November 2011
Monthly Archive
Monthly Archive
Steve Tylock 22 Nov 2011 | : Jobs
Have you been searching through LinkedIn for your next position?
You should be – by my quick count, LinkedIn is showing 20,452 open jobs within 50 miles of 58 million Americans.
Back a few years ago, the “jobs offered” function was more of a potential than a reality. But since then, companies have picked up on it, and you’ll be left behind if you don’t take notice.
Steve Tylock 17 Nov 2011 | : Jobs, Profiles
Ever since LinkedIn started adding attributes and customizing the way profiles look, people have been asking how to reorder their jobs.
The answer is relatively simple – you can’t.
But within that constraint, I can tell you how LinkedIn orders jobs, and what you can do if you really must.
Steve Tylock 15 Nov 2011 | : Groups
Perhaps you haven’t thought about it before, but just what would a LinkedIn group do for you? If you have been considered it, I say go for it – creating a group on LinkedIn is easy enough.
I’ll help you through the process – read on.
Steve Tylock 10 Nov 2011 | : Applications
Let’s take a look at LinkedIn ‘s updated “events” application.
It’s a step up from the initial version and still requires a couple of tweeks.
Steve Tylock 07 Nov 2011 | : Profiles
I was asked how to remove a position from a LinkedIn profile and thought it would be worth sharing with everyone here.
It’s like several other LinkedIn actions – obscure until someone shows you, and then it’s obvious…
Steve Tylock 03 Nov 2011 | : About the Service, Connections, Groups, Introductions, Jobs, Profiles, Recommendations, Search, Ways to Use LinkedIn
Consider this challenge – four years ago it was easier to convince people that holding a training session on LinkedIn was a good idea. It was new, didn’t have any real help facilities, and wasn’t the most straight forward to understand.
But a couple months back I proposed an event that coincided with the release of The Revised LinkedIn Personal Trainer and was essentially rebuffed – the group members didn’t think they’d get much value from it.
And that’s why we came up with this quiz…
Steve Tylock 01 Nov 2011 | : Ways to Use LinkedIn
Last month’s poll shows that LinkedIn users think the site has gone quite social enough thank you – no ifs, ands or buts about it.
But wait – how can this be? Read more and I’ll show you…