I’m doing a presentation about using LinkedIn.com for Professionals and Job Seekers this afternoon. I did one for the Job Seekers’ Network at the Greenfield, MA Career Center a few weeks ago about Web 2.0 and Social Media (including LinkedIn) and they liked it well enough that they asked me to do another one for the similar group in Northampton. That group has more professionals in it than the Greenfield one, and they asked me to only talk about LinkedIn. (I think you ignore Facebook and Twitter at your peril today, but that’s another story.)
There’s plenty to talk about. I have been using LinkedIn for about nine months or so and have just really begun to figure out what it’s good for. If you’re not familiar with LinkedIn, it’s a Social Media channel that’s very much oriented to professionals and business. There are on the order of 50 million people on LinkedIn. Searchable LinkedIn profiles are said to be an important source of job offers for professionals.
I’ll post the power point deck later on if anyone is interested in an introduction to a pretty cool tool.
I registered on LinkedIn ages ago but haven’t done anything with. I’d like to see your slides.
one of my sales guys uses linked-in extensively to research potential clients within corporate structures. it allows him to see job titles and companies as well as names. i personally don’t find it too useful, but I am not job hunting nor selling. It does allow me to see who knows who, which sometimes lets me gain insights I wouldn’t otherwise have. The groups have sometimes let me scout for potential wholesale customers, but rarely are the discussions useful on them.
i’d like to see your powerpoint deck, too.
I am ignoring Twitter. What do I really want to Tweet? Why should anyone listen? I fear outing myself in all my curmudgeonliness. It seems more for extroverts, those people who talk on their cell phones constantly than me.