LinkedIn Networking Project: Strategies for Attracting Recruiters

This LinkedIn networking project focuses on building connections and attracting recruiters through strategic social networking. The project outlines action steps, responsibilities, timelines, resources, and potential barriers to achieve the goal of creating a robust professional network. Key steps include building and nurturing a social network, gathering information about companies and groups, searching profiles of influential people, engaging with unknown individuals, and actively participating in relevant groups. Overcoming barriers such as lack of communication, confidence, and searching skills is addressed through improved communication, social connections, and enhanced search techniques. The project aims to strengthen opportunities and position oneself as an expert in a particular industry.

Purpose/Goal: The primary aim is to create connections with people on LinkedIn
Goal: The goal to achieve by having a LinkedIn account is to create a network based on personal connections in order to attract recruiters.
Results/Accomplishments:
Action Steps Responsibilities Timeline
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Resources Potential Barriers Communications Plan
Step 1: Building
and Nurturing of
Social Network
Me End of year
2019
A. LinkedIn Account
B. Good groups of people,
corporate accounting companies
Not getting the right people to
connect.
Lack of communication.
Indulging with people by
following them on LinkedIn.
Step 2:
Information
about companies
and groups can
be found by
adding various
search criteria
within the search
results page
Me By March
2019
A. Internet Connectivity,
LinkedIn account
B. Names of companies, alumni
and their respective locations.
The urge to connect with them
To overcome this, I would
speak to my social
connections.
Alumni, well-established
persons and individuals.
Step 3:
Searching of
profiles of
influential people
Me By February
2019
A. Good Communication Skills Lack of proper searching skills
and finding profiles
This would help in gaining
ideas and making the best
possible use in professional
career.
Step 4:
Following
profiles of
unknown people
and having a
conversation
with them
Me By February
2019
A. A common person through
which the initial conversation
could be made.
Lack of confidence in
generating an active
conversation
Helpful in gathering ideas
and listening to their
experiences.

Step 5:
Joining groups in
order to become
visible
Me By February
2019
A. Having an active participation
in group activity and connecting
with people
Confidence level and posting
of relevant information
Strengthening of opportunity
to position oneself as an
expert within a particular
industry.