The Prime Minister & Your LinkedIn Profile

Have you heard of Eton?

If you're from the UK, you're likely familiar with Eton. If not, you might think I'm referring to the dessert made of strawberries, cream, and meringue.

Just to clarify, Eton is also a prestigious private school, and rarely is it a mess.

It’s where all the politicians, lords, ladies and even some royalty send their teenage boys to get an education.

In fact, a grand total of 20 of our Prime Ministers went to Eton - that’s around 40%!

Now, as you can imagine, it’s a pretty good school. And at a cost of £46,000 a year, you’d expect it to be!

Grades are high, with 94% achieving grades A-A*.

It looks a bit like something out of Harry Potter too…

But the stellar education isn’t the only reason people send their young men to Eton.

What’s the other reason?

Connections!

You see, these people understand something really important.

Your network matters.

The people you know, build relationships with and connect with can have a huge impact on your future.

Many a business deal, political partnership and fruitful opportunity has come from the connections people made during their time at Eton.

Want to be best buddies with a future Prime Minister? Want connections in the banking world? Eton is your answer.

Now, most people don’t get to go to Eton. But we can all learn something from them just the same.

Whatever line of work you’re in, who you know matters. Build your network, make connections and cultivate positive relationships with the right people, and see how your world changes.

Over here at CVIA Towers, we constantly talk about the virtues of personal branding and networking, and one of the key places to connect with people and build your personal brand is on LinkedIn.

That’s why having a well-crafted LinkedIn profile is really important for career progression, job seeking and even just going about your everyday work activities.

So how about you?

What do you do to get yourself out there in front of the right people? How do you build connections with those who have the power to take you to the next level?

I’d love to hear your stories…

Oh, and if you fancy having one of our expert Personal Branding Specialists confidentially take a look at your LinkedIn profile (or CV), just send through your documents (might be useful to send us your LinkedIn URL) to [email protected] and we’ll be in touch with some 1-2-1 feedback.