Comments on: Following Up on Inside Connections at Potential Employers http://linkedintelligence.com/following-up-on-inside-connections-at-potential-employers/ The unofficial source for all things LinkedIn® Mon, 06 Feb 2012 16:41:35 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: zoltan http://linkedintelligence.com/following-up-on-inside-connections-at-potential-employers/#comment-493 zoltan Wed, 24 Aug 2011 09:16:07 +0000 http://linkedintelligence.com/?p=178#comment-493 I think that there is unlikely to be much of a response rate if you contact people and ask for their help for an interview however you phrase the question. In a busy company most people would be hard pressed to find even a few minutes to assist someone they did not know who simply sent them a request through LinkedIn. Maybe worth a try but definitely a long shot.The best use of LinkedIn is to build an extensive network of people that you know or at least have met in the past and then tap into this when you need it. This takes an investment of time over some years to achieve. I think that there is unlikely to be much of a response rate if you contact people and ask for their help for an interview however you phrase the question. In a busy company most people would be hard pressed to find even a few minutes to assist someone they did not know who simply sent them a request through LinkedIn. Maybe worth a try but definitely a long shot.The best use of LinkedIn is to build an extensive network of people that you know or at least have met in the past and then tap into this when you need it. This takes an investment of time over some years to achieve.

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]]> By: Gavin http://linkedintelligence.com/following-up-on-inside-connections-at-potential-employers/#comment-491 Gavin Wed, 11 May 2011 11:11:21 +0000 http://linkedintelligence.com/?p=178#comment-491 My wife has just been made redundant, and I have been getting her involved in using Linkedin to find a new position. This is a great idea that I will show her. Gavin My Blog <a href="http://www.tennis-supply.com" rel="nofollow">Tennis Tips</A> My wife has just been made redundant, and I have been getting her involved in using Linkedin to find a new position. This is a great idea that I will show her.

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]]> By: One to Ten Guide to LinkedIn « 2010 Lifestyle Blog http://linkedintelligence.com/following-up-on-inside-connections-at-potential-employers/#comment-490 One to Ten Guide to LinkedIn « 2010 Lifestyle Blog Thu, 24 Jun 2010 03:56:00 +0000 http://linkedintelligence.com/?p=178#comment-490 [...] One of LinkedIn’s many cool features is the ability to identify inside connections into potential employers. But once you’ve found them, what to do you do with them? Over on LinkedInnovators, Chris Morton poses the question…(read more) [...] [...] One of LinkedIn’s many cool features is the ability to identify inside connections into potential employers. But once you’ve found them, what to do you do with them? Over on LinkedInnovators, Chris Morton poses the question…(read more) [...]

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]]> By: Neil Stevenson http://linkedintelligence.com/following-up-on-inside-connections-at-potential-employers/#comment-487 Neil Stevenson Mon, 30 Mar 2009 18:23:44 +0000 http://linkedintelligence.com/?p=178#comment-487 I am a rookie with LinkedIn and need instruction to make good use of this site. Thanks, Neil I am a rookie with LinkedIn and need instruction to make good use of this site.

Thanks,

Neil

]]> By: roberta http://linkedintelligence.com/following-up-on-inside-connections-at-potential-employers/#comment-486 roberta Thu, 17 Jul 2008 13:58:15 +0000 http://linkedintelligence.com/?p=178#comment-486 Your article was impossible to read because your items from the left hand side, pages, categories and archives kept moving over on top of the article. What a shame. I would have liked to see what you have to say about using LinkedIN. Your article was impossible to read because your items from the left hand side, pages, categories and archives kept moving over on top of the article. What a shame. I would have liked to see what you have to say about using LinkedIN.

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]]> By: Targeting and Natural Human Relationship Building http://linkedintelligence.com/following-up-on-inside-connections-at-potential-employers/#comment-484 Targeting and Natural Human Relationship Building Wed, 13 Jun 2007 20:00:14 +0000 http://linkedintelligence.com/?p=178#comment-484 [...] wrote last week about following up with inside connections in response to the following question from Chris Morton: I applied for a job I found on Dice [...] [...] wrote last week about following up with inside connections in response to the following question from Chris Morton: I applied for a job I found on Dice [...]

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