Alexandra Levits Water Cooler Wisdom The Right Way to Make Connections on LinkedIn

Alexandra Levit's Water Cooler Wisdom The Right Way to Make Connections on LinkedIn LinkedIn, which years ago was known as Facebook for old people, is now the top social network for professionals. It boasts more than 200 million users and is used by the majority of the Fortune 100. If you’re not on it every day, you need to be. And there are some tricks to making connections on LinkedIn. When I was new to the business world, you had to attend in-person networking events to meet anyone. But then, along came the marvelous invention of LinkedIn, and suddenly you can interface with an exponentially larger number of contacts in a fraction of the time. There is, however, a right way and a wrong way to meet new contacts on LinkedIn. Here are a few dos and don’ts. Don’t wait for people to find you. Although this will happen eventually, it’s much more efficient to proactively connect with people by searching for former colleagues and business associates (the search function is on the top of every page). When you start typing a person’s name, a list of potential connections appears. You can also find connections by perusing the “People You May Know” section, as well as your current connections’ profiles. For more where this came from, have a look at the full post at the FlexJobs blog.