Archive for the ‘Using LinkedIn’ Category
Monday, October 4th, 2010
I am getting lots of emails from people who are having problems with exporting their contacts to a csv file. I think I've figured something out (a solution) although I'm not sure why the problem exists.
The problem is that when you export the file to a csv, and then you ...
Posted in LinkedIn Connections, Using LinkedIn | 4 Comments »
Friday, October 1st, 2010
I got a note from John Reinke, one of my favorite thinkers, who warns against a new, very prevalant spam email that looks like it is from LinkedIn but it is not.
Here's what it looks like in your inbox:
When you click on it, it looks totally legit (but it is ...
Posted in LinkedIn Spam, Using LinkedIn | No Comments »
Monday, September 20th, 2010
Tom Kenny asks in a comment on Friday's post:
"...I’d love to hear your thoughts on the back end (disconnecting) of networking. Because I wondering how there could be any value to dead wood LinkedIn connections…"
Good question.
I've blogged in various places about frequently disconnecting from "friends" on Facebook... I have a ...
Posted in LinkedIn Connections, Using LinkedIn | 5 Comments »
Friday, September 17th, 2010
You've heard it... you are only supposed to connect to people who you know, like and trust (or something like that).
Here's what LinkedIn says, in one place, about who you should connect with:
Somewhere they used to say that you know and trust, or maybe that's an urban legend. I'm too ...
Posted in LinkedIn Connections, Using LinkedIn | 7 Comments »
Thursday, September 9th, 2010
Just read an article on RecruitingBlogs by Hung Lee titled Who Owns Your LinkedIn Profile? What EVERYONE Needs To Know.
By the ominous title I'd suggest that you already know the answer... YOU DON'T.
Well, let's clarify that a bit. Lee's article is all about the ownership outside of LinkedIn's Terms of ...
Posted in social networking, Using LinkedIn | 6 Comments »
Friday, September 3rd, 2010
I get this regularly. I think this is poor logic and irresponsible connecting.
Just because we share a group means we should connect?
Please... please give me a better reason. Tell me how you found my Profile (same group - that's okay) and then tell me WHY it makes sense to connect.
I'd ...
Posted in LinkedIn Introductions, social networking, Using LinkedIn | 12 Comments »
Monday, August 30th, 2010
I read this post a few days ago: My Problem with LinkedIn.
The author (Tom Nixon) presents the idea that it's not really "the social network's fault," it's really our fault because we are using it wrong.
Tom suggests there are various types of LinkedIn users, including (see Tom's post for descriptions):
The ...
Posted in social networking, Using LinkedIn | No Comments »
Wednesday, August 25th, 2010
I'm always intrigued to see how a specific group uses or thinks about a tool.
Job seekers think about LinkedIn a certain way, while wondering if their target audience (hiring managers, business owners, recruiters, HR) will find them and see their stuff in the right light.
Recruiting Tools has a nice collection ...
Posted in LinkedIn for Job Seekers, Using LinkedIn | 3 Comments »
Wednesday, August 18th, 2010
I just saw a blog post by VirtualJobCoach (the first competitor I had with JibberJobber, and some very good people :)) titled "The Trouble with LinkedIn: Bigger is not better"
In the post they argue that if you get a bigger network you are playing the numbers game and NOT "really ...
Posted in social networking, Using LinkedIn | 9 Comments »
Friday, July 30th, 2010
I just got a note about this and had to check it out... when trying to log into LinkedIn, after you put your username and password in, you go to a security page (I'm guessing they'll streamline that later so it's all on one page):
My first thought was DANG, one ...
Posted in Using LinkedIn | 18 Comments »
