{"id":91,"date":"2015-03-14T12:20:46","date_gmt":"2015-03-14T19:20:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/solomonvandt\/?page_id=91"},"modified":"2015-04-06T09:12:19","modified_gmt":"2015-04-06T16:12:19","slug":"linkedin","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/solomonvandt\/linkedin\/","title":{"rendered":"LinkedIn"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"  wp-image-220 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/solomonvandt\/files\/2015\/03\/LinkedIn_logo_initials-150x150.png\" alt=\"LinkedIn_logo_initials\" width=\"71\" height=\"71\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/solomonvandt\/files\/2015\/03\/LinkedIn_logo_initials-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/solomonvandt\/files\/2015\/03\/LinkedIn_logo_initials-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/solomonvandt\/files\/2015\/03\/LinkedIn_logo_initials.png 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/solomonvandt\/files\/2015\/03\/LinkedIn_logo_initials-620x620.png 620w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 71px) 100vw, 71px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>LinkedIn is a very valuable tool for professionals wanting to advance their careers. Networking and cultivating professional relationships is key in a successful career.<\/p>\n<p>I\u00a0am using my\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/solomonvandt\" target=\"_blank\">LinkedIn profile<\/a>\u00a0as a tool for developing, maintaining, and\u00a0expanding my professional network by following these guidelines:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Connect with current contacts<\/li>\n<li>Follow and connect with companies<\/li>\n<li>Join groups<\/li>\n<li>Request LinkedIn connections<\/li>\n<li>Request endorsements<\/li>\n<li>Monitor people viewing my profile<\/li>\n<li>Explore other profiles<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>On my page, you will find the following sections which are\u00a0updated according to my sample job application:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Summary: Express my background and career objectives.<\/li>\n<li>Experience: Detail\u00a0my work experience and transferable skills.<\/li>\n<li>Education: Detail my academic endeavours.<\/li>\n<li>Volunteer Experience &amp; Causes: Detail my volunteer experience, transferable skills, and causes I am passionate about.<\/li>\n<li>Skills: Outline my skills and allow others to endorse them.<\/li>\n<li>Honors &amp; Awards: Highlight some of my major achievements.<\/li>\n<li>Courses: Highlight my upper-level coursework relevant to professional career.<\/li>\n<li>Languages: Note that my native language is English.<\/li>\n<li>Interests: State extracurricular activities I am involved in.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I encourage you to visit my <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/solomonvandt\" target=\"_blank\">LinkedIn profile<\/a>\u00a0and connect with me.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LinkedIn is a very valuable tool for professionals wanting to advance their careers. Networking and cultivating professional relationships is key in a successful career. I\u00a0am using my\u00a0LinkedIn profile\u00a0as a tool for developing, maintaining, and\u00a0expanding my professional network by following these guidelines: Connect with current contacts Follow and connect with companies Join groups Request LinkedIn connections [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":28918,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":5,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-91","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/solomonvandt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/91","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/solomonvandt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/solomonvandt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/solomonvandt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/28918"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/solomonvandt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=91"}],"version-history":[{"count":19,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/solomonvandt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/91\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":317,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/solomonvandt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/91\/revisions\/317"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/solomonvandt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=91"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}