IT Community UzbekistanOngoing

Connect!

Free events and online programs about LinkedIn: a profile that reads well, a network that keeps growing and posts you actually publish.

Cost: Free for participants
Languages: Uzbek, English, Russian
Where: Universities and companies
Format: Offline events and online programs

About the project

Connect! is a program about presence on LinkedIn. Experts of international level work with university students and junior specialists on three things: a profile that reads well, a network that keeps growing and content that actually gets published.

A LinkedIn profile is the one page a recruiter, a client or a future co-founder opens first. It is free and works from a phone, so the only variable left is what you put in it. Knowing the platform is not the same as being visible on it, and the program takes people from an empty profile to a habit of showing up, one event and one small step at a time.

Why LinkedIn

The room where the professional world already is.

We want Uzbekistan to be part of the global professional community, in a place where you can see who is who, what people do and what they did before.

1 billionmembers worldwideA million of them are already from Uzbekistan.
200 millionsenior leadersIncluding 10 million people at C level.
55 millioncompaniesOut of the 70 million registered worldwide.

Three ways in

What Connect! is made of.

One live series, one competition and one bot that works in the background. You can join any of them without waiting for the others.

01
Connect! Tour
Events across universities and organisations: masterclasses, workshops and open question sessions run by people who use LinkedIn for hiring, freelancing and building teams. Running now, campus by campus.
02
Connect! Awards
A ceremony for the strongest LinkedIn profiles, pages and groups in the country. It shows what a good profile looks like with real examples instead of theory. Nominations open ahead of each ceremony.
03
Connect! Challenge
A Telegram bot that walks anyone through improving their profile step by step, free of charge. Small tasks at your own pace, with a visible result at the end. No event registration needed.

Quick check

Eight things that make a profile work.

01A clear photo of your face and a banner that says what you do
02A headline that names your field and what you are looking for
03An About section in your own voice, not copied from a CV
04Experience described through results, including study projects
05Skills filled in and ordered by what you want to be found for
06More than 500 connections, most of them in your field
07At least one post a month about what you are working on
08Comments under other people’s posts, written as a professional

At every event

What happens in the room.

Nothing abstract. Participants leave with things they can apply on LinkedIn the same evening, and with people they did not know an hour earlier.

01
Masterclasses
Profile, network and content, explained by people who hire and get hired through LinkedIn.
02
Workshops
You edit your own profile on the spot, with help from the team.
03
Open questions
Sessions with recruiters and practitioners, with time for every question in the room.
04
Networking
Students and specialists from other companies and universities in one place.
05
Prizes
Interactive activities with prizes for the most active participants.

Who comes

Built for people at the start.

01University students choosing a direction
02Junior specialists who want the industry to know they exist
03Career changers of any age moving into technology

On the road

Where Connect! has already been.

The Tour started with one university and keeps moving. These campuses hosted Connect! events, and the list grows with every new host.

01American University of Technology
02AJOU University in Tashkent
03PDP University
04Millat Umidi University
05School 21 Tashkent
06Najot Ta’lim
07Your universityNext stop

Contact

Bring Connect! to your campus or company.

Hosting an event, supporting the program or speaking at one of the sessions. Write to Jakhongir Olimjonov, the Connect! project lead, and we will answer.

Write on Telegram