LinkedIn Launch™

For African Job Seekers and Professionals

Build Your Professional Identity. Open the Door to Opportunity.

LinkedIn is more than an online résumé. It is a powerful platform for establishing your professional identity, building your network, finding companies, discovering opportunities and finding work.

LinkedIn Launch™ is a practical 90-minute workshop designed to help African job seekers and professionals establish a strong professional presence on LinkedIn and learn how to use the platform effectively.

LinkedIn the most important place to establish your professional identity online.

But simply creating a LinkedIn account is not enough.

You need to know how to use it.

This is practical 90-minute workshop for African job seekers and professionals who want to establish a professional LinkedIn presence and learn how to use LinkedIn to connect with people, discover companies, find jobs and create business opportunities.

You will learn the essential steps to create your account, build your profile, establish your professional identity and begin using LinkedIn as a tool for finding work.

This workshop gives you the foundation you need before moving on to our more advanced job-search strategies.

WHAT YOU WILL LEARN

• Create and properly set up your LinkedIn account
• Build a professional LinkedIn profile
• Establish your professional identity online
• Present your skills, experience, education and career interests effectively
• Understand how employers and recruiters use LinkedIn
• Find companies and professionals in your area of interest
• Search for jobs and professional opportunities
• Build your first meaningful LinkedIn connections
• Understand how to build a professional network
• Begin using LinkedIn as a tool for finding work
  
  

WHY LINKEDIN MATTERS

There are already over a billion global LinkedIn members. It's free. If you are not there you risk being left behind.

When an employer, recruiter, business owner or professional contact wants to know more about you, they may search for you before they ever speak with you.

A well-built LinkedIn profile gives you the opportunity to control what they find.

LinkedIn also gives you access to people and organizations you might never encounter through traditional job boards.

Learning how to use LinkedIn properly can open doors that simply submitting applications cannot.

WHO THIS WORKSHOP IS FOR

LinkedIn Launch™ is for you if:

• You are looking for your first professional opportunity

• You are looking for a new job

• You want to move into a better career

• You are an experienced professional who has never properly used LinkedIn

• You already have a LinkedIn account but your profile needs improvement

• You want to build a professional network

• You want to learn how to find companies and people who can help create career opportunities

• You want to become less dependent on traditional job applications

WHAT YOU WILL LEAVE WITH

By the end of the workshop, you will have a much clearer understanding of:

YOUR PROFESSIONAL IDENTITY

Who you are professionally and how to present yourself.

YOUR LINKEDIN PROFILE

How to create a profile that accurately represents your experience, capabilities and career direction.

YOUR PROFESSIONAL NETWORK

Who you should connect with and why those connections matter.

YOUR OPPORTUNITY SEARCH

How LinkedIn can help you find employers, companies, jobs and professional opportunities.

THE 90-MINUTE WORKSHOP

This is not a long lecture about LinkedIn.

It is a practical introduction designed to give you the knowledge and confidence to start using LinkedIn properly.

The process is simple:

1. Create your identity.
2. Build your network.
3. Start finding opportunities.
   

 

YOUR NEXT STEP

LinkedIn Launch™ is designed as the foundation for our next-level workshop:

Find Jobs Before They're Posted™

Once you understand LinkedIn and have established your professional identity, you can learn how to use LinkedIn and other resources to identify employment opportunities before they are publicly advertised.

LinkedIn Launch™ gives you the foundation.

Find Jobs Before They're Posted™ teaches you the strategy.

WORKSHOP DETAILS

Workshop: LinkedIn Launch™

Audience: African Job Seekers and Professionals

• Duration: 90 Minutes
• Format: Live Online Workshop
• Level: Beginner
• Prerequisite: None
• Date: 3rd Wednesday of each month at 10:00 am EST

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Don't simply create a LinkedIn account. Learn how to use it.