Using LinkedIn like a Researcher
Last Friday's discussion about Using LinkedIn like a Researcher yielded rich insight into the interactional dynamics of the “system of things that interconnect” that is LinkedIn. We adopted the perspective of researchers by simulating user research and asking invited guests to walk us through things like:
We appreciated some posts designed to make others think “I’d really like to work with that person!”
To enact the crucial shift in thinking from using LinkedIn to "be found," and instead "finding things" I shared one of my favorite things to do when I am looking to connect with an organization: I learn what I can (as a discourse analyst) from how employees describe the work. What presuppositions can I notice? Any interesting use of referring terms? Who/what is being centered? How and why? What do I make of this?
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We talked about how to train LinkedIn’s algorithm, and why you will want to be mindful of settings so the site is bringing you only the kinds of information that you want, and so that great ideas and opportunities are constantly passively coming your way.? One of our guests shared the idea to find and follow favorite podcasts on the site as a way to be sure not to miss any discussions you might want to be having and people you would like to be having them with.
Great participant questions during discussion brought forward ideas like how to use LinkedIn in support of academic research. For example identifying advocacy, cultural, and community organizations who might be working with communities and issues that you do. Not only would they likely be able to help you identify research participants, they might well be interested in the results of your research and invested in helping you share your findings, but also might just might be great people to know in general, given that they have focused their own professional lives on a common interest /cause /social group!
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If all this sounds like the kind of conversation that you might like to be having for your own career in the next couple months, consider participating in one of Career Linguist’s summer offerings. Celestial Navigation (which will meet on Tuesdays, starting May 17) is all about building connections and networking, and Career Camp (meeting on Fridays, starting this Friday – May 13) is a great general orientation for anyone in the midst of career transition. ?
Linguist | Researcher | Instructor
2 年As someone who is still relatively new to LinkedIn and networking, I thought this webinar was really helpful. I appreciated the suggestions about creating and engaging with others' content and ways to reach out and connect with individuals/organizations with shared interests. The most valuable part for me was the advice on how to reach out to my network for help with my academic research. I've been struggling to find participants for my dissertation experiments, and as someone who isn't very active on social media, I wasn't sure if LinkedIn was an appropriate place to spread the word. Thanks to everyone who encouraged me go ahead and ask my network for help!
Editor & writer
2 年I use LinkedIn primarily to find groups whose members should want to know about books I have edited. Sometimes I use it to find individuals who should want to know about my own research findings. For example, I found a psycholinguistic aspect to the Russian-Ukrainian war. A LinkedIn search for the word "psycholinguistics" retrieves relevant People, Companies (Max Planck Institute), and Posts. The first Post listed is by Pamela Pompas. She is now an MA student at Tel Aviv University (where I share an office with Prof Shlomo Shoham). Pamela will want to know that I found a psycholinguistic aspect to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and she may want to help Sapir Handelman (Minds of Peace) solve that conflict.