LinkedIn (Blogophilia 43.5)
As most of you know, I am currently looking for a job. And at 54, that is not an easy proposition. One of the tools of that can be used in the modern era is the social network LinkedIn.com. It operates on the theory of Six Degrees of Separation, where by using six links you can connect to anyone int he world. In LinkedIn's case, they use only three. And by referring and being referred, theoretically employee and employer are matched to their positions more effectively than the older methods of cold calling and newspaper ads. It can also be used to scare up sales leads and other types of business activities. The first level connections are supposed to be your personal acquaintances and business associates. People you have directly done business with and have some idea how they work. Then they have associates, who are second level and then from there it goes to the third level. To illustrate how strong the separation theory is; I currently have ...