MEMORANDUM
To: Junrong Zhu, Erin Mungham, ENGL301 99A Dream Team Members
From: Roxanne Robles, ENGL301 99A Student and Dream Team Member
Date: October 23, 2020
Subject: Research on LinkedIn Best Practices for Professional Networking
As requested on the ENGL301 99A course website, I am providing you, my writing team, with a summary of my research findings. The following is a list of top 10 best practices for using LinkedIn as a professional writing site:
- Completing your LinkedIn profile and provide important details, credentials, and experiences. (Guru)
- Including details in your profile that would appeal to your target industry or dream job. (Guru)
- Using keywords in your profile to stand out to recruiters and professionals. (Borden)
- Adding people you know to your network. (Prasad)
- Regularly reviewing LinkedIn’s “people you may know”, and add those who may add value to your network. (Arruda)
- Expanding your network by asking your connections to introduce you to others. (Prasad)
- Do not be afraid to request to connect with professional you have not met. When doing so, provide a personalized introduction. (Borden)
- Maintaining relationships and interact with your existing contacts. (Prasad)
- Actively share engaging content about your experiences, ideas and content from other sites. (Arruda)
- Joining LinkedIn groups that you are interested in or who contain your target audience and actively participate. (Guru)
Overall, the key to the power of networking in LinkedIn is actively engaging within your network and within the platform in a professional manner. The presence that you establish online through your profile, your interests and interactions can have significant impacts on the connections you make. Most of which can be valuable for your networking within your industry and for your career. Hopefully, these tips will help you with using LinkedIn for networking. Please let me know if you require any additional information. I look forward to hearing from you.
References
Arruda, William. “LinkedIn 201: How to Cultivate a Powerful Network “. Forbes, 5 Feb 2017.
Borden, Tammy. “9 Ways to Grow Your Network on LinkedIn”. Weidert Group, 12 Oct 2018.
https://www.weidert.com/blog/best-ways-to-gain-more-connections-on-linkedin.
Guru, Dilip. “5 LinkedIn Tips To Make You Networking Master in 2020”. upGrad Blog, 25 Aug 2020.
https://www.upgrad.com/blog/networking-tips-for-linkedin/.
Prasad, Kiran. “Four Tips to Network on LinkedIn”. LinkedIn Official Blog, 12 Jun 2020.
https://blog.linkedin.com/2020/may/june/12/four-tips-to-network-on-linkedin.
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