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What do you think about including certification acronyms in the "name" section of LinkedIn? i.e: "John Doe, MCSE, CCIE, CISSP, RHCE, Douchebag, Narcissist"
Anthony Farrior, Muge Cerman, Tim FitzGerald and 4 other people liked this
As you can see, I'm pretty negative about usage of this crappy designations in the name section. I think it's like shouting "hey! look this is the biggest achievement in my life. passing a lousy exam..."
- Berk D. Demir
I have mine PMP, MCSE right in my name. Good for PR, somewhat bad for google indexing of just your name. Personally, I'd avoid the last 2 "credentials you have listed up there! ha, ha!
- Susan Beebe
On the other hand, I'm indifferent to academic designations. It's OK to use Ph.D suffix or Dr. prefix if the context is relevant... But you don't order pizza like this huh? "Hi. I'm Dr. Sheldon Cooper, double Ph.D!.. I guess I'll order a double mozzarella, extravaganza, thin and crispy please..."
- Berk D. Demir
I don't like it. Although I have the number of my connections, it helps in getting more connections. I still don't understand why Linkedin does not tell you the actual number of connections
- Julius
from twhirl
Thanks for the reply Susan... Do you see a real advantage of PR in your case... Your resume is far impressive and your professional designations are listed below again. I think in your case, these designations shadow your much more important achievements.
- Berk D. Demir
I also have a negative attitude towards the use of cert.s in the name section. However, it is also a truth that some of the Ph.D or Dr. suffixes are easier to receive than some of the certifications. But, at the end of the day, from my point of view, in a professional context, it is far more reasonable to add academic designations around the name.
- Onur Karaagaoglu
Adding certifications and degrees to the name field seems silly to me. If people want to find see your certification and academic standing, they can look in your profile. As Berk says, I don't tell the pizza person that I'm Dr. Sodeman.
- Bill Sodeman
Most liked entries on FriendFeed about LinkedIn - http://www.ffholic.com/Search...
Lu Tao, Nir Dremer, Julius and Erhan Erdogan liked this
The LinkedIn Blog: Ten Ways to Use LinkedIn | Guy Kawasaki - http://blog.linkedin.com/blog...
Max Charieff, Jeff Tincher and Julius liked this
"When Guy Kawasaki blogged about the Ten Ways to Use LinkedIn, LinkedIn had 8.5 million users in 130 industries. Since then we've grown to over 12 million users covering 147 industries, but many of Guy's suggestions on using LinkedIn (see below), still remain a great way for professionals to strengthen their online brand reputation and leverage their professional network. Happy Reading!"
- Erhan Erdogan
from Bookmarklet
The LinkedIn Blog: LinkedIn Groups: Look who's talking now? - http://blog.linkedin.com/blog...
Hutch Carpenter, Julius and Erhan Erdogan liked this
"today's release adds the most requested feature of them all - Group Discussions."
- Oliver Ding
from Bookmarklet
LinkedIn Profiles - Now See Changes Since Your Last Visit - http://www.labnol.org/interne...
Julius, NataliYesilbahar.com, Erhan Erdogan and Kol Tregaskes liked this
I suppose this is the addition that will not let me update my profile.
- Amber, Random Time Lord
How to Use Friendfeed as a Collaborative Business Tool - http://www.chrisbrogan.com/how-to-...
Adam Zuercher, Julius, Arne-Per and 3 other people liked this
How many times this will appear here? :) Double entries are really THE #1 thing to solve on FF. Btw, I like the article though.
- Tibor Holoda
The challenge is participation. I've created a room for my company (Interwoven) and although I have lots of co-workers (including our President) subscribed to the room, I have almost no participation from anyone but me. I continue to share and encourage others to share but I can't seem to get the momentum I was hoping for.
- Tom Wentworth
“** Announcing Discussions for LinkedIn Groups ** - "First, thank you for managing your group on LinkedIn. We sincerely appreciate the time and effort you devote to your members, and we know they value it. Together you have made Groups one of the top features on LinkedIn. This Friday 8/29/08, we...” - http://beta.friendfeed.com/e...
Julius, Hutch Carpenter and Erhan Erdogan liked this
These new GROUP Features will make LinkedIn much more *interactive* and powerful for groups, networking, corporate forums, etc... I am excited about this launch!
- Susan Beebe
LinkedIn: A New Must-Have App For iPhone - ReadWriteWeb - http://www.readwriteweb.com/archive...
