The Circle of Mistrust

Who Owns Your LinkedIn Profile?
09/09/10 I'm On LinkedIn - Now What???
Just read an article on RecruitingBlogs by Hung Lee titled Who Owns Your LinkedIn Profile?  What EVERYONE Needs To Know . By the ominous title I'd suggest that you already know the answer… YOU DON'T. Well, let's clarify that a bit.  ..

Perfect Job Postings
08/09/10 The LinkedIn Personal Trainer
The act of finding a job through LinkedIn has many scenes. You can search, research, and get introduced through one relatively easy process. The one thing that people seem less familiar with is the actual job posting interface, and thatR..

LinkedIn: Job Titles, Company Culture and Fun
07/09/10 I'm On LinkedIn - Now What???
I was doing research on one of my target companies (Vimeo) so I went to LinkedIn and did this search: Midway down the second page of results something jumped out at me… either a misspelling or something fun: Cute… then I notice..

LinkedIn’s International Membership
06/09/10 The LinkedIn Personal Trainer
My recent coverage of international connections caused a reader to ask about LinkedIn’s international membership – how big is the site outside the US? A little searching gives some good numbers… Network Statistics This was..

Worst reason to connect on LinkedIn?
03/09/10 I'm On LinkedIn - Now What???
I get this regularly.  I think this is poor logic and irresponsible connecting. Just because we share a group means we should connect? Please… please give me a better reason.  Tell me how you found my Profile (same group – that..

International LinkedIn Connections – Go Big or Stay Home!
03/09/10 The LinkedIn Personal Trainer
Most LinkedIn users have some International connections, but a few have a lot;-) And that discrepancy highlights the result of August’s poll on The LinkedIn Personal Trainer – and we know polls must be right, right? So let’..

These Are A Few Of My Favorite Linked Things
30/08/10 The LinkedIn Personal Trainer
If you haven’t guessed, I’m working through the lyrics of the video – because in order to make it in, I really did have to think highly of each favorite thing;-) This line gives me a chance to reflect… By the numbers..

Is LinkedIn Broken… or is it just a TOOL?
30/08/10 I'm On LinkedIn - Now What???
I read this post a few days ago: My Problem with LinkedIn . The author ( Tom Nixon ) presents the idea that it's not really “the social network's fault,” it's really our fault because we are using it wrong. Tom suggests there a..

Wonderful Coworkers Recommending
27/08/10 The LinkedIn Personal Trainer
Some skeptics seem to think that LinkedIn recommendations are not worthwhile, but to me – they’re golden. As I mentioned last post – if you’re connecting to people you know, the things they write will absolutely supp..

What do recruiters think about LinkedIn?
25/08/10 I'm On LinkedIn - Now What???
I'm always intrigued to see how a specific group uses or thinks about a tool. Job seekers think about LinkedIn a certain way, while wondering if their target audience (hiring managers, business owners, recruiters, HR) will find them and se..