group of college students and recent grads. Not only was it fun to sit in a room with a two-sided mirror (I felt like I was in a Law and Order interrogation room!), but it was also incredibly enlightening about the opinions of experiences of career-minded young professionals.

 

One of the topics we discussed was LinkedIn.com, the professional social network (full disclosure: I am a campus spokesperson for LinkedIn). I was really surprised to hear that some of the students in the focus group described LinkedIn as "only for highly experienced professionals."

 

This couldn't be farther from the truth. LinkedIn is a fantastic tool if you are just starting out in your career. In this week's podcast I share five tips that will help you make the most of this popular and powerful professional online network.

 

Click here to listen to the podcast now. Please share your comments, and any LinkedIn questions or additional tips, below!


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Jan 6, 2010 2:44 PM Leslie W Leslie W    says:

I'm very glad you are providing information specifically for college students who are transitioning to work. As a lecturer at UW-Milwaukee, I see many knowledge gaps when it comes time for students to job hunt.

 

Leslie Whitaker, "Working Class" columnist

www.lesliewhitaker.com
Jan 7, 2010 12:20 PM Lindsey Pollak Lindsey Pollak    says in response to Leslie W:

@Leslie - thank you for the nice feedback. I'll be blogging here every week specifically for college students who are seeking jobs. Looking forward to the continuing the dialogue with you--

 

Lindsey
Feb 3, 2010 11:25 AM Becky Benishek Becky Benishek    says:

I just saw that LinkedIn has enhanced their profile options even more. In Edit mode, you can arrange the order of your profile sections to control what you want people to see first. Depending on where you are in your career, this added functionality could add a lot to your networking strategy.
Feb 3, 2010 11:31 AM Lindsey Pollak Lindsey Pollak    says in response to Becky Benishek:

Hi Becky,

 

I love that new feature too! Here is a link to learn more about it from LinkedIn's blog:

 

http://blog.linkedin.com/2010/02/02/linkedin-profile-reordering/

 

Thanks for the comment!

Lindsey

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