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Informational session on the topic of “LinkedIn: Corporate Culture and Professional Networking” was held

On August 18, 2022, an informational session was held for AmCham members and mentees of the AmCham Mentors Club 3 project on the topic of “LinkedIn: Corporate Culture and Professional Networking”.

The speaker of the session will be Bektur Elebesov, Apprentice Software Engineer at LinkedIn.

LinkedIn is the world’s largest professional contact network. LinkedIn was created in 2002, and quickly became popular with professionals from all over the world. Now it has registered more than 400 million private and corporate accounts from 200 countries. With LinkedIn, you can find the right job or internship, build and strengthen professional relationships, and learn the skills you need to succeed in your career. Global reach allows you to focus on personnel and workplaces around the world.

During the session, Bektur shared more about the role of LinkedIn in professional networks and how this platform is fundamentally different from other popular social networks, what need to pay attention to when filling out a profile in order to increase attractiveness and efficiency, and how the company’s corporate culture works.

Bektur shared helpful tips on fine-tuning your LinkedIn profile. To increase the attractiveness and efficiency of your account, you need to be careful about setting up your profile. You should start personalizing your account by downloading the photo. It is better to use a real image with a serious and consistent style. If you are a specialist in the creative field, then you can experiment with bolder and more creative options. It is also necessary to try to fill in all additional information, such as profession, education, language skills and participation in projects. If you are interested in finding business contacts internationally, then this social network provides the opportunity to create a version of the page in another language. Publishing articles and joining thematic communities is a great opportunity to effectively promote a personal or corporate brand.

LinkedIn is not only a platform for establishing connections, but also a marketing platform for promoting not only the company, but also its employees. Creating a profile to optimize it provides an opportunity to reach, identify and target prospects and audiences, which helps grow the business.

This info session is being implemented within the framework of the project “AmCham Mentors Club 3” by the American Chamber of Commerce in the Kyrgyz Republic with the support of the U.S. Embassy in Kyrgyzstan.

We thank Bektur Elebesov for conducting the session, as well as the guests for their active participation!