Leveraging your LinkedIn for Career Success
Location: Multimodal, Room C121 and/or MS Teams, Synchronous
Start Date: 12/3/2026
End Date: 12/3/2026
Leveraging your LinkedIn for Career Success
Synopsis
Thursday, December 3rd, 1:30pm-3:00pmCourse Overview
This workshop provides an introduction to building a strong professional presence on LinkedIn while using AI responsibly. Participants learn how LinkedIn supports networking, personal branding, career exploration, and professional development, and receive practical guidance on optimizing key profile sections, including their photo, background image, headline, About section, experience, education, skills, recommendations, and interests.
The session also explores ethical ways to use AI tools to brainstorm content, enhance profile language, strengthen accomplishment statements, and create LinkedIn posts, while maintaining authenticity, accuracy, and fact-checking practices. Beyond profile development, participants learn strategies for effective networking, content engagement, understanding LinkedIn's algorithm, researching career paths and employers, leveraging LinkedIn Learning, and increasing their visibility through purposeful online activity.
The overall goal is to help employees strengthen their professional brand, expand their network, and use LinkedIn strategically to support long-term career growth and opportunities.
Instructors
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Jessica ScallenCareer Development Specialist, Centre for Organizational Learning |
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Mallory ScottSpecialist, Employee Performance & Development |