LinkedIn is an indispensable tool for career reinvention networking, since it allows you to identify and reach your 'friends-of-friends' circle without all the legwork! But what if your search doesn't yield many contacts at your target company?
A July MarketWatch article written by Marty Orgel details a 'back door' way of using Google to tap into the entire membership of LinkedIn! Even more valuable, the article suggests some great strategies for reaching out to the contacts you find. Check out the full article here.
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Linkedin was added to the About.com Top 10 Employment site list with 2 other sites but linkedin is still the only social netwoking site on the list. The 3 newest job sites are:
www.linkedin.com (networking)
www.indeed.com (aggregated job listings)
www.realmatch.com (matches you to the perfect job)
Good luck to all those searching for jobs.
Posted by: Matthew | October 24, 2008 at 08:05 PM