LINKEDUP LABS
The LinkedIn Labs have been highly successful in equipping students with the skills and confidence needed to enhance their job market visibility.
Through these labs, students learned key resume elements, tailored their resumes to specific job postings, optimized their LinkedIn profiles, and built a professional network, resulting in updated and polished profiles that effectively showcased their achievements and value to potential employers, ultimately increasing their chances of success in the competitive job market.
Type: VILT, ILT
ID Model: Gagne's Nine Events of Instruction, ADDIE
Tools: Powerpoint, LinkedIn
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BACKGROUND INFORMATION
The Resume and LinkedIn Labs were developed to assist learners in enhancing their resumes and LinkedIn profiles to effectively present their skills and achievements to potential employers, aiming to increase their visibility in the job market and boost their self-assurance.
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CHALLENGE
It was challenging to compile all of the updated trends for the LinkedIn platform in the current job economy (specifically in the tech sectors). Building the activities with clarity was the most important, so the instructions were most important since learners complete this 2-part Lab asynchronously.
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INSIGHT
Learners needed guidance on structuring and formatting their LinkedIn profiles to attract employers and network effectively. The original intention was for learners to meet the MVP requirement for career services, but through research, additional components were integrated for a full profile-building experience for learners.
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TARGET AUDIENCE
Tech bootcamp leaners
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STRATEGY
The design strategy of this two-part, hands-on Lab aimed to empower learners with the skills and confidence necessary to effectively showcase their role achievements, media, features, portfolio, URL, headline, skills, and certifications in a crowded job market. By the end of the labs, learners would have updated and polished LinkedIn profiles that accurately represent why they should be hired for the role(s) they apply to.