Having been one of the earliest adopters of LinkedIn back in 2004 when it first came out, it's been fascinating to watch the never-ending array of changes the site has made over the past 20 years -- some of which have been brilliant, some perplexing, and others just plain, well, weird. Along these lines, I've been tracking a number of minor-to-major LinkedIn changes in recent months that I thought might be good to bundle up [...]
I'll confess up front, I'm writing this post somewhat against my better judgment. In the spirit of trying to share information about "all things LinkedIn" via my blog, however, I figured I should at least mention a nifty little tool that many people haven't discovered -- and that allows LinkedIn users to jazz up their profiles with some innovative text formatting options in the hopes of standing out from the crowd. Just to share a [...]
No question about it, the average job hunter can't afford to be frivolous with their money. And when it comes to LinkedIn, as I've blogged about several times in the past, a paid premium subscription isn't an absolute requirement -- and you can still accomplish almost everything you need to do on the site, with no problems, as a completely free user. As the old adage goes, however, sometimes you need to spend a bit [...]
While many of us are waiting with bated breath to see what more significant changes (if any) stem from LinkedIn's acquisition by Microsoft, the site continues to add new features and make little adjustments, day and day out. Every time you turn around, it seems like the site has made some sort of addition or change. For example, I recently checked out the site's new "Chase Great" feature here that I heard about, thinking it [...]
While I've never had the distinction of being summoned for jury duty, just yesterday I joined the ranks of another somewhat random club of people—namely, those LinkedIn users who suddenly have their search capabilities frozen due to the "commercial use limit" the site decided to institute a few years back. What does this issue involve, exactly? For those not aware of it, here's a description of the phenomenon from the site itself: "Reaching the commercial [...]
As many of you may know, I've been teaching LinkedIn classes for a great many years now -- having identified, early on, that this tool had a "special something" about it that was going to make it a dominant force in the hiring world. And yet, despite the site now having over 400 million users and counting, it's amazing to note how few people seem to really grasp the basics of it or realize that [...]
While many people have come to understand, appreciate, and leverage the revolutionary power of LinkedIn as a job hunting and networking tool, there continues to be a high level of frustration regarding certain small "quirks" of the site. In fact, given how often the powers-that-be at LinkedIn change the interface, I've had numerous occasions where I'm teaching a class on the site and suddenly realize that a certain feature has completely changed or disappeared! This [...]