{"id":6757,"date":"2020-04-22T11:11:07","date_gmt":"2020-04-22T10:11:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.canterbury.ac.uk\/careers\/?p=6757"},"modified":"2020-04-22T11:22:02","modified_gmt":"2020-04-22T10:22:02","slug":"unprecedented-networking-linkedin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.canterbury.ac.uk\/careers\/unprecedented-networking-linkedin\/","title":{"rendered":"Unprecedented: Networking (LinkedIn)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>In our new blog series\u00a0<strong><em>\u2018UNPRECEDENTED\u2019<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 we\u2019re going to be hearing from a range of people who have different experiences of this global pandemic, and lockdown. Our aim is to give you an opportunity to read, think, and find some encouragement, inspiration or just community in knowing you\u2019re not alone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p><em><strong>Chiara is one of our Careers &amp; Enterprise Hub team, and she loves LinkedIn. Have a read of how she&#8217;s using it (and how you can too&#8230;)<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image is-style-circle-mask\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.canterbury.ac.uk\/careers\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/506\/2020\/04\/chiara.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6846\" width=\"227\" height=\"227\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.canterbury.ac.uk\/careers\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/506\/2020\/04\/chiara.jpg 394w, https:\/\/blogs.canterbury.ac.uk\/careers\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/506\/2020\/04\/chiara-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.canterbury.ac.uk\/careers\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/506\/2020\/04\/chiara-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 227px) 100vw, 227px\" \/><figcaption>Chiara Hewer is an Employability and Skills Manager for the Careers and Enterprise Team at CCCU<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>I\u2019m quite literally a LinkedIn\naddict, I joined it in 2005 and have been a big fan and an avid user since, I average\n2 hours most days! I love the interaction with businesses and the range of\ninformation that I am able to source from the contacts and organisations that I\nfollow. I thrive on the support and comradery that you can get from this\nplatform and definitely prefer it to the, often, \u201caggressive\u201d behaviour on\nTwitter. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If treated with respect and\nprofessionalism your online persona on LinkedIn can open many doors without\nmuch effort. A good, up-to-date and professional profile is live 24\/7, 365 days\nof the year and is seen by millions of people\u2026. It\u2019s no surprise that you can\nget headhunted very easily and bypass many steps when it comes to job hunting\nand applications\u2026. I did get my fair share of good and not-so-good interview\noffers! <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the past few weeks, I have had more time on my hands and inevitably, I have used LinkedIn more than normal to keep in touch with friends, colleagues, students and alumni in my network. I have been following businesses I work with and have been learning a lot about their struggles with the economic crisis caused by Covid19; the impact this has had on the business and the pain they felt when they had to choose between making their staff redundant or granting them furlough. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I have been learning from some&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube aligncenter wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"ADOPT A CRISIS MINDSET: Running a business in a pandemic\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/YU6hluz63i8?start=94&#038;feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Laughing with some&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube aligncenter wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"FURLOUGH? IS IT ME YOU&#039;RE LOOKING FOR?\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/vGoxTrtNUaI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>and crying with others&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/posts\/jackgaisford_were-in-uncertain-times-right-now-and-truthfully-activity-6650337945125429248-dKDD\">https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/posts\/jackgaisford_were-in-uncertain-times-right-now-and-truthfully-activity-6650337945125429248-dKDD<\/a> but overall, it has been great to see that many of the students I have been supporting over the year have followed my advice and have become more active on LinkedIn either by joining in with debates over the current situation or by posting new work or updating their projects. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I began to wonder how I could support them even further, also moved by a feeling of guilt for not being able to support them in person during their last few months of their University life before graduation. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The opportunity came a week or so\nago when two of our final year FRTV students, Alex Luscombe and Mitchell\nTaylor, asked me to share a video that they had produced for the Micro\nRoastery, a local Canterbury business affected by Covid19. I was so impressed\nby the quality of their work and also touched by the fact that they had produced\nit for free to support a business which was close to their hearts, so I decided\nto write a post on LinkedIn. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Before uploading the post, I contacted\nother students and asked if they would be willing to put their skills to the\nservice of other local businesses also badly affected by Covid19. The response\nwas overwhelmingly positive. One thing that has come out of this crisis, loud\nand clear, is people\u2019s kindness and this is visible every day on LinkedIn,\nwhere businesses are offering their expertise and support to others in need for\nfree. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/posts\/chiaramogliottihewer_filmmakers-photographers-videoeditors-activity-6650803454866526208-z-hv\">My post<\/a><\/span><\/strong> attracted a lot of interest and with the appropriate tags and hashtags it ended up trending for a few days at #filmmaking and getting nearly 2000 views. More importantly, the post generated many enquiries from local businesses welcoming support and also got&nbsp; me connected with other professionals offering complementary services for free to enhance what had already been produced by Alex and Mitchell (e.g. professional voice over for their video). <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The leads and opportunities\ngenerated by the post are now being followed up by our student film makers and\nother student creatives and I am sure, will result in more amazing work!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>My final tips? Here they are:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>don\u2019t be afraid to showcase your work on\nLinkedIn<\/li><li>be strategic in your tagging and hash-tagging as\nthis increases your visibility and discoverability<\/li><li>connect with the right people and tag them in to\nget their attention<\/li><li>respond to comments and thank people for their\ninput<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>and finally \u2026\u2026.if the opportunity is not there \u2026.. CREATE IT! <\/strong>Offer your services to others, especially now that you have a bit more time on your hands. If you show skills, professionalism and compassion, particularly to those in need, you will be remembered later on and will get more business!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em><strong>We want to hear your stories! Tell us about your experience of working from home, any interviews or processes you\u2019re going through\u2026<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Getting further support from The Careers and Enterprise Team at CCCU<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>You can get ongoing careers support via the following ways:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Email&nbsp;<a href=\"mailto:careers@canterbury.ac.uk\">careers@canterbury.ac.uk<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.canterbury.ac.uk\/students\/current-students\/careers-and-volunteering\/careers-and-jobs\/The-Career-and-Enterprise-Hub.aspx\">Log onto the Careers and Enterprise Online Hub to access resources such as CV360, Interview Simulator and more. Our Live Chat function will be launching very soon!<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.canterbury.ac.uk\/students\/current-students\/careers-and-volunteering\/careers-and-jobs\/GradForce.aspx\">Register for GradForce if you are a final year student that wants to gain a graduate level job in the local area (Kent and Medway)<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In our new blog series\u00a0\u2018UNPRECEDENTED\u2019\u00a0\u2013 we\u2019re going to be hearing from a range of people who have different experiences of this global pandemic, and lockdown. 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