LinkedIn is an online network of more than 5.5 million experienced professionals from around the world, representing 130 industries.
When you join, you create a profile that summarizes your professional accomplishments. Your profile helps you find and be found by former colleagues, clients, and partners. You can add more connections by inviting trusted contacts to join LinkedIn and connect to you.
Your network consists of your connections, your connections’ connections, and the people they know, linking you to thousands of qualified professionals.
As an example my profile is located at http://www.linkedin.com/pub/0/634/315
August 30th, 2006 at 2:45 pm
[…] I have written about LinkedIn before, but today I stumbled upon an article in The Washington post related to it. The article was published in 2004, when LinkedIn was new, and shows a practical use of it. […]