Now is the time to prepare for a different type of recruiting season and we recommend you take some time now, as classes are just beginning, to update your resume and LinkedIn and Handshake profiles.
Paul Danenberg ’23 attended the recent exclusive session for Bucknellians to learn how to best use LinkedIn with Ruthie Hertzberg ’13. Here are is tips and takeaways if you couldn’t attend.
Recruiting will go on! And now is a great time to start to prepare for a virtual recruiting season.
An alternative to Google, YouTube or asking Alexa or Siri – use LinkedIn Learning this summer to build up and learn new skills.
No matter what stage of your career journey, LinkedIn offers an array of resources and information that can help you along the way.
LinkedIn is the premier professional networking tool and a great place to network and be seen by employers. With the career fairs coming, this is a great time to learn how to find potential networking connections and the etiquette expected when reaching out to potential employers. Join us for one or both parts of this series and learn some key networking strategies prior to Employer Expo on 9/19!
Seniors, join us for part 1 of a 2-part series that introduces students to LinkedIn and the features available to assist them in networking and job searching. Part of Life After Bucknell.
LinkedIn has been busy working on new University Pages and Bucknell was one of the first 200 schools to get a page! These pages offer an easy way to find, explore, and discover the career paths of all the Bucknell Alumni on LinkedIn. But before you start doing that you will want to make sure your profile is in top form. That’s why we have several ways to help you perfect your LinkedIn profile. LinkedIn Basics – Regardless of your class year getting started on LinkedIn is a must! This session will go over basics of building a strong profile […]
Seniors, join us for our continuing LinkedIn Series as part of Life After Bucknell. – Friday, January 17 at Noon – LinkedIn 1.0: The Basics Learn the basics of building your brand, setting up your LinkedIn profile, and beginning to build your network to land that next internship or job. Lunch provided. And look for the next workshops in this series: – Wednesday, February 12 at Noon – LinkedIn 2.0: Building Your Network This LinkedIn workshop will provide information on how to build your professional network. Presenters will discuss how to personalize messages to connect with individuals, and how to […]
LinkedIn was busy this summer working on new University Pages and Bucknell was one of the first 200 schools to get a page! These pages offer an easy way to find, explore, and discover the career paths of all the Bucknell Alumni on LinkedIn. But before you start doing that you will want to make sure your profile is in top form. That’s why we have several ways to help you perfect your LinkedIn profile. LinkedIn & Your Job Search – As part of our Life After Bucknell program (but open to all students) we’ll teach you how to develop […]
Just like last semester we will be publishing our “This Week In” post every Saturday (also look for this in the Message Center on Sundays) to help you plan for the week ahead, and while our full schedule of programs doesn’t really start until next week (Jan 21) we wanted to remind you of the recurring programs we offer. What I like to call “Every Week In.” NEW THIS SEMESTER: LinkedIn Profile Reviews on Wednesdays and Thursdays from 1:30- 3:30 pm you can set up an appointment ahead of time or walk-in between 1:30 – 3:30 for reviews of your LinkedIn […]
I love that lots of students are finally getting on LinkedIn. I think it’s great. We’ve been posting about LinkedIn for awhile now. You can search the Career Insider for many tips, strategies and prezi’s on how to set up your profile. And normally I like to take a positive tone and talk about what to do, how to use, etc but when I came across this article posted on youtern‘s The Savvy Intern blog I just had to share because it is filled with GREAT advice and mistakes so I post it here for you to read as a […]
So I was doing my daily twitter drudge and it’s overwhelming what you can find. I don’t know if it was because it was rainy or what but today Twitter seemed to be particularly jam packed with great information. Jammed. Packed. I won’t share it all with you here, although I would like to, but I did want to highlight one of the coolest things I found today – Classmates on LinkedIn (now called Alumni as of 11/1) I can’t remember my exact trail but somehow I came across The LinkedIn Blog and the post all about this new feature: […]
I’m on LinkedIn…Now What? by Jason Alba This book is a helpful guide for anyone looking to get the most out of their LinkedIn account. It begins with a general overview of the social networking site, explaining such things as setting up your profile and how to connect with others. The second part of the book discusses how to take advantage of the site and make it work for you. It gives advice on searching, understanding degrees of separation, getting recommendations, and using the Jobs & Hiring section of the site. The book concludes with a section on “netiquette” and […]
Is this my ad nauseam topic of the year? It may be…and I know you’ll be thanking me later so I appreciate all those Thank You cards in advance. But this time I’m going to let someone else talk to you about it, in person. So get up from your computer, stop reading this on your iPhone and head on over to Taylor 203 to learn, see and do! Find out if you really are LinkedIn and learn how to strategically use it in your job search and create a professional online presence. You can also use LinkedIn to start […]