More on Completing Your Linkedin Profile
Tuesday, March 17th, 2009How You Want to Connect with People
How do you want people to contact you? You have an opportunity on your profile page to specify exactly how you want to be contacted via Linkedin. How a user should contact you will depend on how they are connected to you.
• If a connection views your profile, he or she sees your email address
• If a user in your network, they can use the “Get Introduced” button or “Contact Directly” button.
Besides helping you find people and opportunities through your network, LinkedIn makes it easy for opportunities to find you. Here are the three areas to complete:
What type of messages will you accept?
I’ll accept Introductions and Linkedin inmail or I’ll accept only Introductions
Opportunity Preferences
What kinds of opportunities would you like to receive? You get to check the ones you want to use.
- Expertise requests
- Consulting offers
- Career opportunities
- Business deals
- New ventures
- Personal reference requests
- Job inquiries
- Requests to reconnect
Contact Advice
Contact Advice gives a user considering sending you a request some guidance. So be clear about what details you expect, what kinds of things you are open to, and not open to. Also include information about any limitations.
Include comments on your availability, types of projects or opportunities that interest you, and what information you’d like to see included in a request. To avoid unwanted contacts, do not include contact information, since your response will be visible to your entire network.
Here’s an example: I’m in the middle of several projects right now, so my time is limited. Specific, limited-time contracts will be considered, especially if they can be handled via tele-commuting.
To be continued, your comments are always welcomed…
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