linked in for veterans (training 60 mins) 6.6.17 (compressed)
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LinkedIn for Veterans:
You’re Closer Than You Think
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Why Join LinkedIn?
Members Companies Jobs Endorsements for 50k+ Skills
Schools 2
500M 9M 7M 11B 26K Billions of updates
daily
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We empower our military and veteran members to build:
LI Job Seeker Free 1yr
Subscription Free 1yr
Subscription
Professional Identities
Professional Networks
Professional Careers
Professional Knowledge
www.veterans.linkedin.com
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LI Learning
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Your Starting Point:
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veterans.linkedin.com
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Crafting a Professional Identity
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Your Professional Identity: Headline, Photo, and Summary
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Your Professional Identity: Location and Industry
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Your Professional Identity: Translating Experience
● Explain what you did in plain English without acronyms or jargon
● Feature recommendations and
rich media to enhance your profile
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Supporting Your Experience: Request Recommendations
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Completing Your Professional Portrait: Skills
● This is your chance to easily label your hard and soft skills
● Your selections here
drive your appearance in recruiters’ searches
● Skills feed
recommendations for courses, jobs, connections, etc.
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Crafting Your Professional Identity: Edit and Re-Order Skills
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Leveraging Your Profile: How Recruiters See You
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Crafting Your Professional Identity: Tutorial Courses
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Translating Your Military Skills to the Civilian
Workplace
LinkedIn for Veterans Finding Your Purpose After Active Duty
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Building a Professional Network
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Building Professional Networks: Connect with Other Members • Members with whom you share
similar backgrounds • Suggested 30 connections minimum • Send personalized request messages • Like and share items posted by
connections to cultivate your network
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Building Professional Networks: Advanced Search
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Building Professional Networks: Advanced Search
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Building Professional Networks: Reaching Out
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Building Professional Networks: Alumni Tool
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Building Professional Networks: Discover & Join Groups
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Building Professional Networks: LinkedIn’s Veteran Mentor Network
“Hi Juan! I’d be happy to connect you with someone
who recently accepted an offer as a Transportation area
manager – they could share their experience as someone who recently went through the interview process…Please feel free to send me a message!”
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Building Professional Networks: LinkedIn’s Veteran Mentor Network
“I decided about five years before retirement to request a move to the
project management office…Five years later I retired as the senior project manager as an E7 but it gave me
opportunities because I had experience.”
“The PMP was the KEY to unlocking my post-military career. It led to jobs as a
PM in software and government regulatory science – areas I had no
prior experience in…But you have to know how to sell yourself to employers,
or any qualification/experience is useless.”
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Launching a Professional Career
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Launching A Career: Signal Interest and List Preferences
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Launching Career: Explore Job Opportunities
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Launching A Career: Leverage Premium Competitive Insights
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Launching A Career: Contacting Recruiters and Building Relationships
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Launching A Career: Contacting Recruiters and Building Relationships
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Launching A Career: Setting Salary Expectations
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Launching A Career: Understanding Salary Variables
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Building Professional Knowledge
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Building Professional Knowledge: Use LinkedIn Learning to Develop Skills and Prep for Interviews
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Building Professional Knowledge: Develop Skills and Prep for Interviews
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Building Professional Knowledge: Explore Company Pages
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Building Professional Knowledge: Understand Company Culture
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Building Professional Knowledge: Follow Companies & Influencers
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Building Professional Knowledge: Manage Your Feed
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Building Professional Knowledge: Manage Your Feed
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LinkedIn’s Blog: Insights, Data, and Trends
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LinkedIn’s Blog: Insights, Data, and Trends
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Your Next Steps
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LinkedIn Learning Tutorial Courses
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Translating Your Military Skills to the Civilian
Workplace
LinkedIn for Veterans Finding Your Purpose After Active Duty
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LinkedIn On The Move: Download Mobile Apps
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LinkedIn Groups LinkedIn LinkedIn Jobs LinkedIn Learning
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LinkedIn’s Veterans Portal:
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Access your FREE 1yr LinkedIn Premium and LinkedIn Learning Subscription at veterans.linkedin.com
1. Complete required fields
2. Ensure to list your military service under “experience” (US Army, not 2nd Infantry Division)
3. Ensure to include your profile URL
4. Be patient; may require 7-10 Days For Approval
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