Archive for December, 2009
Thursday, December 31st, 2009
A few weeks ago I started to get emails from people asking me what I thought about the new LinkedIn interface.
Huh?
I didn't have a new LinkedIn interface.
Now I do, though.
Two thumbs up. I like everything about it. It feels cleaner, it seems there's more room, and it focuses on my ...
Posted in Using LinkedIn | 4 Comments »
Wednesday, December 30th, 2009
TechCrunch has a post on The Top Ten IPO Candidates For 2010. LinkedIn is one of the suggestions (it is #3 on the list, although I'm not sure that the list is in any order).
Erick Schonfeld (@erickschonfeld) writes:
>> The other social network,
Very interesting that this is "the other one." ...
Posted in LinkedIn News | 1 Comment »
Monday, December 28th, 2009
I know, it isn't Thanksgiving ... but I wanted to write and thank each of you for your support, your readership, and your evangelism.
Many of you know my journey here (and on JibberJobber) started from a miserable job search. There have been tough times - tough financially, socially, etc. But ...
Posted in Using LinkedIn | 1 Comment »
Wednesday, December 23rd, 2009
Last week I wrote Think Like a Recruiter while on LinkedIn, and Bill Kerschbaum asked:
So what are the advantages to contacting someone outside of LinkedIn, in your opinion?
Well, thanks for asking Bill :p
I remember seeing things in LinkedIn where they suggest that sending messages THROUGH LinkedIn will get you better ...
Posted in Using LinkedIn | 2 Comments »
Monday, December 21st, 2009
Last week I wrote Think Like a Recruiter While on LinkedIn and got a terrific suggestion from Don (second comment):
... if there are a few different possible email address structures for a company (i.e. Microsoft has so many employees, they have had to expand/change their email structure – firstname.lastname or ...
Posted in Using LinkedIn | No Comments »
Friday, December 18th, 2009
In the last post I talked about how to cheat the system by joining Groups (in regards to contacting people you find on LinkedIn).
Here's another tactic, though, which I've used. When I find a target contact I will use the internal messaging if I have to. I like LinkedIn Introductions, ...
Posted in LinkedIn Companies, LinkedIn Introductions, LinkedIn Profiles, Using LinkedIn | 6 Comments »
Wednesday, December 16th, 2009
Last week I wrote about LinkedIn Companies, and the work I'm doing prospecting people on LinkedIn.
I was comped an upgraded account on LinkedIn (thanks LinkedIn!) and have really loved it... I have the ability to communicate with people I'm not connected with quickly, easily and immediately.
However, if you don't have ...
Posted in LinkedIn Groups, LinkedIn Introductions, Using LinkedIn | 6 Comments »
Monday, December 14th, 2009
Last week I blogged about using LinkedIn Companies to find relevant contacts.
It made me think about one of the options I regularly use when I get search results on LinkedIn. Check out the option I find myself choosing almost all the time:
I used to do just "Relationship," which is, show ...
Posted in LinkedIn Profiles, LinkedIn Recommendations, Using LinkedIn | No Comments »
Friday, December 11th, 2009
This last week I've been working on "business development," or looking for key contacts in industries and companies that I want to communicate with.
Specifically, I'm looking for channel partners to help me move forward with my outplacement offering. I should say, it's more of an alternative, or even a supplement, ...
Posted in LinkedIn Companies, Using LinkedIn | 3 Comments »
Tuesday, December 8th, 2009
I just got an email from the chairma of Ecademy:
I've not really paid much attention to Ecademy... it is a European professional network. The two things I think I know about Ecademy are:
There are lots of small businesses there promoting their stuff (hawking their warez). This is quite a big ...
Posted in social networking | 11 Comments »
