Maximising your LinkedIn profile.

Recruiting Solutions

Discovery session

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October, 2011


Our mission

Connect the world’s professionals to make them more productive and successful

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The value we bring to our members

IdentityConnect, find and be foundLinkedIn Profile, Address Book, Search

InsightsBe great at what you doHomepage, LinkedIn Today, Groups

Work wherever our members workEverywhereMobile, APIs, Plug-InsDesktop

Rolodex, Resume, Business Card

Newspapers, Trade Magazines, Events

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Worldwide Workforce3,300M+

Huge global market opportunity in members

1 LinkedIn members as of March 31, 2011 | 2 Source: International Planning & Research

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Worldwide Professionals640M+LinkedIn Members120M+


The Membership in the United Kingdom

1 Internal data as of March 31, 2011; 2 comScore data as of March 31, 2011

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6+MMembers in the UK65% growth Y/Y

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Page Views a Month

~224M2

2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011

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LinkedIn Members in the UK (Millions)

6+M1


Members in the United Kingdom by Industry

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Leveraging LinkedIn for FREE

Top tips

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Recruiting Solutions LINKEDIN CONFIDENTIAL

Maximise your profile

Clear & engaging

Clear achievements/responsibilities

Proposition led


Take control of your profile make your it public

LINKEDIN CONFIDENTIAL

Visit edit profile >> Click on change public profile settings >> Customise you URL


Grow your network

Organic growth Connect with friends, peers, colleagues Connect with new contacts as part of your follow up Included a personal message Check people you may know

For accelerated growth Upload webmail address books Browse connections contacts

* BE AWARE – If you invite strangers to join your network and 9 respond with ‘do not know this person’ you will not be able use this invite mechanism


Connect with hiring managersTap into their networks



Update your status


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Promote your company to the network


Utilise groups


Join many, participate in few, run one of your own


Leverage the Q&A section



Join the debate



Leverage the skills section



Keep up to date, LinkedIn TODAY



Take advantage of our mobile platformsInformation and business contacts at your finger tips on the go


Other Great tools


Resources


http://learn.linkedin.com

http://learn.linkedin.com/


5 things to do in the next 24 hours

Maximise your profile Connect with colleagues (especially hiring managers) Add a public URL Commit to uploading your status regularly Join an alumni or networking group

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