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2014

Uwe Muegge

Social networking

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How Linkedin Helped Me Land A Vp Position When I Wasn't Even Looking, Uwe Muegge Dec 2014

How Linkedin Helped Me Land A Vp Position When I Wasn't Even Looking, Uwe Muegge

Uwe Muegge

Finding a new job can be very time-consuming – or not, especially when you let the new job find you! I recently accepted the position of Vice President of Strategic Technology Solutions at OmniLingua, a translation and localization services company. At the time I received the the company owner's InMail, I was not even looking for a new job! Unbeknownst to me, the hiring process had started after my future employer visited my LinkedIn profile page.


Get Your Linkedin Inmap While You Still Can, Uwe Muegge Aug 2014

Get Your Linkedin Inmap While You Still Can, Uwe Muegge

Uwe Muegge

A few days ago, I received an e-mail from LinkedIn letting me know that the social network will discontinue its InMaps network visualization service on September 1, 2014. According to their e-mail, LinkedIn is retiring InMaps "so we can focus on bringing you even better ways to visualize your professional network." Okay, so there will be a successor to InMaps, but will this new network visualization service be available to all LinkedIn users for free like LinkedIn InMaps are?