Linkedin, what is it good for?
Ran across an article on the CodingHorror blog: Opting Out of Linked In
In my experience, I have founded Linkedin to be quite useful.
Uses of linkedin:
-It is a good way to find out latest email or phone nos about people one has known earlier but is no longer in regular touch, like after moving to a different place.
-It automatically tells you when known acquaintances change their information on linked in, it was great to know two of my friends moved from being employees to founding their own company.
-If looking for some new contacts (To find someone interested in your company’s product or for referral in a company you are considering employment in), just search on it on linked in and maybe you can just send a forward request. I have not done it yet(Need to seek more aggressively maybe?!!), but know people who have.
So, yes it is worth being on linkedin. It does make networking easier and some part of keeping up with people automatic. It is part of what Chad Fowler says in his book, 52 ways to save your job, Coding is no longer enough.
Some basic guidelines for using linkedin:
-Accept invitations from people you would do atleast a minor favor for (co-workers, general and co-students and so on)
-Send invitations as per the above guideline.
-In your profile, add previous companies you have worked on and atleast some basic information.
Technorati Tags: Linkedin Networking
Update: Guy Kawasaki has written two articles on linkedin that are worth a read, Ten Ways to Use LinkedIn and LinkedIn Profile Extreme Makeover.
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Good read. Happy Sunday.
- Steven Burda, MBA
Comment by Steven Burda, MBA — January 21, 2007 @ 11:29 amhttp://www.linkedin.com/in/burda
http://www.homepage.villanova.edu/steven.burda/
LinkedIn has been an incredible tool in my personal
business-networking, and this article sums up the primary advantages of using it as a corporate tool.
If you are interested, the networking expert Jan Vermeiren has written a new book called ‘How to REALLY use LinkedIn, and there is a free light version at http://how-to-really-use-linkedin.com
Comment by Matthew van der Merwe — May 8, 2009 @ 9:56 am