LinkedIn is a social network focused on establishing contact between workers from all professional branches.
Among these workers can be found:
- Technicians
- Students in the Internship stage
- Graduates
- Engineers
- Professionals with Postgraduate (Master’s and Doctorate)
- Artists (edit)
- Entrepreneurs
- Online merchants
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What is LinkedIn for?
LinkedIn is the Social Network that simplifies the productive aspect of society, connecting people around the world with the same work interests .
It is through it that newly graduated and experienced Professionals find the opportunities that match their aspirations, and make their way to a promising future. Entrepreneurs, on the other hand, find an adequate workforce to carry out the functions of their company.
Linkedin is used to:
- Online Resume Placement
- Create a Profile with the User’s Professional information
- Receive email notifications about any opportunity
- Provide the Companies with information on possible candidates
- Create a network of contacts who share an interest
Online Resume Placement
On LinkedIn it is possible to prepare or upload a Document (preferably in PDF format) that contains a brief description of the Work Experience and Studies carried out by a User.
It also includes the mention of particular skills of the worker, and his achievements throughout his career.
If the User is a Company , what is shared on LinkedIn is each relevant moment of its trajectory , since its consolidation. Thus, the Profile will be attractive to those interested in your product or service, and contact will be established.
Create a Profile with Professional information
Each User also has the option to expose in detail each of their Strengths that may favor the Labor and Commercial spheres.
By sharing this data, it will be more likely that the numerous members of the Social Network will give you notoriety and become clients or recruiters of your products, services or work participation.
When the User has an increasing number of contacts, recommendations arise, which make this increase exponential. A Referred User is more likely to be contacted.
Receive email notifications
LinkedIn offers the possibility of adding your own email address to the User Profile. This makes it possible for the Companies and the other Users to have another way of direct contact.
In addition, the Social Network is in charge of associating the job opportunities or calls of the Companies with the information of the Users. In this way, if the User is suitable for one of them, LinkedIn sends an automatic email to find out about it.
Another notification that LinkedIn delivers to the member is that of the views that their own Profile has had . It is a way of measuring the notoriety that is acquiring with its permanence in the Social Network.
Deliver the data of possible candidates to the Companies
Ever-growing companies need to source a new workforce, so they turn to LinkedIn to find new recruits to fill their activities.
LinkedIn asks the Company for a series of characteristics or traits to form the “ideal candidate”. The Social Network explores among its members to find profiles that are identical or similar to the “ideal candidate” that the Company is looking for.
When the “ideal candidate” is compared to User Profiles, LinkedIn informs the Company that it has found potential applicants.
Create a Network of Contacts
LinkedIn benefits the productive sectors by establishing connections between all the Entities that offer a product or service.
For example, if a Family Company is in the process of expansion , you can use LinkedIn to make yourself known and meet with Companies that favor its growth.
You will meet Advertising Agencies, Product Advisors, Market Analysts; in short, with a wide range of Professionals and Companies that will provide their services for the expansion to be successful .
On the other hand, when your advertising process is complete, your customer base will increase.
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