Archive for January, 2014
Wednesday, January 29th, 2014
For many years I've said there is no silver bullet... not in job search, not on LinkedIn... it just doesn't exist.
But I've finally found the silver bullet in a post from Job Jenny: How to strike gold with 2nd degree LinkedIn connections.
The bottom line is this:
Search for an ideal prospect,
See ...
Posted in LinkedIn for Job Seekers, social networking | No Comments »
Tuesday, January 28th, 2014
I get down on LinkedIn regularly, but here's something they did really well. I'm not changing my position on skills and endorsements, I still think they are beyond ridiculous. This post is about the email they send you when someone has endorsed you.
I don't have an old screenshot of what ...
Posted in LinkedIn Connections, Using LinkedIn | No Comments »
Monday, January 27th, 2014
John Sumser is an HR consultant that you'll meet at any HR conference worth going to. He is usually a speaker, and I've been following his newsletters for years.
In his blog post, The LinkedIn Lawsuit, he talks about the lawsuit I blogged about recently. At the very end of his post ...
Posted in LinkedIn Contacts, Using LinkedIn | 2 Comments »
Friday, January 24th, 2014
LinkedIn recently introduced a "volunteer marketplace" for unpaid non-profit work. What do you think?
I think it is a cool idea, and will help people understand what needs there are, and where they can serve (and fill in gaps on their resume).
The comments on this TechCrunch post are not very forgiving, ...
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Wednesday, January 15th, 2014
This is for Group owners and managers. It is not intuitive (see frustrated managers asking here). It has changed over time, and there are a lot of people asking how to remove a discussion from the Manager's Choice "Carousel." Here's the easiest way I've found to do remove a manager's ...
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Monday, January 13th, 2014
As I was researching for a post last week about doing x-ray searches on LinkedIn, I came across a cool tool. First, check out my post on x-ray searches and try it out. It's pretty easy: Do deeper and “x-ray” searches on Google to find “unadvertised” jobs
Now, check out this ...
Posted in LinkedIn Connections, LinkedIn for Job Seekers, LinkedIn Profiles, LinkedIn Search, social networking | 2 Comments »
Tuesday, January 7th, 2014
Today I finished the update of the book to the 4th edition. I hope my publisher can push it through the production process quickly so you can get the updated ebook or print book soon!
Now, on to the DVD redo!
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