Archive for the ‘Using LinkedIn’ Category
Tuesday, August 23rd, 2011
I've received emails from my first degree connections for a while. I am always curious to know how people do this. In the early days I had a note in my Summary that said something like "If you connect with me, I'm going to put you on my newsletter." I'd ...
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Monday, August 22nd, 2011
Many say they are :(
Check out this question on LinkedIn Answers: Has anyone else noticed that endorser names on LinkedIn recommendations have disappeared?
This could have been about a dozen different features that have disappeared.
I wonder where LinkedIn is headed - if they keep taking away functionality from free users they ...
Posted in LinkedIn for Job Seekers, LinkedIn News, Using LinkedIn | 5 Comments »
Friday, August 19th, 2011
Here's a quick change I just made on my Profile.
I switched from Constant Contact to iContact (because a friend worked there - he doesn't anymore), and finally just moved my "newsletter" to my LinkedIn Group (where I can send an "announcement" every 8 days).
So, I had to update the link ...
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Thursday, August 18th, 2011
I saw an interesting title on my LinkedIn Group and clicked over to learn more. Check out this biting title:
LinkedIn Pulled A Facebook And Messed With Your Info -- Here's How To Fix It
Wow. That is a strong accusation. Facebook has become notorious for screwing (there's not ...
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Monday, August 1st, 2011
Nick Corcodilos, Mr. Ask the Headhunter, wrote a long post about this button. He starts with:
I don’t know who I feel more sorry for: Job hunters or employers. LinkedIn has introduced a new button that lets you instantly apply for a job — no resume, no cover letter, no effort. It’s ...
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Wednesday, June 8th, 2011
Amber Mac wrote a short article on Fast Company with the five LinkedIn tips you didn' t know (see list here).
The good news? If you've been reading this blog, my LinkedIn book, or my LinkedIn DVD, you did know about them! Here they are (see her article for her thoughts ...
Posted in LinkedIn Applications, LinkedIn Groups, LinkedIn Maintenance, LinkedIn Profiles, Using LinkedIn | 1 Comment »
Monday, June 6th, 2011
Here's the other problem I see when people think they are sharing a link to their LinkedIn Profile. I see this about 40% of the time.
When you share your LinkedIn Profile URL with someone, many times you go into LinkedIn, click on Profile (top menu option) and then copy and ...
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Thursday, June 2nd, 2011
There are two common mistakes people make when sharing their LinkedIn Profile. One is that we share our "public profile" URL and assume people can see the entire profile.
How naive of us to think that's how it would work, right?
Actually, this is one of my pet peeves that I ...
Posted in LinkedIn Profiles, Using LinkedIn | 2 Comments »
Wednesday, May 18th, 2011
Check this out...
On JibberJobber we did this little trick where you can filter down on your network contacts doing a search like this:
lastname:alba
I have been used to doing this for the last year, and when I was on LinkedIn I wasn't thinking, and automatically did a search like this:
company:microsoft
Guess what? ...
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Tuesday, May 17th, 2011
Yesterday I posted about some spam I am getting - four by mid-afternoon yesterday - ugh!
Here's something I noticed... since I have a somewhat zero-tolerance policy on slimeball spammers, I go in and look for the connection to "remove"... One was from Alex V. Lambert (my apologies to anyone named ...
Posted in LinkedIn Connections, LinkedIn Maintenance, LinkedIn Spam, Using LinkedIn | 5 Comments »
