PGDM department organised a Guest Session on “Power of LinkedIn” on 25 th Feb 2023 for
PGDM batch (2022-24) students by Ms Konark Adlakha, Global Learning Support
Specialist, Signify JIMS Alumni of PGDM batch (2016-18). The aim of this session was to
create awareness and to provide guidance regarding managing your LinkedIn Account
professionally.
The session began with the brief introduction of Ms. Konark Adlakha where she shared some
insights about her career.
Then Ms. Adlakha introduced about LinkedIn to the students which helps people to grow
personally and professionally in their career. She further added that the purpose of using
LinkedIn is to build connections with the corporate world which will not only help to expand
your leads but will also provide opportunities to get the right job and internship. It helps to
enhance our knowledge and skills as LinkedIn offers number of free courses along with the
certifications for a better reach. She added it can also be used to organize online, offline
events, to write articles and blogs which will help individuals to prepare themselves for the
corporate world.
She explained that LinkedIn should be used by individuals who are looking for jobs,
internships, entrepreneurs who want to expand their business, corporate companies for wide
reach. She further added that the steps to get started on LinkedIn are – to create your profile,
build network, find job, participate in conversations and post content on LinkedIn which will
eventually help an individual to manage their personal brand. She said that it is a great way
of displaying a general history of your professional experiences and achievements.
Last but not the least she asked some questions as follows: “What is your objective to gain
out of LinkedIn, What do you want to become (Future Job Profile), What are your Dream
Companies.” Many students responded the above questions. She guided students that either
they are going on right track, or not which created a sense of motivation and enthusiasm
among the students. Not only this, at last she provided insights about hers LinkedIn account
which create a good amount of awareness among the students to manage their LinkedIn
account professionally for a bright career.
She concluded saying complete Linkedln profile can help up to connect with the opportunity.
All in all, the session was very informative and enlightening.