LinkedIn Lab Coming Soon

Barbara Demarest — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 14:13:38 +0000

I’ve had some requests to do a LinkedIn(R) Lab similar to the one-hour practical overview that I ran a couple of weeks ago about Twitter. Right now I am planning to run the LinkedIn Lab on Monday, November 16, 2009 at 5 pm and run it again with the same content on Thursday, November 19, 2009 at 9:00 a.m. to provide two times for people to participate. I usually charge $25.00 for my tele-seminar sessions, but I am going to do these for $15.00. Why the $10.00 discount? Well, I am hearing from a lot of people how tough it is, regardless of news accounts reporting the end of the recession in the U.S., to get a job and I think knowing more about LinkedIn can help. While LinkedIn is not a job site, it is a terrific networking tool that should be in the arsenal of any current job seeker.

If you are someone who has not searched for a job in several years, you may need to brush up on how to use online profiles to position yourself for career advancement or transition. In addition to being a helpful tool for your actual search, using LinkedIn also shows employers that you can navigate social media. Don’t scoff! Social media is working its way into the workplace and employees at all levels will be using these platforms within their organizations. Don’t be surprised to see the technology behind social media showing up in your knowledge management systems, your internal and external communication tools, and your orientation, learning, and development structures. Make sure you keep learning!

My approach with the Labs, both Twitter and LinkedIn Labs, is to do some information sharing on the phone and then dive in and have participants try things out on their computers. I take questions and we don’t follow a prescribed format. Instead I try to respond to people’s questions and make sure that they come away from the session having tried something on the site.

That which I hear, I forget.

That which I see, I remember.

That which I do, I understand.

– Confucius

To sign up for the LinkedIn Lab, please choose one of the following methods:

1 – Send me an email: info@barbarademarest.com and let me know which session you would like to attend. Then please send a check to BarbaraDemarest.com 1577D New Garden Road, Suite 161, Greensboro, NC 27410. Please make checks payable to Barbara Demarest for $15.00.

2 – If you would like to pay online, all you have to do is use the PayPal button here and in the box let me know if you are planning on the Monday, Nov. 16th session at 5 pm or the Thursday, Nov. 19th session at 9 am by typing in the word Mon or Thur so that I have a count. You can also send me an email at info@barbarademarest.com so that I have your email address to which to send any instructions.

Looking forward to working with all of you on LinkedIn!

Job Search & Unemployment Resource for Winston-Salem

Barbara Demarest — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 20:28:04 +0000

Special thanks to Sarah Glover for sharing a first-rate resource from the folks in Winston-Salem, NC. While the resources listed might not be relevant for all the readers of the blog since we have a national (and even a few outside the U.S.) readership, I still thought I would share the link because there are good ideas here and you might be able to track something similar down in your own community. The information was compiled by an organization called FIRST Line, a Forsyth County FREE information and referral service to connect people to community resources. FIRST Line is a department of the Forsyth County Public Library (don’t you love what librarians can do?!)

Well done FIRST Line folks, this is quite an impressive compilation:

FIRST Line Unemployment Resource Guide this is a pdf focusing on unemployment and job-seeking resources in Winston-Salem, NC.

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LinkedIn Lab Coming Soon

Job Search & Unemployment Resource for Winston-Salem