Buggy LinkedIn Groups Update Removes Features, Leaves Users Distressed - http://www.techcrunch.com/2008...
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Introducing LinkedIn's Company Directory - http://blog.linkedin.com/blog...
Julius, joneilortiz and Al Stevens liked this
That's funny. I changed jobs, and I saw the update on FF from LinkedIn about the old job ending. I didn't see anything about the new job beginning, though.
Julius, Svetlana Gladkova and Erhan Erdogan liked this
yet?
- Erhan Erdogan
Maybe it should take some time to appear?
- Svetlana Gladkova
Why Linkedin recommendations are not enough - http://www.reviewscale.com/blog...
wangsheng, Lu Tao, Kol Tregaskes and 7 other people liked this
"Linkedin recommendations are people centric and not strength centric. for eg: If I request my manager, John Doe, to give me a recommendation, he would give me a recommendation based on his preconceived way of giving a recommendation. Now this could be totally different from other recommendations because of a multitude of things, but the most important points which would affect John Doe’s recommendation are :"
- Erhan Erdogan
from Bookmarklet
What are your thought Erhan? Do you have any comments ?
- ReviewScale
In hiring processes, recommendations should match with companies' job description. Because of this, the user(my colleague, boss, friend, etc..) must see the offer from all companies and/or my wish listed positions, then they write something about me. These are three steps of the game for recommendation writer: Understand-Think-Compose. (direct recommendation=time=reliability)
- Erhan Erdogan
Interesting - recommendations for a hiring process is definitely something you need to tailor for the actual post. Something which Linkedin doesnt support currently.
- ReviewScale
Who is ReviewScale? No details on who they are, where their offices are, the product team, etc.
- Roger Kondrat
http://www.reviewscale.com/blog... - Roger read about us here .. but the identities of the founder are kept secret till the product launches :)
- ReviewScale
I've recently used LinkedIn to directly contact a recruiter for a technical position within their company. Is contacting a recruiter directly an appropriate use of LinkedIn? They were a 3rd Level contact, and an "introduction" may not have been effective.
John E. Bredehoft, Vincent van Wylick, Julius and Hassan Ibraheem liked this
I think it's if they list job inquiries under their interest. I have done it couple of times and I can say it works and it's more effective. I used two criteria: 1) if they are interested in inquiries 2) if they allow direct messaging or list their email address. Good luck!
- Turker Keskinpala
I agree intoduction may have not worked, recruiters are pretty much disposed to be contacted after all they use Linkedin for that purpose. I think those are the people you should care less interrupting as after all it's their job. I suggest you are pretty upfront with them talking about why you contacted them
- Julius
from twhirl
Tech Celebrity: Why LinkedIn is the new Monster - http://techcelebrity.blogspot.com/2008...
ha3rvey, not a sweetheart, Julius and Alemsah Ozturk liked this
"The management at LinkedIn should create more ways to help the passive candidates become more active website users. The site has evolved to the point where it could be described as a job board masquerading as a social network. This may be good enough to bury Monster, but what about competition from newer, web 2.0 challengers?"
- Erhan Erdogan
from Bookmarklet
I agree, hte user experience is one of the poorest in the web although the underlying intent is great. Something needs to be done
- Julius
5 recommendations to make Linkedin a better utility | burning the bacon with barrett - http://www.burningthebacon.com/2008...
Walter Jessen, Julius and Alemsah Ozturk liked this
"Here are 6 things I’d like to see implemented to make this a truly great professional utility:"
- Erhan Erdogan
from Bookmarklet
5 LinkedIn Groups for Social Media Professionals - http://www.reuters.com/article...
Julius, Mitchell Tsai, Hao Chen and 5 other people liked this
I need to read this later. I think my brand needs polishing. :)
- ha3rvey, not a sweetheart
I like this cup with Linkedin logo
- Oliver Ding
@Harvey: It's not all that heavy reading - only a list of 5 groups I found and joined myself that are related to social media. @Oliver: You can actually buy the cup from their store, I have simply decided using a logo would be boring :)
- Svetlana Gladkova
FriendFeed Spy Gives You a Quick Fix of…Everything - http://mashable.com/2008...
Hutch Carpenter, paisano, Taryn Merrick and 6 other people liked this
great post and service I am commenting from it actually
- Julius
If Firefox 3 is repeatedly crashing, uninstall AVG virus checker. Yeah, that's right: The computer is more stable without AV.
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What the Cluetrain Manifesto taught me about events | Event Manager Blog - http://www.eventmanagerblog.com/2008...
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