Archive for the ‘Using LinkedIn’ Category
Monday, September 1st, 2008
I get a lot of invitations. Right now I'm accepting a bunch from my two weeks out of town. When I'm NOT lazy I try and take a few seconds and let people know who I am, what I do, how I do it, etc.
How? Simple. Instead of doing a ...
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Thursday, August 7th, 2008
Earlier this week I saw a huge storm brewing about an e-mail that some LinkedIn users were getting from LinkedIn. Basically, it said something like "you can only be in 50 Groups. Trim it down asap, or we'll do it for you."
Their logic is summed up by Adam Nash, LinkedIn ...
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Monday, August 4th, 2008
I got the funniest invitation today, and thought it was some bug in the system. Digging a tiny bit, it looks like there is another Jason Alba, who happens to be in the career space!
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Friday, August 1st, 2008
Interesting timing, considering my post on the JibberJobber blog titled LinkedIn Maintenance: Do This Right Now (or else?). Jay Deragon, author of The Relationship Economy, writes about LinkedIn's additions to their user agreement.
These are additions that could have a profound impact on your future use of LinkedIn:
Linkedin recently released an update to ...
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Thursday, July 31st, 2008
Just a quick disclaimer: I am NOT a LION :)
Have you wondered what this LION thing is? You'll usually see it next to someone's name... like this:
Jason Alba (LION)
or
Jason Alba [LION]
or, more common,
Jason Alba [LION 6,500+]
To see all kinds of renditions of this, just search LION in LinkedIn and you'll ...
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Thursday, July 24th, 2008
I came across a terrific article on job-hunt.org by Deb Dib, one of my JibberJobber Career Expert Partners. Deb works with high-end executives, and is passionate about what she does.
This article is terrific, and it's helpful for me to understand what someone like her, considering who her client is, needs ...
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Thursday, July 17th, 2008
When I speak or consult, I use my profile as a "bad example," and have some other favorites that I use as ideal examples. I really need to carve out an hour one of these days and just clean up my summary (perhaps on a flight, when I have hours ...
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Wednesday, July 2nd, 2008
On the JibberJobber blog I just wrote about a great write-up on Deb Dib's profile... in the company section!
The problem was that she went from a buyer at Macy's to an executive career coach... something I was trying to figure out. Was there something there she hadn't explained? Something she ...
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Monday, June 30th, 2008
Well, maybe not "lots of e-mails," but you will likely get e-mails as people join your group. Here's what they see when they join:
When you click on the "Please notify the group manager" link, it opens an e-mail with your e-mail client (one of my pet peeves on the Internet) ...
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Friday, June 6th, 2008
Harry Joiner has an excellent post recommending you get a video, post it on YouTube, and then link to it from your LinkedIn profile.... !
Brilliant!
He links to Susan McKenna's LinkedIn profile... to get to her video is the second link.
Harry's point applies whether you are a professional in a job ...
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