Ten Ways to Use LinkedIn
I’ve been a LinkedIn member for sometime now but haven’t really exploited the networking power that is built into the service until my recent job hunt. I can tell you from first hand experience that it really does pay to know people and tools like LinkedIn are quite useful when it comes to finding new positions (or being found for them too).
Guy Kawasaki’s blog points out an interesting factoid:
People with more than twenty connections are thirty-four times more likely to be approached with a job opportunity than people with less than five.
And if that’s not enough:
All 500 of the Fortune 500 are represented in LinkedIn. In fact, 499 of them are represented by director-level and above employees.
If you haven’t already noticed, I’ve placed a link to my LinkedIn profile on the right side of the blog. I strongly encourage you to click through and sign up for an account of your own — it only takes a few minutes and even if you gain one interview off of it (I did), it’s worth it in my book.
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