LinkedIn Application: Company Buzz
19/11/08 I'm On LinkedIn - Now What???
Jenna Papakalos shared an idea with me , and introduced me to the “Company Buzz” application on LinkedIn. Basically, you can set up Company Buzz with any keywords and it will show you what is being said about the keywords fro..
Now your LinkedIn profile speaks Español, Français, & 41 more languages
19/11/08 The LinkedIn Blog
Since the launch of the Spanish language version of LinkedIn, we’ve had one consistent request from our multilingual users – how can I create a Spanish profile as well? After all, if you’re a professional in today’s global world, y..
Linked Intelligence, Scene Three, Take Two
19/11/08 Linked Intelligence
I've been on hiatus from blogging here at Linked Intelligence for a while. It was a combination of factors. First of all, I've been crazy busy with other projects. Secondly, I was burned out on trying to deal with all the BS moves by Linke..
Company profiles are now public
18/11/08 The LinkedIn Blog
Fundamentally, the Internet is about connecting people to information. Every business needs to connect with partners, customers and potential recruits to succeed. Starting this Thursday, we've made portions of our company profiles accessib..
Creating Company Profiles on LinkedIn
17/11/08 The LinkedIn Blog
Since we announced Company Profiles , we've received tons of requests from LinkedIn users requesting to create a profile for their company. Now you can . Company Profiles are an important research and marketing tool for your business tha..
LinkedIn Events
17/11/08 I'm On LinkedIn - Now What???
I'm not much for blogging about new features in LinkedIn right away, mostly because you can get that info from the LinkedIn blog , and because I'd rather talk about things once they have traction behind them. But, LinkedIn Events is pret..
How Mark Kvamme found Ross Levinsohn through LinkedIn
14/11/08 The LinkedIn Blog
Here's a LinkedIn user best practice to end the week with. You've probably seen a lot of our past users describe their Aha moments - whether it be finding a $1M client or creating an “accidental” global enterprise - but million..
LinkedIn Profiles. Meet LinkedIn’s Address Book.
14/11/08 The LinkedIn Blog
A couple of months ago, I blogged about enhancements to LinkedIn's address book. Enhancements that increased your ability to customize information that you add to your address book on LinkedIn. For e.g. you can now add address book informa..
Share and Discuss News within LinkedIn Groups
14/11/08 The LinkedIn Blog
A couple of months ago, we announced the ability for groups to have discussions on LinkedIn. LinkedIn is now hosting hundreds of thousands of interesting discussions. We continue to build on the promise of allowing a richer experience wi..
Brilliant Use Of Applications On Your LinkedIn Profile
12/11/08 I'm On LinkedIn - Now What???
I'm writing an article for Job-Hunt.org right now, as I'm their “ social media expert .” I decided to write about Applications on LinkedIn, and I've had an idea brewing around for a while that I just need to share with you. I..
I know that we’d all like to think that LinkedIn is populated with people who know and trust each other, but any time you make a vehicle for communicating with several million people for free, you’re bound to have a few bad apples. It seems that a common payment transfer job scam, this particular one propagated by “H & S International Limited” (see a Google search on the scam reports) has made its way onto LinkedIn. Here’s an image, as the link will probably be broken by the time you read this:
January 2nd, 2008 at 12:43 pm
I suspect we will see this more and more on LinkedIn and elsewhere. This morning on ABC’s Good Morning America, there was an article that suggested “Sites like Facebook, LinkedIn and MySpace that were once exclusively for social purposes are now increasingly being used for recruitment — and that will blossom even more this year. Employers are using these sites to promote their job openings, their corporate cultures and even their benefits all in an effort to encourage you to apply.”
First of all, I realize that Linked in wasn’t used exclusively for social purposes. Let’s move beyond the obvious . . .
Many corporations and recruiters use these sites, but are the sites accomplishing anything for those seeking jobs? In other words, corporations spend loads of money elsewhere promoting their brand to potential customers and employees, are these sites just another venue? Are they effective? And, what does the individual job-seeker get from all this?
http://carterfsmith.blogspot.com/2008/01/are-social-networks-really-that.html