55. Networking and Landing Entry Level Jobs on Linkedin | Linkedin Series, Part 2
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Welcome back to our Linkedin series! This is part 2 in our Linkedin series where we continue to nerd out about our favorite professional platform. This episode gives a deeper dive on how you can win using Linkedin in college. We touch on our top tips for landing entry level jobs and internships and even share the things we wish we would have done in college but didn't. Learn from our mistakes and implement these practices to give yourself the highest chances of landing job offers with Linkedin! This episode will be especially helpful if you are applying to internships/co-ops in college or if you are preparing to apply for your first job post-grad. Libby shares a story in this episode about how she utilized networking on Linkedin to land her second job post-grad with connections she made from her first job. Stay tuned for part 3, the last episode of our Linkedin series, where we will be sharing our final thoughts and tid-bits of information regarding using Linkedin as a woman in STEM!
Here's a link to the book Libby mentioned in the episode - The Defining Decade: https://amzn.to/3HSo0jv
This Episode Covers:
How to network on Linkedin
Appropriate behavior for connecting with recruiters on Linkedin after career fair
A script recommendation for how to cold-message connections on Linkedin
How to reach out to Alumni connections who may work where you want to work
Dialog to use when meeting with professors for research opportunities
Real life examples of how networking has furthered our engineering careers
Linkedin Learning and how to use it to prepare for interviews
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