Is it a MUST to be registered on LinkedIN for one who's already in Social Networking?

Posted by andrey.golub at 08:12 | |

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1. I am now checking my contacts from doostang.com: seems to be the most professional and most powerful Network (too much career/HR oriented but why not?!).

   I found that 90% of my connections there are already LinkedIN Members, and well, 80% of those are already my connections on LinkedIN. The others have been just invited. Why not? ;)

    

   Posted by Andrey Golub on Friday, January 12th, 2007 at 10:29

2. The next turn for checking contacts will be my Academici Network, but it's not today for sure.

   It's a crazy Friday at the office today :( 

   Posted by Andrey Golub on Friday, January 12th, 2007 at 10:32

3. <p>Dear Andrey,</p><p>I agree &#39;bout a/m. But there&#39;s a point of view that I feel u did not take into right consideration, if u allow me to express my personal opinion: I don&#39;t know u personally yet but I feel u&#39;re a really skilled and clever person, this is the reason why I found correct to write my personal comments on it. </p><p>Even if it seems that nobody&#39;s can live or work without internt, not everybody&#39;s still so skilled in IT world and its means of communicatin&#39;(includin&#39; business networkin&#39; connection as linked in or xing and others).</p><p> And this doesn&#39;t mean that all those people not aware about useful instruments &quot;are outside of the modern life&quot;. </p><p>If somebody&#39;d inform them of their existeance, maybe there&#39;ll be more users than now.... </p><p>Just to better explain what I mean: I&#39;m 38 (not so young - sigh - but not so old!!!!). </p><p>My lucky&#39;s always been I&#39;m curios and my need of communicatin&#39; with others has always been a must. </p><p>When I met my boy friend who&#39;s at present working in EMC (where information live), just to have the chance of talkin&#39; with him of his job (and the priority was understandin&#39; what he was talkin&#39; &#39;bout ) -&nbsp; I started to get interested in IT world and all their products, with the real desire to learn and talk (and understand) his language in that field.<br /> </p><p>Now, when we go in these big trade centre, sometimes he&#39;d like to see - just for changin&#39;- houses articles f.i. (U know, those boring things like frigos and kitchens and wash-dishes, etc...) </p><p>Well, I go directly to hardware and software shop site. </p><p>I listen to the employees givin&#39; explications to other clients and, often, I do realize they&#39;re saying a lot of nonsenses (they&#39;re not aware &#39;bout what they&#39;re sellin&#39;: don&#39;t u think this is unbelivable?). </p><p>Sometimes it&#39;s me who&#39;s helpin&#39; clients by givin&#39; technical explicatiions.... Just to be of help and for pleasure. </p><p>But before knowin&#39; my partner I wasn&#39;t quite aware &#39;bout the difference between hardware and software (just to give u an idea I&#39;m talkin&#39; of 1 year and half ago). Not ten years.&nbsp;</p><p>Now I read PC Professionale, asked gifts for birthday or xmas, like notebook, palmare (I choose a dell) compact digital photocamera (choose a sony)...</p><p>This revolution was due to &quot;The power of love&quot;? (like that 80&#39;s song sucess?)</p><p> I&#39;m startin&#39; to get sufficiently informed &#39;bout smart phone with qwerty, gprs and umts connections,&nbsp; includind navigator with touch screen, phone,&nbsp; photocamera, blackberry, usb, external hard disk, and quite able in comparing the differences between costs and services offered by each company producin&#39; each articles. </p><p>I think I&#39;m a professional woman: I started using PC by myself when I was 20 (my first one, the first love I&#39;ve never forgot, was a Mac). And I do live in my time.<br /> </p><p>What I always felt was, that all of u workin&#39; in the IT world, acted like a sort of special &amp; private club - not open to get the others in, but only to comunicate with your similar: talkin&#39; your own language, and not so available to let all the other normal human beeing, at least to try to be part of it (or just understandin&#39; what u were talkin&#39; about). </p><p>Don&#39;t u think that when u write &quot; I do not speak about those poor people that are outside of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_networking" target="_blank"><em><strong>Social Networking</strong></em></a>. From my point of view those are outside of the modern life and I am not interested to discuss their problems at all ;)&quot; it&#39;s a little bit snob and not correct? </p><p>Skilled and professional people (age 50 fi) might be extremaly able in their fiels but not so used in usin&#39; internet and or build social networwing. &nbsp;</p><p>For sure this is my personal opinion and pls excuse me if &#39;ve been so sincere in expressin&#39; my ideas on that. </p><p>After discoverin&#39; this new world and how the cleverin&#39; use of internet and potential help he&#39;s able to give me, I&#39;m on linked in, Milan In, xing, MICE, and other business networks (especially related to my field): not only for seeking 4 a job but just to be updated on news and have the chance of enlarging the number of people I can meet and profit of their experience 4 askin&#39; them sugestions, advices, exchange ideas and become a better professional and human person: it&#39;s always useful to learn, and I never stop doin&#39; it.</p><p>Also wanna add that I don&#39;t like chattin&#39; or use links just 4 meetin&#39; friends or the man of my life (even if i think everybody&#39;s free to do what they like, but always honestly for sure).</p><p>In order to add a great value to our club and our members, why all of u IT skilled in - don&#39;t&nbsp; u give us some basic information &#39;bout how&#39;s the better and right way to use this ever running faster and faster way of communicatin&#39;?</p><p>I know there&#39;s a special forum on the site, but I&#39;d prefer of not using a dictionary when readin&#39; it.&nbsp;</p><p>FI, what about an e-room where addin&#39; all latest updatd info or useful RSS or news, instead of using a personal blog (even is useful, nothin&#39; to say &#39;bout it)?</p><p>I know u&#39;ll need an hosting server for it, but I&#39;m sure that all of u IT skilled people will find out a solution for that.&nbsp;</p><p>Wish u won&#39;t misunderstandin&#39; me: my opininions on your article was not a critic but tried - as far as my personal experience is concerned - to give useful suggestions to improove and/or develop/increase a more skilled IT potential knolewdge of all members in our club. This might be a trasure for all of us for the growin&#39; of the club itself, don&#39;t u think so?</p><p>Will take a look at the site you mentioned in your article.&nbsp;</p><p>Thanks 4 your kind attention.</p><p>Mary</p><p>ps. what&#39;s new &#39;bout the club in rome? I know there&#39;re a lot of people that might be interested in.&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p>

   Posted by Mary Capucci ( Anonymous )/ on Sunday, January 21st, 2007 at 02:43