Archive for November, 2012
Friday, November 30th, 2012
Hey folks, here's my PSA for the year: Back up your LinkedIn Profile RIGHT NOW. It will take you less time to do it than it will to read this post.
In July 2008 I wrote this post: LinkedIn Maintenance: Do This Right Now (or else?) I got over 60 comments, ...
Posted in LinkedIn Maintenance, LinkedIn Profiles, Using LinkedIn | 9 Comments »
Wednesday, November 28th, 2012
Check out this email I got from a connection:
Now that LinkedIn launched "endorsements," they need to figure out some wording on their site, or people are going to get more confused than they are.
If I click on the Endorse link at the bottom, it takes me to the page in ...
Posted in LinkedIn Recommendations, Using LinkedIn | 2 Comments »
Monday, November 26th, 2012
I am always on the lookout to share slideshare presentations with you. Recently I found one from Pano Dimopoulos' LinkedIn Profile. Pano is a Human Resource and Administration professional, driven to help you achieve your business goals, in the Brisbane Area, in Australia.
I'm not sure if you can see his slideshare ...
Posted in LinkedIn Applications, LinkedIn Profiles, Using LinkedIn | 2 Comments »
Wednesday, November 21st, 2012
Check out this Captcha on doing an "export connections:"
Wow. I can't tell what either one is :p
Posted in Using LinkedIn | 2 Comments »
Tuesday, November 20th, 2012
Check out this really interesting (and short) post on RecruitingBlogs. Will Thomson starts out:
"I am noticing that more candidates are becoming less willing to receiving inmails on Linkedin."
Not surprising. But it gets much worse in the comments. (read them here)
A few weeks ago I wrote a post saying that recruiting ...
Posted in LinkedIn for Job Seekers, LinkedIn News | No Comments »
Thursday, November 15th, 2012
Check out this new blog I just found: Linked Insights
This post is awesome. I found one error (about Apps) but the rest seems good -- it's too early to know for sure, but I think this is a solid read: The NEW LinkedIn Profile Explained.
Posted in LinkedIn Profiles | No Comments »
Wednesday, November 14th, 2012
This is pretty groundbreaking.
Well, it will be, if they roll it out more universally.
Last month (Oct 2012) I heard from Jim Stroud, who is a recruiter, recruiter trainer, and social media enthusiast, that LinkedIn now has a blogging feature.
Right now it is for an elite group of LinkedIn members (which ...
Posted in LinkedIn News, Using LinkedIn | 4 Comments »
Tuesday, November 13th, 2012
I'm on a webinar with LinkedIn right now... they said they hope to see the new Profile rolled out to everyone by the end of the year.... it is on a very slow rollout plan.
There are some cool things they are doing, like adding a logo of the company you ...
Posted in LinkedIn News, LinkedIn Profiles | 3 Comments »
Wednesday, November 7th, 2012
Jerry Albright is a big name in the recruiting world.
Check out his comment on the post about LinkedIn retiring events:
"I'll give Linkedin 3 more years tops. They've taken a product the recruiting world built for them - and are slowly but surely cutting out the very people who made it ...
Posted in Using LinkedIn | 8 Comments »
Tuesday, November 6th, 2012
LinkedIn is apparently going to retire LinkedIn Events.
I say GOOD RIDDANCE.
Often people would say "in the webinar you are doing, please talk about Events." My thought was always "why? No one is using Events."
Jorgen Sundberg wrote:
All of the comments on this was about how LinkedIn is out of touch, and this ...
Posted in LinkedIn Applications, Using LinkedIn | 4 Comments »
