LinkedIn Endorsements - Why You Care - Team Dirk -

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LinkedIn Endorsements
Why You Care
Team Dirk

2. Per David Breger LinkedIn® Blog
• Date: September 24, 2012
• Title: Introducing Endorsements
• Purpose: Give Kudos with Just One Click

3. The Outcomes – Team Dirk
• Increased Network Awareness
• Promote Perceived Skills
• Authenticate Genuine Skills
• Facilitate Knowledge Sharing

4. The Who – Team Dirk
• LinkedIn® Endorsements let you to answer this
question:
Who is endorsing you on LinkedIn?

5. The What – Team Dirk
• LinkedIn® Endorsements let you to answer this
question:
What would your peers tell me about
your skill set?

6. The Where – Team Dirk
• LinkedIn® Endorsements let you to answer this
question:
Where are you focusing your skills
now?

7. The When – Team Dirk
• LinkedIn® Endorsements let you to answer this
question:
When was the last time you endorsed
a peer in our industry?

8. The Why – Team Dirk
• LinkedIn® Endorsements let you to answer this
question:
Why do you think you are receiving
the kinds of endorsements you do?

9. The Endorsement Hack!
LinkedIn® Endorsements may allow your
network to by-pass employer prohibitions on
writing recommendations!

11. Dirk Spencer – Social Media Recruiter
• DirkPMP@Yahoo.Com
• 214-295-8687
• @DirkInDallas
• http://www.linkedin.com/in/dirkindallas
• Slideshare.Net/Dirk Spencer
Dirk is a former DOD Computer Specialist turned Recruiter and
Social Media Tactician.
He is the creator of "Resume Psychology – Get the Offer Not
the Interview”©.

12. Dirk’s recruiting experience includes:
Information Technology Finance
Executive Leadership Supply Chain
Telecomm Engineering
Networking Software Development
Project Management Fast Moving Consumer
Aviation Goods
Defense International
Accounting

13. Dirk’s has worked agency, contract & corporate

14. Previous Recruiter Events / Speaker Mentions
• Dallas Fort Worth Texas Recruiter Network (DFWTRN)
• Executive Search Owners Association (ESOA)
• Inter-City Personnel Associates (IPA) Associates Food & Beverage
• Pikes Peak Recruiter Network (PPRN)
• Texas Regional Infrastructure Security Conference
• The Rick Gillis Radio Show in Houston, Texas ESPN Radio
• CareerRocketeer “The 150+ Experts on Twitter All Job Seekers Must
Follow
• The Fort-Worth Star-Telegram

15. Previous Speaking Events - Professional Organizations:
• Colorado Association Healthcare Executives (CAHE) Annual
Conference
• Meeting of the Minds Conference
• Irving-Las Colinas Chamber of Commerce Breakfast of
Champions
• North Texas Small Business Summit
• TalentNet Live Social Recruiting Conference
• Frisco Connect Job Seeker Strategy Summit
• Texas Small Business Summit
• Texas Regional Infrastructure Security Conference

16. Previous Speaking Events – Ecumenical Organizations
• St. Jude Career Alliance a Chapter of the Catholic Career Development
Community (CCDC)
• Career Counseling Group (CCG) of DFW Islamic Association of North Texas (IANT)
• Career Counseling Group (CCG) of DFW Islamic Center of Irving (ICI)
• Crossroads Bible Church (CBC) Career Transition Workshop (CTW)
• Jewish Family Service (JFS)
• Career Jump Start - First United Methodist Church Richardson (FUMCR)
• Carrollton Career Focus Group (CFG)
• Carrollton City Job Hunt 101
• Custer Rd Church Job Net Plano
• Fort Worth Career Search Network (FWCSN)
• MacArthur Blvd Baptist Church (MBBC) Career Transition Network (CTN)
• McKinney Trinity Presbyterian Church Career Transition Network (CTN)
• McKinney Workforce Networking
• Preston Trail Job Network (PTJN)
• Saint Philip's Episcopal of Frisco Job Ministry
• Southlake Focus Group (SFG)
• St. Andrew UMC Sales Group with Dennis O’Hagan