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4a. LinkedIn Positions - HP, HPE, DXC, and Micro Focus
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
Check your LinkedIn profile. 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.
hpalumni.org/LinkedIn
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. LinkedIn trap: It is easy to wind up listing a position that looks like a fake, such as employment at Hewlett Packard Enterprise before Nov 1, 2015 -- before that legal entity existed.
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.
At times, HP temporarily changes the logo used on social media -- for example, a
"rainbow" version of the logo was used in June 2022.
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 on LinkedIn were
taken over by HPE.)
Note that the company name is "Hewlett Packard Enterprise" -- singular,
not plural, and no hyphen. <smile> Here's the
internal training video
DXC Technology:
Enter "DXC Technology" -- and select it twice -- for
the official company page and logo. (Don't enter just "DXC"
-- you get a blank logo.)
Micro Focus: Enter the full company name with the space between
the words -- "Micro Focus" -- and select it twice.
Key date: HPE Software spinoff and merger -- September 1, 2017
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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(HP Labs is part of HP Inc;
Hewlett Packard Labs
is part of Hewlett Packard Enterprise.)
(HP Labs is part of HP Inc;
Hewlett Packard Labs
is part of Hewlett Packard Enterprise.)
Key date: Nov 1, 2015 -- HPE opened for business.
Key Date: April 3, 2017 -- HPES spinoff and merger completed with
Computer Sciences Corporation; renamed DXC Technology.
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