Lunch & Learn for October
October's program should be very appealing to students.
“How Are You Using
Linkedin? What’s New, What Works and Why Should I Care?”
Linkedin currently counts over
175 million professionals as members and continues to grow at a rate of 2 new
members every second. It is widely acknowledged as the leader in the
professional space of social networking and has attracted members from the executive
suite of every single Fortune 500 company. Linkedin is now being used as
a primary recruitment tool by 85 of the Fortune 100, and is also used by RPI.
Linkedin is becoming the first
destination for so many of us in the beginning of a professional
relationship. What are you telling the world with your profile?
Unlike Facebook, where the line is still pretty clear as to how that site
applies to today’s professional, Linkedin is becoming, and has become for many
of us, an occupational necessity. It is where people go to be found
and, more and more, it is where companies and recruiters go to find
talent.
If you have to be on Linkedin
then what should you do to make sure that you are representing yourself
appropriately? How can you build a profile that promotes yourself and
your employer in tandem and in good taste? The purpose of this session is
to address these questions and give some suggestions and guidance on the use of
Linkedin for busy professionals in today’s world.
Tom Whalen has been using
Linkedin since early 2005 after a Silicon Valley alumnus of RPI told him “…this
thing is going to be huge.” Seven years later he is one of the best linked
members of the RPI community, as measured by the number of his 1st,
2nd and 3rd degree RPI Linkedin connections that he keeps
within his network. After seven years with the Office of
Institute Advancement, Tom is now the Director of MBA and MS Career Resources
at the Lally School of Management and Technology, a position that he has held
since November of 2010.
Friday, October 12
12:00 noon - 1:00 pm
Folsom Library Fischbach Room
Free!
Everyone is welcome!
Bring your lunch or purchase one at the Library Cafe.
Dessert will be provided.
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