Registering in LinkedIn is simple and fast. This post will guide you in that process. Go to LinkedIn, by clicking here!
You should see something like this:
1 – Type your first name. Use your real name, after all you’re building your resume. 2 – Type your last name. 3 – Type your e-mail. 4 – Type your password (Type a strong password, you don’t want anyone else using your resume and changing it). 5 – Click on “Join now”
Here you will start your basic resume information. 1 – Professional state. 2 – Your Company 3 – Your country 4 – You zip code
If this image appears it means that you have successfully finished your register. Now you have to go to your e-mail box and find the LinkedIn e-mail and confirm your subscription by clicking on your link confirmation.
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LinkedIn is the world’s largest professional network with over 40 million members and growing rapidly. LinkedIn connects you to your trusted contacts and helps you exchange knowledge, ideas, and opportunities with a broader network of professionals.
LinkedIn gives you the keys to controlling your online identity. Have you Googled yourself lately? You never know what may come up. LinkedIn profiles rise to the top of search results, letting you control the first impression people get when searching for you online.
In today’s professional world, people change jobs and locations constantly. By connecting on LinkedIn, your address book will never go out of date.
Your contacts update their profiles, keeping you current with their latest jobs, projects and contact info. You’ll stay in closer contact with great tools to communicate and collaborate.
Sometimes your immediate circle can’t resolve a unique business challenge. Tools like Answers and Groups let you locate and interact with experts through trusted introductions. LinkedIn Search lets you explore the broader network by name, title, company, location, and other keywords that will help you find the knowledge you’re looking for.
Whether you’re looking for a career opportunity, winning new clients or building your professional reputation, LinkedIn connects you to jobs, sales leads and ideal business partners. With our powerful search engine, company research tools and a jobs board that shows who you know at listed companies, LinkedIn is the place to turn for new opportunities.
Advantages:
List your current and past positions & education along with your tenure there. This helps the right people and opportunities find you.
Add a profile photo– people never forget a face!
Add a summary paragraph. Think of it as your professional elevator pitch.
Use webmail import to see, in seconds, all the people you know who are already on LinkedIn. You can then select who you wish to invite to join your trusted network.
Upload a contacts file from Outlook, Palm, ACT!, or Mac Address
View our list of your colleagues and classmates that are already on LinkedIn.
Post a question on Answers and tap into the experts you’re connected to and the entire LinkedIn network. With a professional community of 40+ million, this is the perfect place for those tough questions.
Look up someone’s profile before you meet with them. Learn their background and see who you know in common to get off to a fast start.
Search for Service Providers and select based on trusted recommendations from people in your network. Anonymous web searches to find providers are a thing of the past.
Have a online Curriculum Vitae that you can easily update, share, import via pdf and share by e-mail.
Checkout my profile and you will understand all the advantages I’ve been talking.
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