Linkedin.com was down for a ‘major upgrade’ a few days ago. When I saw that, I guessed (correctly it seems) that they would be moving more toward a personal network with more facebook-like elements: groups, what are you doing now, what are you reading, etc.
I for one welcome our new serious older brother equivalent to facebook. Lest we forget, Linkedin came first, but it was stodgy, the interface confusing, and prone to sychophants from the telecom industry. Facebook is moving more into Stage 5 (the overcrowded party where you cannot hear anyone and the cops are on the way), and the sheer number of chainmail apps and stupid-ass games all over the place are making facebook distasteful for anyone who was expecting a ‘real’ networking tool.
Welcome back, linkedin. For what it’s worth, browsing through people’s profiles on linkedin is a great way to learn what to write and what not to write on your résumé– It’s easy to spot the liars, the blowhards, and the self-important.
Facebook is great to mess around at the coffee shop for an hour, or to waste time on Sunday morning, but Linkedin has a potential to keep real associations together, and to help you find that next job. When I worked as a recruiter in Tokyo, every agent in town relied on Linkedin to see who knew whom, and to do a quick check on backgrounds.
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Please for the love of GOD, change the name of your websites on LinkedIn to “famousfootwear.com”, not “famous.com”. The director of Ecommerce strategy should know the name of one of the websites you’re directing strategy for, don’t you think? ;-P
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