A few weeks back there was a discussion in a Linked In group for e-marketers in which the initiator complained about people who start topics ostensibly to have a substantive discussion, but it’s actually an attempt to promote their services – usually consulting of some kind or another. Anyone who’s spent any time in Linked [...]
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Are recommendations on Linked In worth anything?
There’s a lot to like about Linked In. For one thing, it’s a social networking site with a specific purpose beyond time wasting: finding a better job. For another, it has so far avoided the clutter and chaos of MySpace and Facebook (though I’m not sure how long that will last.)
But there’s one feature on [...]
Should we let recruiters we’re interviewing with see our Linked In pages?
Recently I was contacted by a local company that had located me online somehow, whether through Facebook or Twitter, I’m not sure. They wanted me to interview for a web development position. The position was pretty similar to my current one and I wasn’t really looking to move, but I agreed to interview. If nothing [...]
Troubles with Linked In
When I first set up my Linked In account several months ago, I foolishly used its Import Contacts feature to pull in emails from my web mail account and send invites to them. I noticed some bugginess right away — when clicking on checkboxes next to people’s names, nothing would happen, for example — but foolishly [...]