LinkedIn

[prog]

I was bored last night so I took up an invitation to LinkedIn that jtroutman sent me in January, and set up a profile there. I ignored the invitation initially, figuring that LinkedIn was just another Orkut-like thing that some segment of my nerdy adult friends were having a microfad over - see how many pokemon experience points connections you can collect! - but since the start of the year I've gotten the impression that the site has actually earned a fairly decent rep as a useful resource for professionals, especially those who do need to network at least occasionally.

I commenced to bombard invitations at people until I was too sleepy to keep at it. If you didn't get one and wish to be part of my scintillating business network just say so. (Or invite me via the thingy.)

Comments

[chocorisu.livejournal.com]

Yeah, LinkedIn seems to have filled a real niche as a business networking thing. I was skeptical too, til I realised that everyone in the entire games industry is on there.

[radiotelescope.livejournal.com]

That makes it sound *slightly* more tempting, but I still don't want another damn thing to look at.

Does it provide any advantage beyond "it's not too hard to find my email address if you just Google me"?

[prog.livejournal.com]

I haven't read any literature about it so the features are still emerging to me. It has job-seeking tools that directly leverage its own model, like how you can see job openings that are tied to people three or fewer "hops" away from you.

You can also have past & present colleagues write testimonials about you, which are tied to items in your resume-style experience display. The site shuffles and presents these testimonials in various ways, with the idea that the more you have the more visible you'll be to someone seeking an employee or service provider. I can't speak for how effective it is, of course, but the reputation's there, and it does seem rather clever.

[keimel.livejournal.com]

I sent some kind of invite to you, in light of this.

Linked in actually seems decent. And not marketing hoopla for themselves.

[prog.livejournal.com]

I see no invite. Try again using my current LI account?