LinkedIn

If you have not done so already, start building your network on LinkedIn today.

Register for a free account and start connecting with your network online. Join groups relevant to your career field so that you could participate in discussions, ask questions and provide answers related to specific topics and search for people, organisations and jobs in your field of interest. Research companies and employees to help you identify opportunities.

Activity: LinkedIn career research

• Go to www.linkedin.com and sign in to your LinkedIn account. If you do not have an account yet, then create one.
• Check that you have captured your current or previous studies at Unisa on your LinkedIn profile.
• Once you are signed in, hover over “My network” and then click on “Find alumni”.
• You will now be presented with a page with Headings and graphs beneath the headings (e.g. Where they live, Where they work, What they do). Click on the arrow to the right and then on the search icon next to the “What they studied” heading.
• Type in “[your field of study, e.g. Psychology”.
• You will notice that the graphs adjust. You have now filtered the information to contain information about Unisa alumni who have studied in that particular field.
• You can now see how many graduates are on LinkedIn, where they work, what they’re skilled at, etc.
• Make some notes about the interesting information you find.

Further resources for LinkedIn

Learn more about using LinkedIn effectively.