Good points about LI groups. They can be another option for connecting with like-minded people, if one is so inclined. Since starting a group for professionals in Northern California, I have been inundated with requests to join from many people who seem to “collect” groups. In viewing their profiles, one finds a list of groups a mile long.

The fact that the groups are not set up to allow any sort of communication within the group seems to be a huge limitation. Like so many others, I have set up a yahoo group to allow group discussion.

Thanks for the post.

Irene

Your “Major” point is a good reason to join a LinkedIn group but the method for using a group connection to reach another group member is hard to understand.

The key is to use the “Groups & Associations” radio button in the “How do you know …?” area of the invitation form, but the first time you use a group connection it does not appear in the list of choices. You have to select “Other…” from the pull-down menu and then enter in the name of the group in the text area presented. Once you have done this, the group’s name will be part of your pull-down menu for the next such invitation.

I haven’t found any instructions on this process within LinkedIn; I learned about it by reading it on a Yahoo group discussion!

Greetings. Thanks for sharing your toughts on another key issue.

Based on your comment about LinkedIn’s admission of not having updated its Groups Directory and keeping in mind that the CS staff is seemingly not available to reply (many MLPF members have complained about that), Should we wait to see that Directory updated in the near future?

Best regards.