Linked In: Where the cool kids hang out now that they’re grown up
New Book Offers Quick Start on Linked In
If you are responsible for Business Development at your firm, Linked In will expand your network of contacts and impress your boss someday.
IMHO everyone with a career should get a profile up on Linked In for these reasons:
- You never know when you’ll want to investigate new opportunities.
- Prospects, contacts of prospects and other important folks for you to meet likely have profiles on Linked In.
- Head hunters and Recruiters use Linked In to find candidates.
- Linked In offers search capability so a developer new to your community can search for a Civil Engineering firm.
- When you aren’t finding a match with Google, Linked In may lead you to a member of the industry willing to answer a few questions so you can find what you need. “Oh. They call it remediation instead of restoration. That’s why my search didn’t turn up the right kind of help.”
- You never know when you’ll need to investigate new opportunities.
Jason Alba wrote this quick read, and it offers exactly the advice I would give if I were sitting at your elbow helping you get your first profile up on Linked In. This book is perfect for folks new to Linked In.
Well, and I’ve been on Linked In for years now, and I learned several things I hadn’t known, got some good tips to improve my own profile, and generally improved my on line presence.
Besides, who wants to have just their Facebook and MySpace pages show up when someone Googles you?
(or if you’re too old for FaceBook)
Besides, who wants to be considered old because you don’t have any Web 2.0 cred?
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