Archive for August, 2012
Thursday, August 30th, 2012
I am on a handful of Groups where my Discussion comments are moderated.
In general, I think it is ridiculous.
I want to see my comments fast, and I want to have the conversation build fast. If you have a bottleneck in comments getting posted (at the whim of the mood of ...
Posted in LinkedIn Groups, LinkedIn Spam | 2 Comments »
Wednesday, August 29th, 2012
Okay, I'm not a fan of the new Profile design, BUT this part is cool. I just went to a First Degree contact and clicked on Contact Info, thinking I was only going to get their websites (which is the only thing I've seen so far, until today)... and check ...
Posted in LinkedIn Profiles | No Comments »
Tuesday, August 28th, 2012
I got a message through LinkedIn from Marie-Claude on LinkedIn. I replied back to the email, which didn't work.
One of my biggest online pet-peeves is when I HAVE TO log into the system to respond. I hate that. It is very disrespectful to users.
Okay, fine.
I click on the Reply button ...
Posted in LinkedIn Profiles | No Comments »
Monday, August 27th, 2012
I was reading Sandy Jones-Kaminski's blog post: The New LinkedIn Profile: Why Your Summary Matters More Than Ever
Sandy is a networking nut. She wrote a book in my series titled I'm at a Networking Event--Now What??? (you can get the ebook version from here)
She makes a very good point. Since ...
Posted in LinkedIn Profiles, Using LinkedIn | 1 Comment »
Friday, August 24th, 2012
I have seen some links about the new Profile changes... here's one from the LA Times... which references a post from Donna Serdula.
Frankly, I don't like what I see.
Sorry LinkedIn.
Here's one of my major beefs... in the last week, as I've been prospecting people, I have to click on the ...
Posted in LinkedIn Profiles | No Comments »
Thursday, August 23rd, 2012
I just got an email from a professional resume writer and LinkedIn expert who asked if the Advanced People Search is going away - she can't see it anymore...
I hope not, but nothing LinkedIn does to their design/features surprises me anymore.
I tested it and I can still get there (click ...
Posted in Book Experience, LinkedIn Profiles, Using LinkedIn | 3 Comments »
Monday, August 13th, 2012
I don't want to write this post, but it has to be written. It's pretty scary.
Last week I was at a seminar put on by a headhunter. It was a pretty good learning experience.
At one point someone in the audience said he was in the security industry (not sure what ...
Posted in LinkedIn Profiles, Using LinkedIn | 1 Comment »
Friday, August 3rd, 2012
From a TechCrunch post reporting on earnings (I think):
The company’s growth numbers seem to back that up. LinkedIn added 13 million new members in the past quarter, bringing the total to 174 million members. It’s also seeing an average of 106 million unique visitors each month.
So, officially 174 "members."
I think ...
Posted in LinkedIn News | No Comments »
Thursday, August 2nd, 2012
Check out this list of problems LinkedIn has... posted on Recruiting Blogs: LinkedIn: a List of Challenges.
The first (and right now the only) comment, by Jennifer, suggests that some of the challenges are really user issues. I agree with that, although it's no secret that plenty of people have issues ...
Posted in Using LinkedIn | 1 Comment »
Wednesday, August 1st, 2012
I thought I had blogged about this before, but I got an email from someone and I couldn't find a blog post to point them to. John West Hadley, a Career Search Counselor based in the NYC/NJ area, asks:
You made mention recently of not including a LinkedIn link in your ...
Posted in LinkedIn Profiles, Using LinkedIn | 4 Comments »
