Building your career on LInkedIn

Taken from:

http://www.cio.com/article/697424/5_LinkedIn_Tips_for_Career_Success_in_2012?source=CIONLE_nlt_insider_2012-01-09&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+cio%2Ffeed%2Fsolution%2F1375+%28CIO.com+-+News%29

This article has five points: (summarized below):

1) Focus on your profile - what is your focus? What do you want to be? Is it clear?

2) Make LinkedIn Today part of your daily routine. (I have not done this in the past - I need to check it out!!)

3) Brand yourself as an expert with 'answers' - be able to give good, solid technical answers (and look like a 'good guy' to others

4) Refresh your profile - even if not job seeking - keep on top of what you are doing and have done

5) Make new connections in 2012

I am on LinkedIn - but am not looking for a new job. For my students, this is a professional network that you can use to your advantage!!!