{"id":186,"date":"2019-12-20T00:12:38","date_gmt":"2019-12-20T07:12:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/priyankapatel\/?page_id=186"},"modified":"2019-12-20T01:34:07","modified_gmt":"2019-12-20T08:34:07","slug":"linkedin-profile","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/priyankapatel\/linkedin-profile\/","title":{"rendered":"LinkedIn Profile"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>LinkedIn is a great platform offering network to various professionals.<\/p>\n<p>Some best practices for professional networking on LinkedIn are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Keep your profile updated \u2013 posting a profile picture and skills has a higher chance or making a professional connection; photo, name and headline is the first thing seen when people search<\/li>\n<li>Highlight most recent experience \u2013 this allows your connections to see your expertise<\/li>\n<li>Make important business or professional connections &#8211; Network with other professionals from the same career or other that interests you<\/li>\n<li>Join\/follow a professional group \u2013 This helps connect with other people who are from same professions<\/li>\n<li>Reach out to those who view your profile \u2013 LinkedIn tell you who is viewing your profile, so you can reach out to them if you are interested.<\/li>\n<li>Catch up with news from your connections \u2013 new posts, tips and updates helps you stay current in professional market<\/li>\n<li>Connect to alumni associated with your college or university \u2013 connecting to alumni helps you network with those who went to same school as you and share your interests to help you land a job<\/li>\n<li>Use the Advanced search \u2013 Advanced search option allows you to connect to your favorite companies by getting creative<\/li>\n<li>Be Active \u2013 Weiner suggests being authentic and current. It is crucial to stay active and interact as a professional to get noticed and build recognition<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/priyanka-patel-0a9565169\/\">Link to my LinkedIn Profile<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LinkedIn is a great platform offering network to various professionals. Some best practices for professional networking on LinkedIn are: Keep your profile updated \u2013 posting a profile picture and skills has a higher chance or making a professional connection; photo, name and headline is the first thing seen when people search Highlight most recent experience&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":47725,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-186","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/priyankapatel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/186","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/priyankapatel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/priyankapatel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/priyankapatel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/47725"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/priyankapatel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=186"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/priyankapatel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/186\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":221,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/priyankapatel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/186\/revisions\/221"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/priyankapatel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=186"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}