Are you LinkedIn?

It is well known that people join CSI for one of two reasons:

1. Networking
2. Education

Here is a website that makes networking as simple as a mouse click.

LinkedIn.com is an online network of more than 19 million experienced professionals from around the world, representing 150 industries.

When you sign in, you create a profile that summarizes your professional accomplishments. Your profile helps you find and be found by former colleagues, clients, and partners. You can add more 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 thousands of qualified professionals.

Through your network you can:

• Find potential clients, service providers, subject experts, and partners who come recommended
• Be found for business opportunities
• Search for great jobs
• Discover inside connections that can help you land jobs and close deals
• Post and distribute job listings
• Get introduced to other professionals through the people you know

LinkedIn is free to join.

What would you do if you had the current, up-to-date business information on everyone in our Chapter? How could you expand your network? What would a potential client find if they Googled your name?

LinkedIn is a great way to take control of your on-line identity. There are many social networking sites, but LinkedIn is for business.

Click over to LinkedIn to see how it works. If you want to check out an impressive network, go to LinkedIn and search for our North Central Region Institute Director, Mr. Sheldon Wolfe.

Remember, “Building and maintaining good relationships with other people is an important component for job success.” Krumholtz and Levin in “Luck is No Accident.”