It's been said that it's not what you know but who you know. While that may not be entirely true, your network of professional contacts is often one of your more valuable assets. And now you can easily keep up with your important business contacts and grow your professional network with quick and convenient access to LinkedIn right from your toolbar.
LinkedIn is an interconnected network of experienced professionals from around the world, representing 170 industries and 200 countries. This popular networking tool helps you strengthen and extend your existing network of trusted contacts.
Through your LinkedIn network you can discover inside connections to recommended job candidates, industry experts and business partners; find and be introduced to potential clients, service providers, and subject experts who come recommended; create and collaborate on projects, gather data, share files and solve problems; engage in discussions with like-minded professionals in private group settings; post and distribute job listings to find the best talent for your company; search for new employment opportunities and much more.
When you join LinkedIn, you create a profile that summarizes your professional expertise and accomplishments. You can then form professional connections by inviting trusted contacts to join LinkedIn and connect to you. Your network consists of your connections, your connections’ connections, and the people they know, linking you to a vast number of qualified professionals and experts. You can import your contacts file from your webmail or upload them from Outlook, Palm, ACT!, or Mac Address to find out if the people you know are already on LinkedIn. Then you can select who you wish to invite to join your network.
In addition, you can search for and keep in touch with colleagues, classmates and clients and find out where they are working, what they are working on and what groups they are joining, stay in touch with organizations, schools and companies that you are and were a part of, read and discuss the latest news on your company and industry, tap into the experts in your network to get answers to business questions, and join communities of professionals based on common interest, experience, affiliation and goals.
So get the most from your professional network and expand your list of trusted business contacts with quick and easy access to LinkedIn right from your toolbar.