July 2011
Monthly Archive
Monthly Archive
Steve Tylock 28 Jul 2011 | : Search
I was wondering – how do you find small pools of people on LinkedIn?
Sure, it’s easy enough to find “Software Developers” (113,240), “Engineers” (2,125,674), and “Managers” (7,981,035), but what about people who have uncommon names, titles, and tags…
So come along with me while I try to find search criteria with at least one, but no more than ten profiles that match.
Steve Tylock 26 Jul 2011 | : Jobs
LinkedIn has introduce a new feature that allows individuals to apply to jobs through LinkedIn itself.
In some circles, this could be a good thing – LinkedIn already has your professional data, and wouldn’t it be great to automatically fill in those darned job application blanks with the right things.
I’m not so sure I’m happy about it, and here’s why…
Steve Tylock 15 Jul 2011 | : Search
Would you like to have the #1 position when people search on LinkedIn?
Would it matter if doing so made you look like an idiot?
Today was going swimmingly well when I tripped over a post on another blog about how one could rank #1 on LinkedIn within 10 minutes.
Let’s have a look at this advice and compare with what I’ve already said…
Steve Tylock 13 Jul 2011 | : Groups
News flash – LinkedIn has proactively updated one of my group email settings, and I think they did it properly!-)
This change is unusual, and is probably more beneficial than not, so let’s have a look.
Steve Tylock 02 Jul 2011 | : Outside LinkedIn
June’s poll shows that readers of The LinkedIn Personal Trainer embrace gmail and perhaps have left behind other email services.
Microsoft’s outlook retains strong support.
I’m thinking some of these numbers might shock you – have a look.