Chapter 4

Getting Started with LinkedIn

IN THIS CHAPTER

check Getting signed up for LinkedIn

check Hooking LinkedIn into Windows

check Using LinkedIn for fun and profit

In some ways, LinkedIn resembles Facebook — keeping up with people and expanding connections are grist for the mill. But in other ways, LinkedIn is completely different; LinkedIn is focused on professional relationships, which LinkedIn calls connections.

You can use your LinkedIn connections to showcase products, look for a job, advertise a job, scout new business opportunities, find temporary help, stay up to date on companies that interest you — for any reason — or just replace your old Rolodex (does anybody still use a Rolodex?) or that tattered box of business cards on your desk.

With more than 467 million subscribers — half of whom are in the US — LinkedIn has more than reached critical mass. Many business people consider it a key part of their existence.

askwoody LinkedIn doesn’t have a Windows Universal app. There’s nothing in the Windows Store from LinkedIn. But that shouldn’t stop you from using it on your Windows 10 computer. All ...

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