LinkedIn
The Linked-In Website has been described as a sort
of Facebook for the professional community.
It is a professional networking site used to link professionals together
online so they can keep up with professional contacts they have made over time
as well as keep current with any job market developments.
This
site can be especially helpful to anyone looking to stay connected within the
professional community. I have known
people personally who have used this site to make contacts for new
careers. The Linked-In Website states
that “Your LinkedIn profile is your chance to showcase your skills and
talents and help the right people and opportunities find their way to you. As your professional representation online,
you can set it to be discoverable through the millions of searches on leading
search engines and on LinkedIn.”
(Linkedin, 2012). With this
website they were able to create a profile that details their job skills and
qualifications and make this profile available to potential employers. The
Linkedin site also has thousands of job listings as well so members can search
for and share their profiles with potential employers.
I
believe this site is effective because it affords professionals greater
opportunities to expand their job searches beyond just their local geographic
location. They can know reach out to
others in the professional community all over the world through this site. The people that I have known to use this site
had great success with their networking and job searches. They were able to post their resumes online
to this site and made new contacts with potential employers who may not have
otherwise seen their resume.
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