LinkedIn

 Thing 13

 

Discovering LinkedIn. Or rather, exploring LinkedIn has been an eye opener. I have thus far avoided it like the plague, intimidated by the professionalism of it all. But it turns out that it really is just like Facebook for your professional qualities!

Signing up was easy, setting up my profile was a breeze, you are walked through the process with step-by-step instructions, none of which are complicated which is so refreshing.

I went mad adding people; I think I added every other person on LinkedIn who is in the same job role as me! Maybe we can learn something from each other. Joining the groups were easy too, although I did use the hyperlink in the Thing 13 instructions initially.

Now that I have set up my account;

https://www.linkedin.com/in/roslyn-smith-66908b212/

I am quite interested in the prospect of having a professional identity online as opposed to just my personal one. It’s refreshing to be able to share my achievements within my career and it’s great to have my profile available for viewing. It certainly helps me to feel like a professional!

I did find that LinkedIn is easier to navigate through the app on my phone than on the laptop so I spent some time looking at groups to join while I had it working in my favour.

I requested to join the groups mentioned in Thing 13 and also the following ones;

Social Work Action Group - https://www.linkedin.com/company/social-work-action-group/about/

The Social Work Consulting Group - https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-social-work-consulting-group/about/

Jobs and Recruiters Social Work; Healthcare; Human Services; Social Welfare International Development - https://www.linkedin.com/groups/3764185/

International Association for Social Work with Groups (IASWG) - https://www.linkedin.com/groups/4659068/

All in all, joining LinkedIn was a positive experience and one that I would certainly recommend. 

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