Posts Tagged "linkedin"

I read my LinkedIn news feed daily, sometimes more than once a day. I rarely read the articles as many don’t interest me or are just company announcements. I was contracting at Macy’s at the time, which LinkedIn knew, and started noticing how many articles it was pushing me that were “popular with employees at […]

As I scan down the LinkedIn feed, once in a while there is a post or discussion about whether you should be selective on LinkedIn or add everybody who tries to add you. When you are not selective, they call this a LION = LinkedIn Open Network(er). Many LIONs will use LION in their name […]

You’d think that doesn’t need a how-to… I get a lot of connection requests from people I don’t know. I’m not an “open networker.” I believe your LinkedIn connections should be people you really know and at least mostly trust. I’ve been in job interviews where people were “impressed” by someone I was connected to. […]

I apologise that it accidentally looks like “pick on one company in particular” week, but this was too interesting to not mention. This was in my LinkedIn news feed Sunday (2 days ago) after lunch. I was being fed it because one of my LinkedIn connections commented on it. The guy I know posted a […]

My LinkedIn is pretty clear that I’m a UX consultant and interaction designer working at various places, mostly on contract. Yet every few months, I get an email through LinkedIn’s system. Some recruiter I’ve never heard of is “responding” to the job I supposedly posted. I just got one today. Some guy who I should […]

I recently got an email on LinkedIn. Someone I barely know (but am connected to on LinkedIn) asked me to introduce him to a very famous ex-CEO I’m LinkedIn with so the guy I barely known can pitch the CEO on investing in a startup I’ve never heard of. I told him I wasn’t comfy […]

LinkedIn lets you list skills. I’ve listed skills! Heaps of them from Axure to eCommerce to HTML and so on. Ah, remember the good old days of HTML! LinkedIn now has landing pages for skills. Great idea! Love it. Here is the landing page for Axure, one of the key software tools I’ve been using […]

Industry Leader. That’s a pretty big term to throw around! So it can be a surprise when you see someone use it to refer to himself, and the rest of what you can find out about him doesn’t really match that. It’s especially funky when there is no clarification as to what industry this dude […]

What is the power of your LinkedIn network? Did you get a job because of LinkedIn? A recruiter found you? You were headhunted? Someone from your network sent your LinkedIn URL to a hiring manager? Well, these are pretty tangible. Nearly measurable. What is the power of your LinkedIn network if the above hasn’t happened? […]

In 2011, I was trying to help a consulting client clean up their presence around the web. We talked about a Facebook page, a revised website, and a blog. We talked about cleaning up their company page on LinkedIn. I went to their page, and was surprised to find that a bunch of people who […]