LinkedIn Review

Linkedin is a social media tool for professionals. That’s simple definition for a tool that I believe can help you as a job seeker connect with old colleagues and meet new people that can help you network your way into your next job opportunity. I recommend LinkedIn to almost every job seeker I work with. Recently, I met a woman in New York at a job fair. She had a LinkedIn profile, but she wasn’t using it. As a result of our conversation, she began to hang out at LinkedIn and connected with colleagues in her industry. She didn’t see the value of LinkedIn, at least she didn’t see it before I encouraged her to get out on her profile and reach out to people in her network. As a result, she ended up meeting reconnecting with people that are willing to help her find another job in her industry.

Tonight I found out that another jobseeker I just met with on Thursday, last week, created a profile on Friday, and he has reconnected with colleagues he worked with years ago. He also has been able to connect to someone in his current network that will be introducing him to someone that needs someone with his skills and abilities. Prior to our meeting on Thursday, he did not have a LinkedIn profile. Now he does, and in less than a week, he has a potential job opportunity he can pursue

If you are a job seeker and you have a LinkedIn profile, get out there on the site and work your network. I am reposting a series of post wrote about LinkedIn back in September of 2007. Take a look at LinkedIn Review and then go to the LinkedIn site and work your network. If you don’t have a LinkedIn profile, go set up your profile and start connecting to people, network and meet with new people. Be open to assisting others even in the midst of your job search.

1. What is LinkedIn?

2. One Value of Your LinkedIn Profile

3. Book Review:I’m On LinkedIn Now What?

4. LinkedIn Connections – “Now What?”

5. LinkedIn Connections “Now What?” P.2

6. LinkedIn Connections – Degrees

7. LinkedIn – Blast From My Past

8. LinkedIn Answers

9. Create More Value With LinkedIn

10. LinkedIn – Jobs & Hiring

Feel free to scroll down and leave a comment or question you have regarding LinkedIn. Share your successful LinkedIn story as a comment. I look forward to hearing from you.

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