On Sat, 09 Jun 2012 15:27:41 +0100, Orchid Win7 v1 wrote:

>> In Linked-in, you are supposed to build a network of contacts (school
>> buddies, coworkers, family, etc...), which then lets you get introduced
>> to THEIR contacts, etc... Hopefully helping you on your quest to find a
>> good job. E.g.: There's this guy in your dance classes that works in
>> accounting at a big company. You become a contact in LinkedIn. While
>> taking a break, he mentions the sad state of their IT. YOu say: "I
>> betcha I could help improve things." The next day, you ask him over
>> LinkedIn to introduce you to his HR rep or IT manager. you get
>> introduced, you go on an interview, you may not get hired, but the HR
>> person knows you exist, and when the time comes to hire an Haskell
>> expert, she'll have one in her network already.
> 
> That's a great story. Pity I don't know anybody like that...

You don't know that.

Just with the 4 contacts I have in the UK (with a quick filter - and I 
know there are more in the UK who for some reason aren't showing up as 
being there - ah, because there is a city filter as well), you're a step 
away from knowing one of the product release managers at Applied Card 
Technologies, someone who works at T-Systems, and the owner and CEO of 
b2lateral (which is a training/consultancy).

I also know someone who's the systems engineering team leader at City 
College in Brighton, people who work at both Cambridge and Oxford 
universities (including a research professor who's not on LinkedIn - he's 
worked very hard to keep a very small online footprint).

Spend some time looking at the companies represented in your broader 
network and see what looks like it might be moderately interesting.

Then see what positions those companies have posted on LinkedIn, and if 
you find something that looks interesting, ask the person you know there 
to introduce you to the person they know ho works there.

Jim

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