Top 10 LinkedIn tips

 

Whether you’re a novice LinkedIn user or a pro, it never hurts to learn more about how to better utilize LinkedIn to network online, particularly while conducting a job search. Chaim Shapiro, Assistant Director of Career Services at Touro College and award-winning social media consultant, public speaker, and freelance writer, offers the College Recruiter audience his top 10 LinkedIn tips over the next two weeks in a series of short YouTube videos hosted by College Recruiter’s Content Manager, Bethany Wallace.

College students, recent graduates, and other job seekers will benefit from the easy-to-follow tips Shapiro offers in his videos. Shapiro discusses the following topics:

1. Introduction to LinkedIn profiles and background photo selection

2. Name, profile photo, and headline

3. Vanity URL and public profile settings

4. Contact information on LinkedIn

5. Rich media content

6. Skills and endorsements

7. Alumni feature

8. Advanced search feature

9. Contact relationship management

10. How to search connections

Stay tuned over the next two weeks as we post one tip per day on our blog and YouTube. Each video is only 2-4 minutes long and provides you with easy-to-implement tips to improve your online networking and job searching strategies.

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Chaim Shapiro, M.Ed. is the Assistant Director of Career Services at Touro College, a freelance writer, public speaker and social media consultant specializing in LinkedIn. He has presented his popular LinkedIn Workshop at National Conferences, Universities, Public Libraries and for communal organizations across the country. Chaim earned a Master’s Degree in College Student Personnel from Loyola University, Chicago, and also studied in the Institutional Leadership and Policy Studies Ph.D. program at the University of California, Riverside Graduate School of Education. He has more than 12 years of experience working in college administration.