As a careers consultant I see a lot of students who are struggling to get work experience or a foot in the door in their chosen job sector, whatever that happens to be. Most have never heard of the professional networking site LinkedIn (according to a survey we ran last year only 8% of Manchester students used the site on at least a semi-regular basis). But when I actually show them how they can ‘career stalk’ (one of my students’ words, not mine!) industry professionals and make great contacts to help them in their career, they’re usually convinced. As a result, I’ve started doing training workshops for students (and also other careers advisers!) on how you can use LinkedIn for careers networking/job hunting.
I’ll be saying more about LinkedIn over the next few months, but to get you started, here are 3 quick(ish) steps for using LinkedIn effectively as a student: Read the rest of this entry »
Posted by Helen Buzdugan (Careers Service) 
