LinkedIn

Brandon Unger                                                                                                 4/6/11

Critical Review Of LinkedIn

http://blog.guykawasaki.com/2007/01/ten_ways_to_use.html#axzz1IkG3rYfE

If you are not familiar with LinkedIn or you don’t know how or why to use it, then this is the post for you. LinkedIn in is the Facebook for business and business people.  LinkedIn allows you to connect with your work friends, old colleagues and you can see where they work and where they have been.
LinkedIn is your online Resume or C.V which showcases your abilities and recommendations.

You can connect with your old uni friends and find out where they have worked and where they are now. This can be a great tool if you are a sales person and want to approach a company but don’t know where to start. You would be surprised how many people are connected, currently 20 million people are on LinkedIn and one person signs up every second, and how many people know each other.

By adding connections, you increase the likelihood that people will see your profile first when they’re searching for someone to hire or do business with. In addition to appearing at the top of search results (which is a major plus if you’re one of the 52,000 product managers on LinkedIn), people would much rather work with people who their friends know and trust.