Learn strategies and techniques for conducting a job search using LinkedIn as a branding and marketing tool with LinkedIn expert Marc W. Halpert. Topics will include using LinkedIn to: show your expertise in the best light to complement your resume; research companies and their hiring managers; apply for jobs listed on LinkedIn; and how to leverage groups, recommendations and the free applications to get hired. Bring your questions. This program will take place Thursday, March 29 at 7 pm at the Main Library, 1080 Old Post Road.
As a special extra, Regina Madwed of CapitolPhoto Interactive will offer professional, studio-quality headshots at this event for $26.60, cash or check only. Please call to register for the LinkedIn event and to request a headshot. Sign in upon arrival to receive a time slot, space is limited. First come, first served.
In his Fairfield-based business, Connect2Collaborate, Halpert uses his LinkedIn evangelism to train and coach others. He uses his specialized social networking skills to assist nonprofits, entrepreneurs, small businesses, students and jobseekers. He is a frequent speaker on LinkedIn topics locally and nationally.
This talk is part of the Library’s award-winning weekly speaker series, Jobs 2012, now in its third year. The talks are supplemented by the Library’s Friday morning networking group, a LinkedIn networking group, one-on-one career counseling sessions, Job Search Boot Camp, podcast recordings of over 100 past presentations online (www.fairfieldpubliclibrary.org), and an updated collection of job-hunting books.
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All programs at the Fairfield Public Library are free. Register online at www.fairfieldpubliclibrary.org or for more information call 203-256-3160. Follow the Fairfield Public Library on Twitter: www.twitter.com/fairfieldpublib and Facebook: www.facebook.com/fairfieldlibrary.
