Workshop 1: Understanding LinkedIn and how to create a professional profile

Want to know more about LinkedIn?

JFA Purple Orange is running free digital skills workshops for people with disability. The workshops are funded through the South Australian Government’s Digital Inclusion grants program.

This online workshop will introduce you to LinkedIn. LinkedIn is a website for work and professional connections. You can use LinkedIn to:

• Show your skills and experience

• Connect with other people and organisations

• Find chances to do advocacy, volunteering, or work

LinkedIn may not be useful for everyone. For example, if you work in a trade or a community job, you may not need LinkedIn. This workshop will help you decide if LinkedIn is right for you.

This is Workshop 1 of our Series 3 ‘Getting started on LinkedIn’ workshops.

What we’ll cover:

• What LinkedIn is, and how it is different from Facebook or Instagram

• How to stay safe and use privacy settings

• How to create your profile, including:

  • Profile photo

  • Headline (a short sentence about yourself)

  • Bio (About section)

  • Experience (jobs, volunteering, advocacy, or caregiving)

  • Skills and endorsements

  • Education and training

• How to follow, connect, and post

• Examples of people with disability using LinkedIn

• How to find work, volunteering and learning opportunities

This workshop is for people with disability of all experience levels.

Registrations close at midnight on Sunday 23 November 2025.

The full ‘Getting started on LinkedIn’ series includes:

• Workshop 1: Getting started on LinkedIn (online)

• Workshop 2: LinkedIn headshot session (in-person, January 2026, details to come)

You can come to one or both workshops.

Digital Skills Workshops

Other workshops series will cover:

• Series 1: Advocacy and storytelling through social media (registrations open)

• Series 2: Learn to create your own vox pop (registrations open from end September)

• Series 3: Getting started on LinkedIn (registrations open from mid October)

You can register for any sessions that interest you — no experience required. Please register separately for each workshop or session. Visit our workshop series page.

The workshops will be mostly online, with some in-person events.

Accessibility

• This workshop includes a PowerPoint presentation, videos, and group discussions. When you register, please let us know if you have any learning/accessibility requirements to participate in these activities (E.g. hearing impairment, dyslexia, etc)

• Presentations and resources will be shared before the session

• Live Zoom session with accessibility features

• You can take part in a way that works for you — speak, use the chat, or just listen

• The session will be recorded and shared with participants

• You can tell us your access needs when you register

• Register online, by phone at 8373 8388, or by email at media@juliafarr.org.au

• A contact person will be available to answer questions before the event

This workshop was co-designed with people with disability and is presented by JFA Purple Orange.

Email: media@juliafarr.org.au
Call: 8373 8388