Should You be on LinkedIn.com?
Linkedin.com started a few years ago as a neat way to build your network. It is based on the notion that if you invite your contacts into your group, and they invite their contacts, and so on, then you can connect with thousands of people. In fact, Harvard published a study a few years ago that indicated you could connect any 2 people on the planet with 5 levels of contacts. There are now 45 million people on Linkedin with thousands joining every week. Interesting yes, but now Linkedin has become a necessity for every professional, particularly job seekers. Just note this statistics: people with more than 20 connections are 34 times more likely to be approached with a job opportunity than people with less than 5. Read the rest of this entry »
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