Is This for You?

This course is ideal for anyone seeking to expand their contact network and build relationships with potential employers using LinkedIn. 

Award and Associated Qualifications

Awarded 7 CPD points upon successful completion

Start Date
Flexible
Study Type
In centre, online, or a combination
Training Type
Course
Duration
7 hours

About This Course

As competition for jobs has been increasing, so too has the pressure on employers to make sure they select the right candidate. To aid in the interview process, more and more employers are turning their attention to researching prospective employees by looking at their social media activity to see what sort of online personal brand they present.

LinkedIn is an online networking site specifically aimed at professional business networking and helping you make contacts. The course will give you valuable advice and guidance on making sure you’re using LinkedIn to its fullest. You’ll look at setting up or updating your personal profile, the importance of keywords within your profile, how to find, connect, and engage with connections, how to find relevant groups, and how to find information on job opportunities.

Course Content

Module 1 – Your Personal Brand & LinkedIn Basics

Module 2 – Creating an Individual Profile

Module 3 – Using LinkedIn to Find a Job

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Aims and Objectives

This course is designed to help you achieve your goal of using LinkedIn to assist in your professional network, job search, and job application process. We’ll share many ‘tricks of the trade’ that will help you get the most out of this social media platform.

Pre-Requisites

None

Finance Options

Wherever possible our training is tailored to your needs. The cost of our training programmes depend on the course(s) you choose and varies according to duration and breadth. Rest assured we have a number of payment options available to ensure the cost of training is affordable and can be worked alongside your other financial commitments. Common ways people fund their training include: –

Self-Funded:

  • Flexible payment plans to help you spread the cost* available at many of our centres;
  • You could opt to pay upfront.

Company Funded:

Requesting funding from your employers needn’t be a daunting task. Many employers support and encourage their employees with their professional development and consider it a worthwhile investment to fund any training required.

What we can help with:

  • Providing a comprehensive training programme outlining learning outcomes
  • Tailored personnel letters
  • Communication with finance departments to arrange payment options (upfront or payment plan*).

Funding & Grants:

There may be the opportunity to apply for funded grants that can help towards the cost of training. These include the Skills Development Scotland ITAs and the ReAct programme in Wales. All schemes will have different terms and conditions that will need to be met in order to qualify for a grant and these are managed by each individual centre.

We’d recommend you speak to a Course Advisor in your local centre to find out whether they are registered to offer any such schemes and discuss your requirements further.

* Terms and Conditions apply. Speak to a Course Advisor for full information on the options available to you.

Career Path

This course isn’t linked to any career in particular. Instead, it is designed to help you build your network and find a rewarding career leveraging the power of this business networking platform. In the 21st century, your LinkedIn profile is your calling card!

What’s the Difference?

We offer a range of training packages in a range of subject areas and can offer blended learning opportunities to best meet your needs.

Our courses are practical in nature and focus on a single subject and can last anywhere from a few hours to a few days.

Diplomas are designed to give you a complete skillset mapped to a specific career path and contain a number of core and elective courses.