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the linkedin support group

March 29, 2009 2 Comments

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I think LinkedIn can be a meaningful tool.  It just cracks me how many invitations we all get with the default "since you are a person I trust" greeting.  Particularly when they come from people we don't actually know.

A friend of mine who used to run a high profile investment fund told me he gets 20-30 LinkedIn requests a day.  He's seen a noticeable surge in the last six months, which struck me that LinkedIn is probably a good barometer of the career anxiety we're all facing. 

So many of these interactions start and end with the LinkedIn invitation.  Social media of any stripe is a means to an end.  It can be incredibly productive, but I think it takes focused attention to stand out from the herd.  Otherwise, it can give a false sense of security.

And I think a small number of meaningful, serendipitous interactions will yield better results than a flood of general, superficial ones.

It reminds me of this post from Seth Godin defending why he doesn't use Twitter: "I don't want to use a tool unless I'm going to use it really well. Doing any of these things halfway is worse than not at all. People don't want a mediocre interaction."

Seth went on to create a private social network called Triiibes, which he occasionally opens up to new members.  It works well because membership is capped and you're encouraged to be an active member, not a passive bystander.

(After I finished this cartoon, I suddenly remembered I drew a very similar one back in 2002 when I was about to graduate from business school in a down market.  The more things change, the more they stay the same.)

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  1. Denise Lee Yohn says

    March 29, 2009 at 12:53 pm

    funny! and right on — now, whenever i get a linkedin invitation, i know the person is looking for a job — it’s too bad most people only think about their network when they need something from it…

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  2. Mike Bailey says

    March 30, 2009 at 4:52 am

    Spot on, Tom! Luckily, I added you along time ago. BTW – can you introduce me to…

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