LinkedIn is a Social Networking Technology website enabling users to create a profile to summarize their professional accomplishments. Your profile helps you find and be found by former colleagues, clients, and partners. You can add more connections by inviting trusted contacts to join LinkedIn and connect to you.
The Boston Globe said recently in its Business section: "Your network consists of your connections, your connections’ connections, and the people they know, linking you to thousands of qualified professionals." See the Globe's tips for effective use of LinkedIn.
Also check out David Gowel. He's a Harvard grad student who has learned a few new tips and tricks. A former Army Ranger who is also a kind of Jedi knight of LinkedIn, Gowel is one of two consultants in the Boston area who have started offering training sessions to help people discover the site’s hidden features and make the most of its more obvious ones.
The Globe article quotes Gowel: “LinkedIn is like a Swiss Army knife with a thousand blades.There are lots of intelligent, Internet-savvy people who don’t know how to use it.’’ Check out Gowel's LinkedIn profile here. Then reflect on your own. Can you spend some time and effort to improve it? Do you have a good resume' to use for this purpose?
There is a certain etiquette required for using LinkedIn. Read here Top 10 LinkedIn Etiquette Requests by David Nour, another LinkedIn guru who also teaches professionals how to get the most out of this online professional networking tool.
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