Comments on: Is LinkedIn useful? Hardly http://agilepainrelief.com/notesfromatooluser/2007/01/is_linkedin_use.html Best practices for your goals Sat, 13 Mar 2010 23:35:46 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Ken http://agilepainrelief.com/notesfromatooluser/2007/01/is_linkedin_use.html/comment-page-1#comment-351 Ken Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://agilepainrelief.com/2007/01/is_linkedin_use/#comment-351 You get out of LinkedIn what you put into it. Sure, it's a way to keep track of contacts (assuming that everyone keeps their profiles up to date), but it can be so much more than that...so much more. Thanks to its service, I was able to get in touch with the CEO of the company I now work for all because I found an ad for a position I was interested in and found someone in my network who new someone who worked there. What I also like about it is that you can contact people you normally wouldn't have the opportunity to meet in the physical world. Who likes cold calling? No one, but with LinkedIn you're now capable of getting from point A to point C and you're more likely to get to point C because all the points in your network are more inclined to be receptive to such requests. Definitely use it when you do your next job search. I know I will! :) You get out of LinkedIn what you put into it. Sure, it’s a way to keep track of contacts (assuming that everyone keeps their profiles up to date), but it can be so much more than that…so much more.

Thanks to its service, I was able to get in touch with the CEO of the company I now work for all because I found an ad for a position I was interested in and found someone in my network who new someone who worked there.

What I also like about it is that you can contact people you normally wouldn’t have the opportunity to meet in the physical world. Who likes cold calling? No one, but with LinkedIn you’re now capable of getting from point A to point C and you’re more likely to get to point C because all the points in your network are more inclined to be receptive to such requests.

Definitely use it when you do your next job search. I know I will! :)

]]> By: Kevin Rutherford http://agilepainrelief.com/notesfromatooluser/2007/01/is_linkedin_use.html/comment-page-1#comment-352 Kevin Rutherford Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://agilepainrelief.com/2007/01/is_linkedin_use/#comment-352 LinkedIn's new Q&A feature is extremely useful, acting both as a promotional tool and as a referrals service. I've learned more from it than I do from the referrals service at my local business breakfast club, and it's a darned sight cheaper... LinkedIn’s new Q&A feature is extremely useful, acting both as a promotional tool and as a referrals service. I’ve learned more from it than I do from the referrals service at my local business breakfast club, and it’s a darned sight cheaper…

]]> By: Sarah Stewart http://agilepainrelief.com/notesfromatooluser/2007/01/is_linkedin_use.html/comment-page-1#comment-353 Sarah Stewart Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://agilepainrelief.com/2007/01/is_linkedin_use/#comment-353 I will be jobless in a couple of months so have turned my mind to thinking about finding a job. How does Linkedin compare with having a profile on a blog, wiki, YouTube etc with job hunting? I will be jobless in a couple of months so have turned my mind to thinking about finding a job. How does Linkedin compare with having a profile on a blog, wiki, YouTube etc with job hunting?

]]> By: Sarah Stewart http://agilepainrelief.com/notesfromatooluser/2007/01/is_linkedin_use.html/comment-page-1#comment-354 Sarah Stewart Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://agilepainrelief.com/2007/01/is_linkedin_use/#comment-354 Like you, I am skeptical. But now I am faced with having to find a job, I need all the help I can get. So I'm going to have a closer look at LinkedIn and see how far I get with it. thanks, Sarah Like you, I am skeptical. But now I am faced with having to find a job, I need all the help I can get. So I’m going to have a closer look at LinkedIn and see how far I get with it. thanks, Sarah

]]> By: Mark Levison http://agilepainrelief.com/notesfromatooluser/2007/01/is_linkedin_use.html/comment-page-1#comment-355 Mark Levison Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://agilepainrelief.com/2007/01/is_linkedin_use/#comment-355 Sarah some thoughts. For me the value of these things is all in proportion to how much notice they generate. My interest obviously is in coaching Agile/Lean Software development. In my case the most important activities have been: 1) Mailing lists 2) Blog 3) Writing for InfoQ 4) Conferences .... n) Social Networking tools. So they can be useful but other things are more important. Sarah some thoughts.

For me the value of these things is all in proportion to how much notice they generate.

My interest obviously is in coaching Agile/Lean Software development.

In my case the most important activities have been:
1) Mailing lists
2) Blog
3) Writing for InfoQ
4) Conferences
….
n) Social Networking tools.

So they can be useful but other things are more important.

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