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LinkedIn for Graduating Students - RC 231
Sessions by appointment - email career@sbu.edu |
What is LinkedIn?
- A social networking tool that allows you to strengthen and extend your network of professional contacts
- A tool that helps you exchange knowledge, ideas, and opportunities with a broader network of professionals, leading you to career success
Why Use LinkedIn?
- It allows you to market yourself and create a digital professional brand that compliments a resume and cover letter
- It enables you to establish, build, and maintain a professional network
- It lets you share and gain information about career fields, companies, industry experts, and job leads
- Employers use LinkedIn to find candidates for their positions
Make an appointment at the CPRC to receive step by step instructions and support related to:
- CREATE: How to create a robust and complete profile that markets and brands you as an up and coming professional
- GROW: Grow your network by connecting to friends, family, supervisors, co-workers, classmates, professors, advisors, and others with similar interests or skills
- GAIN: Gain access to the SBU Alumni LinkedIn Groups to jumpstart your network
- JOIN: Industry groups to connect with and reach out to fellow members
- MAINTAIN: Continue to build and make new connections
- REQUEST: Your connections to introduce you to people in their network from whom you are interested in seeking information
- RESEARCH: Follow and conduct research on companies of interest to you
- EXPLORE: Job postings and see, prior to applying, if you have connections to the company - ask them to help you network your way in
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