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I do a lot of presentations where one of the topics is how to use LinkedIn more effectively as part of your knowledge work. In most cases, I will ask for a show of hands: I am continually surprised by this result ( Getting Value from LinkedIn ). I can't remember how I could get things done without LinkedIn. And I consider knowing how to effectively use LinkedIn to be a core Work Literacy .
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100 Smart Ways to Use LinkedIn
No matter how much I may know about using LinkedIn, millions of users (or some subset thereof) are collectively going to know a whole lot more about it than I do. In May 2007, I kicked off a group writing project called “Smart Ways to Use LinkedIn”. What follows are the results of that project, plus some writings of my own, plus various blog posts and a couple of articles that fit the intent of this collection. It is a dynamic, growing collection, so if you have anything you would like to add, please contact me and I’ll add it.
LinkedIn: The Sky Is Falling (or is it?) | I'm On LinkedIn - Now What???
January 20th, 2009 | by Jason Alba | Over on the Career Resumes blog I just wrote about some of the bad stuff I’m hearing about with regard to LinkedIn. There is a post from Jaculynn Peterson titled LinkedIn’s soon-to-be-missed opportunity , which has some great points. I hear these points continually as people wonder what the heck LinkedIn is thinking.In the heyday of the Facebook hype (it seems so long ago now!), Facebook was going to eat LinkedIn ’s lunch. Based on recent experience, I don’t think so. I recently had reason to use LinkedIn seriously, using my existing network to tap into a market that I had not previously been exposed to. I had not used LinkedIn since the early days, so this was my first serious update. I have NOT used Facebook seriously.
LinkedIn and The Future of Business Networking - ReadWriteWeb
LinkedIn as Headhunting Tool - Watch Out Monster, Dice! - ReadWriteWeb
I first used LinkedIn for business development and wrote about the experience here . In summary, it is one the best new sales tools since the rolodex - as Alex Iskold noted this week . But like a rolodex, it is only as good as the contacts in it and the skill of the person using it.
The iPhone has been making headway in its battle to become a business-ready tool. Obviously, the addition of Microsoft Exchange support was a big step towards being considered a viable alternative to the traditional smartphones used at work, like Blackberry and Windows Mobile. However, beyond simply supporting enterprise email, the iPhone platform has a lot of potential to cater to the needs of its business users, too. Today, we're introduced to what hopefully will continue the trend of more "serious" apps for iPhone: LinkedIn .
A New Must-Have App For iPhone - ReadWriteWeb
LinkedIn has always served a very specific purpose in the business community: helping you find a new job. That utility came in a variety of flavors: posting your resume, looking through job listings, answering questions in hopes of highlighting your intellect, or getting in touch with former co-workers in hopes of landing a new gig. Up to this point, LinkedIn has remained focused but - apart from those invitations to connect - not especially social or dynamic. With the launch of the LinkedIn Applications platform , they're hoping to change that by helping "over 30 million professionals on LinkedIn to communicate, collaborate, and share information even better than before." But they still remain focused on one thing: helping you find a new job.
LinkedIn Applications: Your Resume Just Got More Dynamic - ReadWriteWeb
LinkedIn Launches Powerful Events Feature - ReadWriteWeb
What hot events should I attend in my industry? That's a frequently asked question in many professional conversations. LinkedIn today offers a great way to answer that question with the launch of its new Events feature . LinkedIn Events offers not just event search, but recommendations based on the contents of your profile, sophisticated information about attendees and updates about the events in your LinkedIn update feed. Eight thousand events are already listed and event organizers can ad more. The recommendations are key here.
Why Does LinkedIn Still Have Facebook Envy? - ReadWriteWeb
Commentary on this week's management changes at LinkedIn implied that a shake-up was needed to make LinkedIn more like Facebook. As somebody who has used LinkedIn extensively and spoken to many people who have also found it very useful, this is a plea to listen to users and not the Valley cognoscenti. Sure, when Facebook was "valued" at $15 billion, a bit of envy was understandable. But now that we're in the real world...What do Microsoft, Ebay, Netflix, and Target have in common? All these companies (and many more) have used LinkedIn to recruit candidates for employment. Kay Luo, Director of Corporate Communications at LinkedIn , explains why, "The main reason that companies are using LinkedIn is to find passive job candidates.
LinkedIn and Your Job Search
Introduction Objectives: Explore the wonderful world of social networking. Get in deep with two of the most popular services (MySpace and Facebook) and touch on some of the others that are out there. Get a feel for the similarities and differences, and blog about what you think! MySpace and Facebook are particularly popular with “Net Generation” users.