LinkedIn Citizenship & LinkedIn Leadership

LinkedIn is the largest, most developed, and the most trusted business social media platform and network globally. With more than 1 billion members, it is more crowded than lots of countries.

LinkedIn is a potent tool for visibility and work/social connections to reach our goals. You can find the chance of finding and connecting professionals, your target companies, learning/business networks and finding jobs through LinkedIn.

We are born in a nation and are citizens of that country. And it generally stays so. Only a few percent will change their citizenship. Those will do that as a choice of their own and typically to have better living and social conditions.

Everything is changing every moment. We get older and more experienced day by day. And LinkedIn citizenship is a type of evolution in this age. And it requires adaptation to these changing environments and new horizons.

LinkedIn citizenship has some similarities and also differences from our citizenships. It is something like being in a benign nation, generally led by professionals of their paths. Yes, it is a virtual nation, but they exist and if you find a volunteer to answer your needs, you’ll be like “found a treasure”. We can’t generalize because all citizens are not good nor effective.

At this point, being a good (responsible) or bad LinkedIn citizen requires different criteria, such as activeness. But laziness or lack of respect is considered as behaviors of bad citizens. Yes, at first it may seem strange but being lazy or active differs very much in the LinkedIn world.

Let’s give another general example related to this; to learn, educate, and share. All these are also related to our self-discipline and our understanding of responsibility. What we share should contribute to the community if we are good (responsible) citizens.

If we see it as a game, the more responsible you are in this virtual world, the more leadership level you gain. Favors generate more favors.

In addition to these fundamentals, try to realize the following ways to improve your LinkedIn citizenship and help LinkedIn remain a worthwhile community.

We should carry out open and honest dialogs, conversations. Disagreement may be constructive if it contains respect.

LinkedIn is mainly for professionals and conversations about business. So, we should try for creativity here. We should add insight (their viewpoint) to curated content. Then we can be more effective citizens.

When only links are shared, eventually you`re seen as a serial curator - busy, but not a highly valued contributor.
- Chris Arlen

If you are a responsible LinkedIn citizen, then you possibly;

• Relate with others,
• Publish original posts/articles,
• You “Like” other people’s posts,
• Work for networking and initiating (not only accepting, also inviting),
• Commenting (constructive and positive, not attacking)
• Developing diversity (different professional expertise),
• Respect each other unconditionally (as a human being)… etc.

LinkedIn is so large that it is impossible to comprehend in just an article. These are to show the door to go deeper inside LinkedIn. So, other than the previous fields you should go on with all the details you can to reach your goals.

Improving LinkedIn citizenship and your LinkedIn profile is arduous. It can be challenging to manage this process without technical and professional support. For much more than what is described in this article (LinkedIn account setup, resume creation, interview tips, and mock interview, and more), you can get support by contacting Korrogo Career Good luck.