alternative career paths, transferable skills and
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Alternative career paths, transferable skills and upskilling for yourself and your colleagues: exploiting LinkedIn
English Australia AmSIG 21 Jan 2021
Clare McGrath ELT
FYI icons from https://www.flaticon.com/
au.linkedin.com social networking for work
* Are you already ‘LinkedIn’?> Write Y or N in the chat box.
• 2003• website, mobile apps• business and employment• in multiple languages• 700 million+ members
• subsidiary of Microsoft• 15000+ employees• revenue thru selling data to recruiters and
sales professionals
• account prefs, sign in & security, visibility, comms, data privacy, advertising data https://www.linkedin.com/help/linkedin/answer/66/managing-your-account-and-privacy-settings-overview
• email notifications: types, frequency https://www.linkedin.com/help/linkedin/answer/67
Where are we going here?
✓ How it works
✓What it looks like
✓What to think about
✓What to include
✓What to do / not do
• Make notes, take screen shots, as you choose
>> BORs?
* So, for those who already do, how do you use it?
* For those who used, why did you stop using it?
* For others, what impressions do you have of it?
> Write in the chat box, or unmute yourself.
* Open up your LinkedIn page, or go to au.linkedin.com
>> What it looks like
• Home – general feeds, what people have liked / commented on; promotions, etc
• My network – connections, contacts, who you follow, groups, events, etc
+ invitations * How selective?
• Jobs – search, recommended
• Messaging – personal, + promoted, sponsored
• Notifications – who’s doing what, wishes, congratulations, reactions, who’s looking for ~
• Me
• Work
>> Learning
one month free
Decisions 1
> sign up (member) > invite anyone (existing member or not) to ‘connect’ > post, read, comment, learn
* What do you want to get out of it?• a job?
• check out profiles of potential contacts / organisations?
• increase chances of selection for interview thru being checked out? (Ian P)
• ‘amplify your professional voice’? (Henno K)
• peer relationships?
• professional development?
• join specific LinkedIn groups?
• customer relationships B2C, networking B2B?
➢ profile (introduction card) –easier for people to make connections
• name
• profile photo
• background photo
• headline
• current position / future?
• education
• location
• contact info
Decisions 2
➢ photo – facehttps://www.linkedin.com/help/linkedin/answer/49960/add-or-change-the-background-photo-on-your-profile
* Notice anything different?
FYI 2nd = degrees of separation, ie Brett is a connection of one of my connections.
You only see posts from 1st and 2nd degree connections.
Decisions 3
➢ headline ie what you do / are, what you’re looking for
- default: editable, 120 characters
- job title, + hard skills
NB key words: easier to be found in searches; general (non-ELT?) but not too general
* So, how do you / would you describe yourself?
* How would you recommend others describe themselves?
>> staff workshop task? small group bouncing ideas, editing?
* Notice anything different?
FYI = LinkedIn premium
https://premium.linkedin.com/• InMail messages
• Who’s Viewed Your Profile
• LinkedIn Learning courses
• Interview preparation
• One-month free trial
Decisions 4
➢ summary ie overview of career + benefits of connecting with you
- text box below photo, 2000 wds max
- define self: career choices, achievements, …
* What do you predict are some key features?
- short, relevant, personalised
- motivation, strengths
- trajectory, logical progression
- what you’re open to and interested in
- no jargon or over-sell; cultural diffs?
* Think: how do you / would you summarise your trajectory?
* How could you help others summarise theirs?
>> staff workshop task? small group confab?
* Compare:• https://www.linkedin.com/in/clarepmcgrath/
• https://www.linkedin.com/in/claremanser/
• https://www.linkedin.com/in/ruthpower1/
https://business.linkedin.com/talent-solutions/blog/linkedin-best-practices/2016/7-linkedin-profile-summaries-that-we-love-and-how-to-boost-your-own#katrina
Useful: https://www.jobscan.co/blog/linkedin-summary-examples/
* Think: how would you answer these?
* What are some fields where our ELT teaching and management skills come into play? How would the Qs change?
> Write in the chat box.
* Any Qs / comments?
> Unmute yourself.
Decisions 5
➢ skills – featured
➢ endorsements by others (1st degree connections)
➢ recommendations by others – peers, clients, not necessarily your boss
* So, what skills can you highlight?
* How could you help others express theirs?
* Who can you approach for endorsements? Who would you endorse?
* Learn from:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/svetlana-lukovic-1629382/
https://www.linkedin.com/in/clare-magee-38602521/
>> See also
https://www.linkedin.com/help/linkedin/answer/31888/skill-endorsements-overview
Back to that Q:
What are some fields where our ELT teaching and management skills come into play?https://www.tefl.net/jobs/transferable-skills-teachers.php
* Compare, comment
* What’s not there?
> Write in the chat box, unmute yourselves
EG training (non-ELT, corporate), presentation skills, …
Some other thoughts…
• Which of these are transferable to teaching in other subjects / disciplines (non-ELT, higher education or otherwise)?
• How could this transfer of strategies and skills be facilitated?
• How about the skills and strategies you’ve acquired through connections with non-ELT teachers and academics?
• What’s happening in PD at your place re developing skills and strategies (as opposed to building awareness of content knowledge)?
Transferability of skills AusELT Twitter chat 2 June 2019 8.30pm AEST
• What skills did you bring with you when you began in ELT?
• Which ones have you developed along the way?
• What are the strategies and skills which ELTs generally need and use?
• What are some examples of these needed and used in another teaching context (non-ELT, higher education or otherwise)?
Thank you! And best wishes to all of you. xxx
+ Word of mouthhttps://learningandteaching-navitas.com/sibt-teaching-community-project/
• How can we extend the value we offer our teachers? How can we strengthen our teaching community?
• What professional development for teachers has the greatest impact on our students’ learning experience?
• How can we add to the value offered already through Navitas Learning and Teaching – and ensure we don’t duplicate work that is already happening?
• What can we learn from teacher training and methodologies outside the Australian Higher Ed sector? Specifically, what can we learn from the intensive teacher development undertaken by many ELICOS teachers at the start of their careers? This focusses on student-centric approaches and multi-lingual contexts which appeared to us to have great relevance in our pathway environment.
• Will these approaches be relevant across our disciplines? Can we build a common language to discuss teaching and share best practice?
• Will our teachers be interested and embrace this type of development? Will they find it valuable and relevant?
• How can we best understand our (largely casual) teacher experience? How best can we engage busy teachers who work for us, but also often also work for other universities or colleges and/or industry?
• How might we begin to measure any of this?
Links
• https://www.linkedin.com/help/linkedin/answer/66/managing-your-account-and-privacy-settings-overview
• https://www.linkedin.com/help/linkedin/answer/67
email notifications: types, frequency
• https://www.linkedin.com/help/linkedin/answer/92155
editing any fields displayed in introduction card in profile
• https://www.linkedin.com/help/linkedin/answer/49960/add-or-change-the-background-photo-on-your-profile
• https://www.jobscan.co/blog/linkedin-summary-examples/
• https://www.linkedin.com/help/linkedin/answer/31888/skill-endorsements-overview
• https://www.tefl.net/jobs/transferable-skills-teachers.php
• See also https://www.brandman.edu/news-and-events/blog/20-transferable-skills-alternative-career-choices-for-teachers
• https://www.linkedin.com/help/linkedin/topics/6001/6266
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