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LinkedIn 101: Using LinkedIn to Land Your Dream Job Before You Graduate

(This blog post is provided courtesy of our friends at LinkedIn Talent Solutions.)

LinkedIn is helping soon-to-be grads from around the country tap into their professional community—whether they realize they have one already or not.

Trying to land your dream …

By Kim Austin
Kim Austin Director
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Getting the Most Out of LinkedIn’s New Features

Just when you think you have figured out how to use LinkedIn they update the platform. For those of us that have been long-time users of LinkedIn, it can be challenging to navigate where they have moved components, what remained …

By Sarah David
Sarah David Associate Director & Career Coach
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Thoughts on Using LinkedIn

In If you’re using LinkedIn like a digital résumé, you’re doing it all wrong, Austin Belcak (www.CultivatedCulture.com) describes several common mistakes job seekers make in preparing and publishing their LinkedIn profiles:

Your summary doesn’t mention your goals
Your profile doesn’t …

By Mitch Lederman
Mitch Lederman Sr. Associate Director, Career Development & Coaching
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Expand Your Career Search Through Social Media

Social media has the potential to dramatically impact your internship and full time job search.  In fact, 73% of recruiters have hired a candidate through social media (LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter, etc.).  It can expand your search from solely a “push …

By Sarah Bugh
Sarah Bugh Associate Director & Career Coach
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Social Media Usage in Applicant Screening on the Rise

  According to CareerBuilder’s 2016 annual social media recruitment survey, 60 percent of employers use social networking sites to research job candidates and more than a quarter of employers have found content online that has caused them to reprimand or fire …

By Mitch Lederman
Mitch Lederman Sr. Associate Director, Career Development & Coaching
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