TO: Ethan Fung (Team member), Juanita Kwok (Team member) and Danae Echeverria (Team member)
From: Peter Yang, ENGL301 Student
CC: Ethan Fung (ENGL 301Team member), Juanita Kwok (ENGL 301 Team member) and Danae Echeverria (ENGL 301Team member) Matilda Murray (ENGL 301 Team Member).
DATE: June 22, 2022
SUBJECT: Best practices concerning professional networking on LinkedIn
I have used online resources for my research on LinkedIn and here is a summary of the information I found.
- Personal profile: Having a generic summary with details on skills, projects, interests, and certifications in relevant sections is crucial.
- Headshot: Smiling and showing most of your face in the frame is important.
- Summary: Having an informative summary is important.
- Be active: Reaching out to connections, asking for informational interviews, requesting referrals, commenting on content you come across, share content will help you get noticed.
- Follow companies and use job search filters: Following companies allow you to receive job alerts and give them the chance to contact you.
- Application: Being active and focusing on the most recent job postings is important.
- Join groups: Joining a LinkedIn account can help you get noticed and make meaningful connections with the industry you hope to join.
- Experience: Including work experience that is relevant to your business or your projected career path is important.
- Engage with personal connections: Having personal connections on LinkedIn is important.
- Keeping: Keeping an updated profile allow more attention.
Indeed, having a LinkedIn account is both an amazing and important tool to use, for building personal connections. The topics discussed above are a summary of the research I did in regards to best practices concerning professional networking on LinkedIn.
Work Cited
Arrive, Team. “Top 10 Tips to Optimize Your LinkedIn Profile.” Arrive, 25 June 2022, arrivein.com/career-ca/top-10-tips-to-optimize-your-LinkedIn-profile-for-job-search-in-Canada.
Balkhi, Syed. “How to Network on LinkedIn Like a Pro.” Business.Com, 29 June 2022, www.business.com/articles/linkedin-networking-tips.
Smulders, Stefan. “How to Network on LinkedIn – 10 Do’s and Don’ts for You to Consider.” Expandi, 30 June 2022, expandi.io/blog/how-to-network-on-LinkedIn.