The 405 Club

Ed. note: Laurie Dillon-Schalk teaches the downsized how to use social media to get a job and is the author of Social Wisdom. You can reach Laurie Dillon-Schalk by leaving a comment here, on twitter @ldillonschalk or emailing 405club@gmail.com.

Writer’s Preface: I am often asked how to set up linkedin’s privacy settings in order to maximize profiles for being job found and candidate considered.   To make this easier for the individuals who attend my ‘Using Social Media for Job Search” presentations, I have made a handout of my personal settings as a reference guide for job searchers.  Simply follow my settings to set up your account in Linkedin.   [note: this is available in slideshare under my linkedin profile]

1.  In Profile Settings:  Make your profile public

For job searching – you will need to open up your public profile so that prospective employers and recruiters can find you.

Make your profile photo visible and display the full profile information.  On the next page, you will see which items you can check off for public publishing.  I recommend checking off EVERYTHING while you are job searching.  Once you have a job – you can scale it back.

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Ed. note: Laurie Dillon-Schalk teaches the downsized how to use social media to get a job and is the author of Social Wisdom. You can reach Laurie Dillon-Schalk by leaving a comment here or emailing 405club@gmail.com.

I’m in a stare down with an executive of one of Canada’s largest recruitment and placement firms.

“Why would I be on Linkedin?”

I know what he is really saying.  He has an army of staff using all the social networks, doing all the modern recruitment so he doesn’t need to.  He is retiring probably in 2 – 4 years.  He is at the top of his game.  So why would he?  Fortunately – I had an answer for him.

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(Ed. Note) The other day I read an article on Mashable about using LinkedIn to “do good.”  Being unemployed I use LinkedIn almost every day and I admit, I don’t use it to give back quite enough.  I hope the article below inspires you as it did me.  Enjoy.

Over the last few weeks, we’ve focused on how you can use the web to do good. Whether you’re using your own blog, Twitter or Facebook — social platforms can be a real catalyst for contributing to social good.

With more than 43 million users worldwide, LinkedIn is most frequently used as a way of networking with business colleagues and potential employers and employees. Just because it can be used for personal enrichment doesn’t preclude LinkedIn from being used for social good. Check out some of our favorite ways to use LinkedIn to contribute something back…

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