Course Overview
If you’re looking for a job or to network and connect with other professionals in the industry, then having a profile on LinkedIn will be helpful to you! LinkedIn is the world’s largest professional network on the internet.
In this workshop, you will learn how to create or update your LinkedIn profile. A LinkedIn profile showcases your unique professional story and brand. It details your experience, skills, and education.
LinkedIn regularly adds features to increase its capabilities as a personal marketing platform and gives you new ways to signal your skills, knowledge, and motivations. In this workshop we will help you find new ways to build your personal brand on LinkedIn.
By the end of the workshop, you will know how to confidently create or update your LinkedIn profile, how to promote yourself and how to find job opportunities.
This course is part of our Employment Readiness Program. The Macquarie Community College (MCC) Careers Centre can provide you with professional careers guidance and help you jump on the pathway to your next job!
We recommend that you take the first step to becoming work ready and undertake an ERS Career Development Assessment using the Employment Readiness Scale™ (ERS) tool. The ERS is an online self-assessment tool that measures how ready you are for work, identifies gaps in work readiness, creates action plans to move you towards becoming work ready and makes referrals to programs and services to help you find work.
Where to from here? After this course, the next step in the Employment Readiness Program is to work on the skill gaps that have been identified. Our 1 day job ready workshops are perfect for all abilities and include:
- Career Decision Making – Career Planning
- Job Skills Match
- Skills Profile and Skills in Demand
- Write a Winning Resume
- Write a Winning Cover Letter
- Winning Interview Skills
- Mock Interview Superstar
- Reflect on Past Successes
- Self Esteem and Confidence Building
- Transition to Work after a Long Absence
Macquarie Community College operates from a range of venues across Northern and Western Sydney. We have campuses in Blacktown, Carlingford, Chatswood, Epping, Mt Druitt, Richmond, and Ryde. Enrol now!
What you will learn
Course outline
In this workshop you will learn how to:
- Create a LinkedIn profile
- Review your LinkedIn profile
- Explore informative and persuasive texts to better market yourself
- Explore your branding preferences
- Explore and compare job advertisements and branding
- Believe in your career options and showcase yourself
Course outcome
By the end of the workshop, you will know how to use LinkedIn to confidently create or update your LinkedIn profile, promote yourself and find job opportunities.
At the end of the course, you will be issued a Statement of Attainment for the units where competency has been achieved.
What is involved
Time commitment
This course involves 3-4 hours of face to face classroom delivery.
Assessment
Assessment (including recognition of prior learning) must:
- Meet the requirements of the relevant training package or accredited course, and
- Be conducted in accordance with the principles of assessment and the rules of evidence, and
- Meet workplace and, where relevant, regulatory requirements.
For this course assessment will entail the following:
- You will be assessed throughout the term on the skills and knowledge that you have learned during the course. You will be told when assessments are to take place. You will complete written and oral communication tasks, practical tasks and the assessor will observe your class participation.
What you need to know
Entry requirements
An appropriate level of language, literacy and numeracy (LLN) skills are required to enrol in this course. Macquarie Community College may conduct an LLN assessment as part of the pre enrolment process.
What you need to provide
- All course material is provided and inclusive with course fees
- Notepad and pen
For remote learning online Zoom classes students will need a stable internet connection on computer or laptop to participate.
Fees and government subsidies
The NSW Government’s Adult and Community Education (ACE) Program provides affordable, local training and education to NSW communities. Under the ACE program, participants, employers, delivery partners and providers and the government collaborate to improve learning outcomes for learners and meet community training needs.
The ACE Program will also offer support to small business owners and their staff by providing fully subsidised accredited and non-accredited training in targeted courses in information technology, business services or foundation skills.
*Eligibility criteria apply. This training is fully subsidised by the NSW Government, and as a result your fee is determined through Training Services NSW formal eligibility criteria.
Students will need to supply the required evidence in accord with the requirements of Smart and Skilled eligibility.
- Eligible for Subsidised Training: Fee-Free
- Not Eligible for Subsidised Training: Price on Application
If you're a prospective student, employer or service provider please visit: https://www.macquarie.nsw.edu.au/adult-and-community-education/ for more information where you will find everything you need to know about the ACE program before you enrol.
Contact us today or call on 1300 845 888 to check your eligibility.
What you can do next
Career pathway
After successfully completing this session, the next step in the Employment Readiness Program is to continue working on the skill gaps that have been identified. Our 1 day job ready workshops are perfect for all abilities and include:
- ERS Career Development Assessment
- Career Decision Making – Career Planning
- Job Skills Match
- Skills Profile and Skills in Demand
- Write a Winning Resume
- Write a Winning Cover Letter
- Winning Interview Skills
- Mock Interview Superstar
- Reflect on Past Successes
- Self Esteem and Confidence Building
- Transition to Work after a Long Absence
