LinkedIn for students? Campus and $ucce$$ful Careers? Profile and Bio?

LinkedIn is great for students - from campus to careers.

The Semantic Web is the extension of the www that enables people to share content beyond the boundaries of applications and websites.

The main thing is discovering something about social media while you are part of it!

• It is necessary that college / institute students be encouraged and taught how to develop quality profiles on social media sites, so they are prepared to set themselves apart from others. Too many students still graduate with a degree and a resume thinking they're equipped for success.  Competition is even more intense.  
• There are exciting opportunities in the social era for creative individuals to standout of the crowd.  Let's prepare our college students for $ucce$$.
• Here’s how to get started.  Share your project and achievements on LinkedIn.  Colleges and employers are on LinkedIn. Want to stand out with them? You'll need to build a professional online identity.  Stop pausing like a joker or cartoon, this is not Orkut. 
• LinkedIn Skills and Expertise helps you discover the expertise that other professionals have and see how the demand for these skills is changing over time.  Having important keywords and relevant skills in your profile is the key to attract potential employers.

• Skill endorsement:  Your teachers or seniors will endorse you to make it look more authentic. They also let your connections validate the strengths found on your own profile. Skill endorsements are a simple and effective way of building your professional brand and engaging your network.

• Whether it’s choosing a college, or postgraduate course, or thinking about jobs, social media is the place to be. It’s your resume that never sleeps, a way for colleges and companies to find you, a tool to see career paths of graduates, and a place to talk to colleges, current students, and alumni.

What is the action plan?

Your LinkedIn profile is the starting point. Make sure you have an appropriate profile picture, write a concise headline, and show off all of your experience, from volunteering and extracurricular activities, to part-time or full-time jobs and internships.

Do not put profile picture with your near and dear.  Profile picture as a logo or in front of Taj Mahal is not a good idea.  You must write your name properly.  Just your own photo of your face.  Feeling shy or hiding your face is not going to get you anywhere. 

Study this video for important must do points for winners!

You've done some great stuff, both in and out of college. LinkedIn can help you show that to the employers and peers.

Contact Jyotindra Zaveri: And as you make decisions about college and your future career, I can help you explore all the amazing possibilities in using social media to your advantage. Learn Twitter, LinkedIn, Google+, Pinterest, and so on.  Click here to study list of 20+ digital platforms.  Just hire me on hourly basis to learn online on Hangout or Skype.  We can schedule training at mutually convenient time.  First one hour is free and charges are affordable, so do not feel shy to contact.  If not now, when?

I invite you to join two of my professional groups on the LinkedIn and experience the conversations:
Join Digital Marketing Group.
Join ERP eCommerce Group.

I have approx 2000+ contacts on LinkedIn and I am ready to share with by online training sessions.  Hope to hear from you soon, and yes do not forget to share this post with your friends on social network.

Social networking best practices

There are 50+ social networking websites.  Let us take example of the most popular site 'Facebook' to learn Do's and Don'ts of social networking sites.  Here are excerpts from the lecture by Prof. Jyoti Zaveri and the related PPT explaining Facebook best practices.  Learn about security settings, Groups, Page, and so on.

 

DO and DO NOT of Facebook.

Points worth doing and points that one should not do, while using social networking sites, such as FACEBOOK.

1.       Do proper security settings to maintain your privacy.  Do not share lots of private information with strangers.  Avoid sharing information about your children or share minimum. 

2.       Use private message button for one-to-one communications.  Post on the wall is seen by everyone in the contacts and if selected ‘public’ then by everyone.

3.       Join group of your interest to interact with your community.  You can request for joining by clicking on the button ‘ask to join’.  Your friend (contact on Facebook) may add you in a group; however, if you find that the group is not interesting enough, you may leave the group.  

a.       Groups can be public.

b.      Groups can be private, only members can see the posts and participate.

4.       Companies (corporate) are publishing website on Facebook, called Facebook Page.  Visit a Facebook Page of a company you would like.  Search the name in the search window (on top) to find the page.  Click on LIKE button to follow the posts and conversations.

5.       Do update your profile with proper name.  Upload your proper picture, preferably only face.  Do not put picture of a cartoon or joker.  

6.       Add confirm ‘friends’ only if you know them.  If the picture is missing or you have doubt, send a private message to find more about that person.  

7.       Facebook privacy setting is the most important before you start using the Facebook.  Your privacy is in your hand, allow, or do not allow your personal information as per your needs, Facebook has nothing do with it, so you do it yourself.

8.       Limit you time on Facebook.  Do not get addicted.  Commit yourself for not spending over ‘nn’ minutes in a day or in a week.  For instance, “limit 15 minutes in a day or in a week”.

9.       Facebook suggests names of your friends on birthday, this is a good idea to be in touch with your friends, and wish them happy birthday. 

10.   Avoid using third party applications (called Apps) on Facebook, these programs before you start using will ask your permission to use your private information by showing a screen with a button ‘ALLOW’, once you click allow, the Apps will use and share your information the way they want.  In other words, it is not Facebook but Apps on Facebook is sharing your privacy because you have allowed it.

 Please share these important guide lines with your friends. Wish you safe and happy networking.

You may suggest some points that I have missed out in the comments box provided below.