Comments on: LinkedIn Invites: When a Potential Connection Quickly Becomes a Disconnect http://www.careersolvers.com/blog/2009/03/07/linkedin-invites-when-a-potential-connection-quickly-becomes-a-disconnect/ Finding the path that's right for you Mon, 19 Dec 2011 04:08:11 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: Barbara Safani http://www.careersolvers.com/blog/2009/03/07/linkedin-invites-when-a-potential-connection-quickly-becomes-a-disconnect/comment-page-1/#comment-948 Barbara Safani Fri, 13 Mar 2009 03:57:29 +0000 http://www.careersolvers.com/blog/?p=429#comment-948 Roland, Wow, that's a great story. LinkedIn can be such a powerful tool when used correctly. Thanks for sharing. Roland,

Wow, that’s a great story. LinkedIn can be such a powerful tool when used correctly. Thanks for sharing.

]]> By: Roland Cailles http://www.careersolvers.com/blog/2009/03/07/linkedin-invites-when-a-potential-connection-quickly-becomes-a-disconnect/comment-page-1/#comment-943 Roland Cailles Thu, 12 Mar 2009 00:26:44 +0000 http://www.careersolvers.com/blog/?p=429#comment-943 Couldn't agree more. Linked In is one the easiest and best ways to network professionally. In the past, you had to take the time to write an e-mail. Now it's as simple as adding all the contacts you made that day as connections. I have a success story for you. After posting on a chat for Linked In's Social Media group, I clicked on a particular response. Turns out the guy worked at a firm in my hometown of Chicago. I asked if I could pick his brain over a drink, as I had just graduated college. He said come by for an interview. Two weeks later, I had my first post college internship. Wrote a post about it too. (http://www.tesar-reynes.com/blog1/2008/12/22/first-date-aka-first-interview/) Couldn’t agree more. Linked In is one the easiest and best ways to network professionally. In the past, you had to take the time to write an e-mail. Now it’s as simple as adding all the contacts you made that day as connections.

I have a success story for you. After posting on a chat for Linked In’s Social Media group, I clicked on a particular response. Turns out the guy worked at a firm in my hometown of Chicago.

I asked if I could pick his brain over a drink, as I had just graduated college. He said come by for an interview. Two weeks later, I had my first post college internship. Wrote a post about it too. (http://www.tesar-reynes.com/blog1/2008/12/22/first-date-aka-first-interview/)

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