Linked In -social networking for jobseekers
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So here's what you do. You sign in for the basic free service. You fill out your profile where you work, where you've worked before. Where you've gone to school. Once that's done you can add your closest friends and colleagues as your sort of root level business network. They are your 1st degree.
Now clearly we all have different friends and colleagues so when they do the same you will see their friends as 2nd degree contacts. and so on and so on and so on. This is wonderful because my closest friends might now know job openings but their friends in my same industry might and it's going to be a lot easier for me to get an "in" with the company if I know someone.
Check it out, sign up and when you need to look for that next gig work your social contacts first and see what you come up with. Don't be surprised to find a lot of people you know on it. This thing grows like wildfire.
So here's what you do. You sign in for the basic free service. You fill out your profile where you work, where you've worked before. Where you've gone to school. Once that's done you can add your closest friends and colleagues as your sort of root level business network. They are your 1st degree.
Now clearly we all have different friends and colleagues so when they do the same you will see their friends as 2nd degree contacts. and so on and so on and so on. This is wonderful because my closest friends might now know job openings but their friends in my same industry might and it's going to be a lot easier for me to get an "in" with the company if I know someone.
Check it out, sign up and when you need to look for that next gig work your social contacts first and see what you come up with. Don't be surprised to find a lot of people you know on it. This thing grows like wildfire.
Comments
Yeah it makes me realize that I'm not leveraging my friendships as well as I should. Most jobs in the US are obtained by a friends recommendation.