Job Hunting and Networking on LinkedIn x 3
International House Oulu in collaboration with Optimum ‑project offers three English speaking LinkedIn training modules for those who already use LinkedIn and need training to deepen their knowledge.
The trainer is “LinkedIn Guru” Tom Laine. His expertise spans all the way from 2004, when he got his first LinkedIn invitation! Since then, Tom has used LinkedIn for just about anything and everything. Even selling a company via a LinkedIn meeting request! He has held over 1500 trainings around the globe.
You can register for all the modules (free of charge) or select the most interesting ones. Please register for each training via the links below.
- Building a convincing LinkedIn profile step-by-step
- Networking and contacting potential employers on LinkedIn
- Using LinkedIn for job searching
Building a convincing LinkedIn profile step by step
Time: 14.3.2024, 12:00–16:00
Place: BusinessAsema, Hallituskatu 36 B, Telesali ‑meeting room
Target group: International job seekers who already have a LinkedIn profile
Register: optimumweb.fi/fi/20240314_LI_tirlogy_profile.html
Agenda
- Building a LinkedIn profile with practical examples, including each point’s special features in terms of both the job search and the technical optimization of the profile.
- Search engine optimization of your own profile in terms of job search, both in terms of content and technically, including examples from different fields.
- After Tom’s lecture you will have time for networking and working on your LinkedIn profile
Networking and contacting potential employers on LinkedIn
Time: 19.3.2024, 12:00–16:00
Place: BusinessAsema, Hallituskatu 36 B, Telesali ‑meeting room
Target group: International job seekers who already have a LinkedIn profile
Register: optimumweb.fi/fi/20240319_LI_trilogy_networking.html
Agenda
- The logic and effectiveness of networking on LinkedIn
- Contacting companies, recruiters and headhunters, best practices
- Professional profiling on LinkedIn when looking for a job, which are the best ways to approach unknown persons, with whom to network, and many other practical tips from networking professionally to systematic and goal-oriented activity in different ways.
- The best practices of content production and e.g. recruitment-related hashtags and their utilization in different ways
- After Tom’s lecture you will have time for networking and working on your LinkedIn profile
Using LinkedIn for job searching
Time: 28.3.2024, 12:00–16:00
Place: BusinessAsema, Hallituskatu 36 B, Telesali ‑meeting room
Target group: International job seekers who already have a LinkedIn profile
Register: optimumweb.fi/fi/20240328_LI_trilogy_job_searching.html
Agenda
- Job search methods on LinkedIn, e.g. Jobs section, job searches and search monitors
- Finding hidden jobs in the LinkedIn message stream, profiles and e.g. LinkedIn groups
- The most relevant groups for job hunting and working in them
- Offering expertise and/or project-based work: LinkedIn Services Marketplace
- After Tom’s lecture you will have time for networking and working on your LinkedIn profile