This was presented to first-year graduate students at The Chicago School of Professional Psychology

1. Why Students Need to
Graduate to LinkedIn
Jump‐start Your Career Network Now
Presented by
John Fowler, M.A.
OrganizaDon & Talent Development Consultant

2. What’s in store…
Are you on LinkedIn? The Survey Results
8 reasons you need to be on LinkedIn
What now? Establishing your plan
Discussion & quesDons

3. Are you on LinkedIn?
If not, why?

4. Survey says…

5. Survey says…
Of the 25% not on LinkedIn (or
not sure), almost 90% are first‐
year students
• N = 50; 31 first‐years or 62%

6. What’s kept you from joining?

7. 8 Reasons Why Students Need
to Graduate to LinkedIn…

8. 1. Economic Forecast for 2011…Cloudy

9. 2. Campus recruiDng budgets
have been reduced

10. 42% decrease 46% decrease
in # of schools in # of career
visited fairs afended
36% fewer on‐
campus
interviews
*The typical company visits only 5 campuses a year

11. 3. College grads are compeDng with
experienced professionals, even for
internships

12. 4. The number of companies
using social media for recruiDng
is on the rise

13. A fundamental change in the way we do
business and source talent
80% are using 95% are using
social media LinkedIn!

14. 5. The best and largest
companies are using LinkedIn for
recruitment

15. Fortune 100s

16. 6. Most companies do not
adverDse their jobs to the public

17. To find the right jobs, tap into the hidden
job market

18. 7. The people who can help you
most are exactly the ones on
LinkedIn

19. Access to the
right people
“The world’s largest
audience of affluent,
influential professionals”
~Neilson Online

20. 8. Why not? It’s simply the best
networking tool available

21. What’s the point?
To get the job you
really want, start
building your
professional network
before you graduate

22. TCS Student Success with LinkedIn

23. Where do I start? What should my focus be
this year?
Job Search:
Start building/ Build a network Search for new,
Research
enhancing your of exisDng relevant
companies &
profile connecDons connecDons
people

24. Discussion: For those who are on
LinkedIn, how are you using it?
What other quesDons do you have?

25. Download Graduate to LinkedIn!

26. Thank You & Good Luck!