When I was in Freshman English in college I had a teacher who used to pound it in our heads to “show, don’t tell” with our weekly writing assignments. It was frustrating at the time but it was a good lesson applicable to more than just a 1st year English class. The same philosophy applies […]
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Wednesday Comic: LinkedOut 03
LinkedOut comic number 3. How do you balance privacy with the need to show enough information to have a profile that works? Do you allow your connections to see your contacts? If not, why have you chosen not to?
The Linkulator: How Good is Your LinkedIn Presence
Have you ever wondered how your presence on LinkedIn compares to the average LinkedIn user. Last year I created the Linkulator to allow people to score their profile and presence numerically. You simply answer some questions about your profile and participation in things such as Answers and Recommendations. It then calculates a score and displays the average score of everyone who has computed a score. It also classifies your presence based on your score and offers some tips to improve.
LinkedIn Part 8: Find a New Job
If you were a fan of baseball during the Sammy Sosa / Mark McGuire homerun love fest, you remember watching both sluggers knock balls out of the park night after night. McGuire’s forearms were bigger than my legs. Have you seen a picture of Mr. McGuire lately? He looks normal. Today McGuire would likely be a slap hitter, dinging base hits just over the second baseman or shortstop.
That’s the difference between looking for a job using LinkedIn to see how you are connected into opportunities and just looking for a job.
Can You Change the Order of Your Current Positions on LinkedIn?
Most of my posts tend to be long topical posts. This means that lately I’m writing a new post about every two weeks. I’ve decided to try and post more frequently so I will be adding tips and questions that I receive into mini-posts. I’ll still write the longer post, but hopefully this will increase […]
LinkedIn Part 4: Connecting Your Offline and Online Brand
LinkedIn, if you think about it, is simply an offline idea implemented in an online manner. It takes advantage of the ease of communicating and interacting that the internet provides.
LinkedIn hasn’t changed or replaced the old way of networking. It’s just added a new dynamic to the mix.