{"id":8751,"date":"2021-04-23T15:17:39","date_gmt":"2021-04-23T20:17:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/adamscenter\/?p=8751"},"modified":"2021-04-23T15:17:39","modified_gmt":"2021-04-23T20:17:39","slug":"using-linkedin-in-higher-ed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/adamscenter\/2021\/04\/23\/using-linkedin-in-higher-ed\/","title":{"rendered":"Using LinkedIn In Higher Ed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Adams Center hosted a session about the use of LinkedIn. Over the past couple of years, the question of LinkedIn has come up periodically in the Adams Center. LinkedIn is often seen as a professional networking space for those in the business world or specifically for individuals looking for another job. Faculty have questioned whether it is a useful tool for those in higher ed who are not looking for another job. The session panel consisted of Jill Fortson, Director of ACU\u2019s Career Center; Brooke Nichols, the Career Center\u2019s Career Network Specialist; and Asa Kusuma, ACU alumnus who is currently employed by LinkedIn working in web infrastructure.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Asa focused on some of the general benefits of LinkedIn as a social professional network. LinkedIn can help other people find you for a specific professional need and can help you find others as well. If you are looking for an intern or employee, LinkedIn provides a more streamlined way to accomplish this. LinkedIn also offers a space to share soft professional knowledge. In other words, people can interact with others in their professional spheres on a more personal basis. One key feature of LinkedIn is that it provides the ability to express gratitude to others. Its features also allow users to express their professional personality.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Jill and Brooke shared some specific ways ACU\u2019s Career Center utilizes LinkedIn to assist students in networking. 90% of recruiters use LinkedIn and 80% of jobs are secured through referrals, so LinkedIn is a great resource for our students. The Career Center assists students in developing a strategy for looking for jobs. They can even check for ACU connections at companies of interest to them. The Career Center <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/1Jh8du4YfAOK00OLU0AggoPGcbsW3hHVar0hQi2CV_DE\/edit?usp=sharing\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">helps students build their profile on LI and teaches them how to connect professionally.<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> The Career Center staff is eager and willing to come into classes to discuss LinkedIn and other networking opportunities.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Adams Center hosted a session about the use of LinkedIn. Over the past couple of years, the question of LinkedIn has come up periodically in the Adams Center. LinkedIn is often seen as a professional networking space for those in the business world or specifically for individuals looking for another job. 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