Oct

7

LinkedIn Introduces Profile Organizer

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LinkedIn just introduced its new Profile Organizer feature, which enables you to save and organize LinkedIn member profiles into folders. This is a great tool for recruiters, entrepreneurs, and job seekers who want to bookmark and track profiles of interest. You can also add notes to profiles you manage in the Profile Organizer.

The only catch? You need to upgrade to one of LinkedIn’s premium plans to take advantage of Profile Organizer. With a Business Account at $24.95 a month, for example, you can create up to five folders for storing profiles. The Business Account also enables you to send InMail, participate in the OpenLink Network, and save multiple search results, among other things.

Few people may upgrade to a premium account just to take advantage of Profile Organizer, but it’s definitely a worthwhile tool if you’re already a premium account holder or have been thinking about upgrading.

Here’s a quick intro to LinkedIn’s Profile Organizer:

Recommended Reading: Sams Teach Yourself LinkedIn in 10 Minutes

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Aug

30

Use Company Buzz to Link LinkedIn with Twitter

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companybuzzCompany Buzz is one of LinkedIn’s lesser known applications, but it offers some powerful intelligence tools for those who take the time to install this app and explore its true power.

The primary goal of Company Buzz is to help you monitor the Twitter buzz about your company. When Twitter users post tweets about the companies (or schools) listed on your profile, you can view these tweets on the Company Buzz page or on your LinkedIn home page.

Company Buzz offers much more than just the latest chatter about your company, however. It’s also a great research tool that lets you follow tweets about multiple topics, identify buzz words, and track trends.

trends For example, let’s say that you want to track the Twitter buzz about your competitors, companies you’re interested in working for, or a topic related to your professional. You can quickly add this search term to your list of followed topics on Company Buzz and view the latest tweets right from LinkedIn. Company Buzz also displays a list of  related buzz words to check out and a trending chart that shows you how many tweets your topic has generated over the past week.

To add the Company Buzz application to your LinkedIn account, click the Applications link on the left menu of the LinkedIn home page.

Recommended Reading: Sams Teach Yourself LinkedIn in 10 Minutes

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Nov

10

The Do’s and Don’ts of Social Networking for Job Seekers

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careerbuilderCareerBuilder just posted a good, and timely, article on the do’s and don’ts of social networking for the growing number of job seekers. And yes, I was quoted as an expert :-)

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Aug

25

Seeking Social Spies

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Social networking can be a great tool for recruiters … and job candidates looking to capture their attention. In addition to traditional networking on sites such as recruitment favorite LinkedIn, companies around the world are using video as a means of recruiting new candidates. Whether you’re looking for a job as an engineer, banker, police office … or spy (see the CIA’s offering on YouTube below), there’s sure to be a recruitment video aimed at you.

What’s your experience using social networking for recruiting or job hunting?

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