LinkedIn - is a social networking site geared towards working professionals. The service provides users with the ability to keep a list of contacts and professionals that they know in their industry. Users create profiles and publish their work history and education history for others to browse. Users can search for specific people, by company, university attendance dates, position titles, and more. It also allows users to connect to others via “invitations” and network with those individuals. Many use the site for reconnecting with old friends, but also as a means of developing a professional resource network; a place they can turn to for expertise in any particular field. LinkedIn is also used for job searching and recruiting. Many Human Resource directors use LinkedIn as a way of recruiting new talent. LinkedIn is one of many social networking sites, but this author prefers it to Facebook or Myspace for professional activity and development.
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