PowerPoint of a presentation I conducted.

1. THE NEW JOB SEARCH
How to use Linkedin in a job search

2. AGENDA
• A little about me.
• What’s happening today?
• What is Linkedin?
• How can it help you?

3. A LITTLE ABOUT ME
• Over
ten years of Recruiting
Experience
• Co-Author of Ignite Your
Passion: How to Find and Ignite Bloomberg Businessweek
Your Fire Inside
• Blogger on Networking
• Featured
in Newspapers and
Magazines

4. WHAT’S HAPPENING TODAY
• Current US Unemployment Rate: 8.5%
• Unemployment Rates for Recent
College Grads:
• Psychology and Social Work: 7.3%
• Communications and Journalism:
7.3%
• Business: 7.4%
• Law and Public Policy: 8.1%
• Social Sciences: 8.9%

5. WHAT AM I TRYING TO SAY?

6. BUT WAIT!!!
Companies are hiring!!!

7. THEY ARE SEARCHING
DIFFERENTLY
• In the Past:
• Now:
• Used Job Boards • Company Websites
(Monster, Careerbuilder,
etc.)
• Social Media
• Company Websites
• Linkedin
• Newspaper Ads
• Facebook
• Twitter

8. LINKEDIN
• Largest Professional Networking Site
• The site officially launched on May 5, 2003. At the end of the first month in operation,
LinkedIn had a total of 4,500 members in the network.
• As of November 3, 2011, LinkedIn operates the world’s largest professional network on
the Internet with more than 135 million members in over 200 countries and territories.
• As of September 30, 2011 (the end of the third quarter), LinkedIn counts executives from
all 2011 Fortune 500 companies as members; its corporate hiring solutions are used by
75 of the Fortune 100 companies.
• More than 2 million companies have LinkedIn Company Pages.

9. HOW CAN IT HELP YOU
• Connect to Individuals (Local or Long-distance)
• Develop Professional Relationships
• Apply for Jobs
• Research Companies

10. LIVE DEMONSTRATION