Articles by John Hill
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I often get quizzical looks when I tell people my title, Higher Education Evangelist at LinkedIn. It is indeed a unique role within the company, one that I feel incredibly lucky to have. I spend my days speaking to higher education audiences about social media (particularly LinkedIn) while wearing sweater vests (to pay homage to Silicon Valley I’ve added the hoodie). Specifically, I help professionals in higher education understand how to better utilize LinkedIn to communicate, build community, engage alumni, qualify fundraising leads and redefine the job search to students and alumni.
How do I accomplish this? Through lots of travel and countless speaking engagements during which I passionately champion LinkedIn as a “directory of dreams” to everyone I meet. The best part is that I have the opportunity to meet incredible professionals and hear their stories.
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- LinkedIn for Students
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You may have heard that students are the fastest growing demographic on LinkedIn. There are currently 20 million students and recent graduates from around the world on LinkedIn today, and we couldn’t be more excited about the opportunity to help these aspiring professionals manage and build their career paths.
As part of our ongoing efforts to help students and alumni fulfill their career goals, we’ve been working closely with select higher education institutions to better understand the needs of students and alumni as they start and continue thinking about building their professional identities. The College Pilot Program also aims to provide participating schools with various tools and access to LinkedIn’s products, which will help their alumni and career services teams to better support students and alumni with career development and to help the schools build stronger alumni networks.
- Topics:
- LinkedIn for Students
