{"id":8957,"date":"2011-10-11T08:16:43","date_gmt":"2011-10-11T12:16:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.albany.com\/hr\/2011\/10\/linkedinwho-do-you-know-by-heidi-l-johnston.html"},"modified":"2011-10-11T08:16:43","modified_gmt":"2011-10-11T12:16:43","slug":"linkedinwho-do-you-know-by-heidi-l-johnston","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.albany.com\/hr\/2011\/10\/linkedinwho-do-you-know-by-heidi-l-johnston\/","title":{"rendered":"LinkedIn…..Who do you know? By Heidi L. Johnston"},"content":{"rendered":"

In a world based on “who you know”, LinkedIn is a perfect place to start generating an impressive list of who you know and more importantly, who you want to know.<\/p>\n

LinkedIn is the hub for business networking<\/a> with 100 million users in over 200 countries with an additional 1 million users joining weekly. Those are impressive stats for anyone looking to interact and make business connects. Let’s explore the four important “Find’s” LinkedIn has to offer subscribers….FREE!!<\/p>\n

– Find Business Contacts- Connect with people. Find business associates, current and former colleagues, customers, alumni, etc. to invite to your LinkedIn network.<\/p>\n

– Find a Job – Linkedin provides subscribers the ability to search for jobs by using random criteria, looking through one’s connects, allowing employers to seek out candidates, and by expanding your network organically.<\/p>\n

– Find potential clients- It’s important to make sure you have a fully completed profile with clear content, since potential clients will want to know about you professionally, and join or start groups based on your interests.<\/p>\n

-Find and create Groups – a LinkedIn group<\/a> is the ideal place to manage a professional community. It helps to build contacts, provides a platform for building business goals and generating interest in your business. Be sure to invite key business figures and make them contacts<\/a> to further and develop professionally.<\/p>\n

Now you have a better understanding about how LinkedIn works and what it can do for you, give it a try and transform the list of people you want to know into a list of people you do know.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In a world based on “who you know”, LinkedIn is a perfect place to start generating an impressive list of who you know and more importantly, who you want to know. LinkedIn is the hub for business networking with 100…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":147,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,31,45,47],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8957","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-job-search","category-networking","category-time-management","category-training"],"yoast_head":"\r\nLinkedIn.....Who do you know? By Heidi L. Johnston - Robert Braathe's HR & Albany Jobs Blog<\/title>\r\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\r\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.albany.com\/hr\/2011\/10\/linkedinwho-do-you-know-by-heidi-l-johnston\/\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"LinkedIn.....Who do you know? By Heidi L. Johnston - Robert Braathe's HR & Albany Jobs Blog\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"In a world based on "who you know", LinkedIn is a perfect place to start generating an impressive list of who you know and more importantly, who you want to know. LinkedIn is the hub for business networking with 100...\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.albany.com\/hr\/2011\/10\/linkedinwho-do-you-know-by-heidi-l-johnston\/\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Robert Braathe's HR & Albany Jobs Blog\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2011-10-11T12:16:43+00:00\" \/>\r\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Robert Braathe\" \/>\r\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\r\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Robert Braathe\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\r\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.albany.com\/hr\/2011\/10\/linkedinwho-do-you-know-by-heidi-l-johnston\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.albany.com\/hr\/2011\/10\/linkedinwho-do-you-know-by-heidi-l-johnston\/\",\"name\":\"LinkedIn.....Who do you know? By Heidi L. Johnston - Robert Braathe's HR & Albany Jobs Blog\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.albany.com\/hr\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2011-10-11T12:16:43+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.albany.com\/hr\/#\/schema\/person\/b8536db7857744bb23a8611995490b45\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.albany.com\/hr\/2011\/10\/linkedinwho-do-you-know-by-heidi-l-johnston\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.albany.com\/hr\/2011\/10\/linkedinwho-do-you-know-by-heidi-l-johnston\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.albany.com\/hr\/2011\/10\/linkedinwho-do-you-know-by-heidi-l-johnston\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.albany.com\/hr\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"LinkedIn…..Who do you know? By Heidi L. Johnston\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.albany.com\/hr\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.albany.com\/hr\/\",\"name\":\"Robert Braathe's HR & Albany Jobs Blog\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.albany.com\/hr\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.albany.com\/hr\/#\/schema\/person\/b8536db7857744bb23a8611995490b45\",\"name\":\"Robert Braathe\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.albany.com\/hr\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ca89b35dde089a08aaee7eb4417df1edb80a77859aff96499f292564e022279f?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ca89b35dde089a08aaee7eb4417df1edb80a77859aff96499f292564e022279f?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Robert Braathe\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.albany.com\/hr\/author\/rbraathe\/\"}]}<\/script>\r\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"LinkedIn.....Who do you know? By Heidi L. Johnston - Robert Braathe's HR & Albany Jobs Blog","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.albany.com\/hr\/2011\/10\/linkedinwho-do-you-know-by-heidi-l-johnston\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"LinkedIn.....Who do you know? By Heidi L. Johnston - Robert Braathe's HR & Albany Jobs Blog","og_description":"In a world based on \"who you know\", LinkedIn is a perfect place to start generating an impressive list of who you know and more importantly, who you want to know. LinkedIn is the hub for business networking with 100...","og_url":"https:\/\/www.albany.com\/hr\/2011\/10\/linkedinwho-do-you-know-by-heidi-l-johnston\/","og_site_name":"Robert Braathe's HR & Albany Jobs Blog","article_published_time":"2011-10-11T12:16:43+00:00","author":"Robert Braathe","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Robert Braathe","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.albany.com\/hr\/2011\/10\/linkedinwho-do-you-know-by-heidi-l-johnston\/","url":"https:\/\/www.albany.com\/hr\/2011\/10\/linkedinwho-do-you-know-by-heidi-l-johnston\/","name":"LinkedIn.....Who do you know? By Heidi L. Johnston - Robert Braathe's HR & Albany Jobs Blog","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.albany.com\/hr\/#website"},"datePublished":"2011-10-11T12:16:43+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.albany.com\/hr\/#\/schema\/person\/b8536db7857744bb23a8611995490b45"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.albany.com\/hr\/2011\/10\/linkedinwho-do-you-know-by-heidi-l-johnston\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.albany.com\/hr\/2011\/10\/linkedinwho-do-you-know-by-heidi-l-johnston\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.albany.com\/hr\/2011\/10\/linkedinwho-do-you-know-by-heidi-l-johnston\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.albany.com\/hr\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"LinkedIn…..Who do you know? By Heidi L. Johnston"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.albany.com\/hr\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.albany.com\/hr\/","name":"Robert Braathe's HR & Albany Jobs Blog","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.albany.com\/hr\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.albany.com\/hr\/#\/schema\/person\/b8536db7857744bb23a8611995490b45","name":"Robert Braathe","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.albany.com\/hr\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ca89b35dde089a08aaee7eb4417df1edb80a77859aff96499f292564e022279f?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ca89b35dde089a08aaee7eb4417df1edb80a77859aff96499f292564e022279f?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Robert Braathe"},"url":"https:\/\/www.albany.com\/hr\/author\/rbraathe\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.albany.com\/hr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8957","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.albany.com\/hr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.albany.com\/hr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.albany.com\/hr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/147"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.albany.com\/hr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8957"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.albany.com\/hr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8957\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.albany.com\/hr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8957"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.albany.com\/hr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8957"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.albany.com\/hr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8957"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}