Download - Privacy and Settings page REV4-15-16
To access settings, hover your cursor over your photo in the upper right portion of the screen. Choose “Privacy & Settings”
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Scroll to the Bottom of the page
Click here
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“Manage who you’re blocking.” You can add those people in your network
that you work for or work with so they don’t get any information about your
activity on LinkedIn.
“Select who can see your connections.” There are many schools of
thought on this. You open up your connections to spammers. But from a job
search perspective, it can be good for a future employer to see who you know
in common and who of your connections might impress them. Your call!
“Select what others see when you’ve viewed their profile.” Talk to your
career coach about what might be best in your situation. I recommend
showing your full profile so potential employers know you’ve been doing your
research, and this makes it easier for them to connect to you.
“Select who can see your activity feed.” If you want to block future
employers from seeing your updates, then unclick “Your Network.” Your
network refers to all the people who know all the people who know all your
connections.
Most of what you want for privacy
(to avoid telegraphing you are
looking for a job) can be found on
the Profile tab. Click this.
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“Turn on/off your activity broadcasts.” Uncheck thebox when you are making a lot of changes to your profile, so it doesn’t appear as if you are getting readyto look for a job (and 2. it annoys people to have allthese updates in their news feed)
See the next page for other settings that will be useful to you as you use LinkedIn
Once on this page, click on
the “Profile” tab in the lower
left portion of the screen
You can also control who is notified about changes to your profile right on your profile page, convenient when you are making the actual changes. Just click on the button that says “No” and it will toggle between Yes and No. You want to choose No.
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Now, click on the “Communication” tab in the lower left portion of your screen.
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Click here
Choosing “Anyone on LinkedIn” will insert abuttonon your profile to allow people to connect with you. Otherwise they are forced to send you an “InMail” which is an extra step many people will not take. Now is the time to add connections!