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4c. LinkedIn Positions - Compaq
Steps: 1. LinkedIn tips and traps 2. Check account settings 3. Optimize profile 4. Optimize positions 5. Use networking features 6. Get the emails you want
Even if not currently looking, you need a strong, credible LinkedIn profile. Reconnect with people who know your work. Be found for your specialty and background by AI, recruiters, and managers. Your profile may look bogus -- most HP positions were changed to HPE; the LinkedIn company selector has trouble with "Hewlett-Packard" and "EDS." Member advice on settings, networking, emails.
Edit your profile to pick the right company from similarly-named companies in LinkedIn's database.
Before making changes, be sure to turn off the share with network feature -- unless you want your current managers and co-workers to find out that you are on the move.
Especially easy to wind up with the wrong "Compaq" on an old position.
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Compaq: Either... 1. Enter "Compaq Computer Corporation" -- and select it twice -- to get the "Q" Compaq logo. or 2. Spell out "Compaq" and stop there -- and select it twice -- to get "Compaq" and the HP/Compaq logo. LinkedIn displays other companies that are not the real Compaq. - "Compaq Computers" with no logo is a 34-person company in Ohio. - "Compaq Computer Holdings Limited" has no employees. - "Compaq International" is a cable manufacturer in India. - "Compaq Comptuer" [sic] is a house in Connecticut. Key date: May 6, 2002 -- legal merger completed. (Compaq brandname used for some PCs and PC accessories for several years.) |
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Hewlett-Packard or HPInc: Enter "HP" -- and select it twice -- for the official HP company page and logo. Do not enter "HP Inc" or "Hewlett-Packard" -- with or without the hyphen. If you enter "Hewlett Packard" without the hyphen, the wordless green-rectangle logo with "Hewlett Packard Enterprise" as employer comes up. "Hewlett-Packard" -- with the hyphen -- is not listed as an employer in the LinkedIn company database. "HP UK" includes people from all over the world. Even if in the UK, not a good company to use -- a recruiter may not find you. Indicate your UK work location in the entry for the position. Key date: Nov 1, 2015 -- renamed "HP Inc" after the HPInc/HPE separation. |
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HPE: Enter "Hewlett Packard" -- and select it twice -- for the official HPE company page and logo to get the wordless green-rectangle logo with "Hewlett Packard Enterprise" as employer. (The HP name and logo were taken over by HPE.)
Note that the company name is "Hewlett Packard Enterprise" -- singular,
not plural, and no hyphen. <smile> Here's the
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If LinkedIn doesn't have a company page for what you enter, settle for the blank gray logo -- as long as the phrase isn't too similar to the name of one of the companies in LinkedIn's company database. This is not recommended for variations of HP, HPE, EDS, etc. Recruiters who are looking for people from a particular company because of product knowledge, process experience, or culture may not find you -- and if they do find you, may think that your profile is a fake. |
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