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This great video from Business Development University gives you a great BIG clue on what to do with that list of connections you have so diligently gathered on LinkedIn because you listened to me in the first place and grew that base. Let’s assume you did not join LinkedIn to make new friends, but to [...]

I’ve added some good references sites and two new videos on my LinkedIn Additional Resources page. I am starting to make some close, direct alliances with recruiters and human resource people in an effort to supply more information from “the other side” of the interviewing table about what is truly happening in the job market.  [...]

I am doing several local presentations in September on LinkedIn for business people and job seekers. Most are free of charge but there is either a slight membership fee ($100 annual) or a per presentation fee for the two ‘career’ centers below. I also present my monthly scheduled two part job seeker’s class on using [...]

The alert came through my emails yesterday but I was too busy to pay attention to it.  However, when Robert J. (thank you Robert!) emailed me this morning about it, I thought I better take a look.  This one slipped by me as well, even though I had previously seen this section on LinkedIn.  Like [...]

The latest LinkedIn Blog post arrived in my email early this morning. Aaron Bronzan officially announced the “Improve Your Profile” button (highlighted in yellow below). When clicked, it opens a suggestion tool. This tool has been available in Beta for a while if you have not noticed. The blue box (shown below in the second [...]

I saw this discussion in the Chicago Business Owners LiNC group, a  small sub group of Linked N Chicago (LiNC)  I belong to.  I stumbled upon it on LinkedIn earlier today and it aroused my curiosity.  The title was:  “How do you maintain confidence through the “dips” as an entrepreneur?”  followed by “All entrepreneurs ride [...]

Christina Allen introduced a new profile section for LinkedIn on Friday, July 15th, 2011.  It is aimed at enhancing students’ and recent graduates’ LinkedIn profiles.  The reasoning is typically students have less skills and experience to catch an eye of a company hiring manager, colleague or a recruiter. So here is a way for them [...]

The LinkedIn Blog is an excellent way to keep abreast of new trends and has an archive of previous posts that can come in handy for newbies.  I visited this post called “5 Ways to Make the Most of LinkedIn” written by  Lindsey Pollak, on October 18th, 2010. Lindsey’s talks about the following five ways to jump [...]

I was delighted at the number of people who attended my presentation on LinkedIn For Business last week at the Indian Trails Public Library.  It was a windy and snowy evening but it just proves that where there is a will, there is a way.  Here is the video of my opening remarks: The following [...]

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