MEMORANDUM
To: All members of Team Potluck, ENGL 301 writing team
From: Phillip Tellier, Student of ENGL 301
Date: October 19, 2021
Subject: Best Practices for Networking on LinkedIn
One of our assignments for ENGL 301 is to share a list of ten best practices with our writing team. The list topic is professional networking on LinkedIn, a social media website specifically catering to professionals. Here are the recommendations I have found:
- Regularly check out the “people you may know” section to grow your network (Smulders).
- Keep your profile up to date so that colleagues can learn about your skills and possibly decide to connect (Murray Resources).
- A connection request should always include a personalized message unless you know the requestee very well. Professionals would rather network with people that show genuine interest in what they do (Smulders).
- Attend events advertised on LinkedIn that are related to your career interests. Reach out to interesting attendees during or after the event knowing mutual attendance gives you something in common (Smulders).
- Frequently write posts that display your knowledge about the fields of work you are interested in. This increases your visibility to others doing that work (Smulders).
- Put a LinkedIn URL on your resume so that employers can learn more if they want to (Duszyński).
- Reach out to people that have been out of contact for awhile. A strong network needs to be maintained (Prasad).
- Once you are better acquainted with individuals from your network, ask for advice (Prasad).
- Browse and join any interesting LinkedIn groups to gain insights from professionals with similar goals (Smulders).
- Share the posts you like from connections. This helps build a relationship with those conections (Smulders).
Keeping this list in mind when using LinkedIn should help grow your professional prospects.
Works Cited
Duszyński, Maciej. How to Put LinkedIn on a Resume (Examples & Guide). 5 October 2021. 2021 19 October. <https://zety.com/blog/linkedin-on-resume>.
Murray Resources. The Importance of Keeping Your LinkedIn Profile Up to Date. 18 December 2018. 19 October 2021. <https://murrayresources.com/the-importance-of-keeping-your-linkedin-profile-up-to-date/>.
Prasad, Kiran. Four Tips to Network on LinkedIn. 12 June 2020. 19 October 2021. <https://blog.linkedin.com/2020/may/june/12/four-tips-to-network-on-linkedin>.
Smulders, Stefan. How to Network on LinkedIn – 10 Do’s and Don’ts for You to Consider. 4 May 2021. 19 October 2021. <https://expandi.io/blog/how-to-network-on-linkedin/>.
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