Making Contacts & Using LinkedIn

Learn more about how making contacts and networking can be valuable for your career.

Making contacts and using platforms such as LinkedIn can be valuable, whether it's to help you research possible career options, find out more about an employer or ask for advice and insights from people working in areas that interest you.

On this page, you can find both Careers Service and external events on making contacts, networking and using LinkedIn. We also work closely with top graduate employers who offer events specifically for Newcastle University students.

See below for details of upcoming live events. You can also find recordings from previous events and webinars below.

Upcoming events

Events will be listed by date below. Clicking on each link below will take you to MyCareer for more details and to find out how to attend.

NCL Careers Workshop - Developing your LinkedIn Profile
This is a in person practiced based workshop run by the Newcastle University Careers Service as part of LinkedIn Week!
Start Date: 13:00 09-Oct-2023
Henry Daysh HDB.1.14.PC
Event Type: Making Contacts & Using LinkedIn

published on: Tue, 19 Sep 2023 12:50:00 GMT
NCL Careers Workshop - Get inspired using LinkedIn
This is a in person practiced based workshop run by the Newcastle University Careers Service as part of LinkedIn Week!
Start Date: 13:00 10-Oct-2023
Henry Daysh HDB.1.14.PC
Event Type: Making Contacts & Using LinkedIn

published on: Tue, 19 Sep 2023 13:05:00 GMT
Making Connections using LinkedIn
This is a in person practiced based workshop run by the Newcastle University Careers Service as part of LinkedIn Week!
Start Date: 13:00 11-Oct-2023
Henry Daysh HDB.1.14.PC
Event Type: Making Contacts & Using LinkedIn

published on: Tue, 19 Sep 2023 13:20:00 GMT
NCL Careers Workshop - Posting on LinkedIn 101
This is a in person practiced based workshop run by the Newcastle University Careers Service as part of LinkedIn Week!
Start Date: 14:00 12-Oct-2023
Barbara Strang BSTC.2.40.PC
Event Type: Making Contacts & Using LinkedIn

published on: Tue, 19 Sep 2023 14:20:00 GMT
NCL Careers Workshop - LinkedIn: the Basics
This is a in person information workshop run by the Newcastle University Careers Service hosted in King's Gate as part of LinkedIn week.
Start Date: 10:00 13-Oct-2023
Kings Gate Room 1.26
Event Type: Making Contacts & Using LinkedIn

published on: Tue, 19 Sep 2023 16:10:00 GMT
NCL Careers Webinar - LinkedIn: the Basics
This is a virtual Zoom webinar run by the Newcastle University Careers Service as part of LinkedIn week!
Start Date: 16:00 13-Oct-2023
Online
Event Type: Making Contacts & Using LinkedIn

published on: Tue, 19 Sep 2023 16:15:00 GMT
NCL Careers Webinar - LinkedIn: the Basics
This is a virtual webinar via Zoom run by the Newcastle University Careers Service.
Start Date: 13:00 08-Nov-2023
Online
Event Type: Making Contacts & Using LinkedIn

published on: Fri, 22 Sep 2023 17:50:00 GMT

Recorded events and webinars

This is where we'll post any recorded sessions and webinars, for you to watch in your own time.

Make the most of LinkedIn

Our series of tutorials on how to make the most of LinkedIn cover the following topics:

How to use LinkedIn

Watch our 12 minute LinkedIn presentation to learn how to:

maintain an effective LinkedIn profile
connect with employers
conduct useful career research
search for jobs and work experience