| You may be wondering what LinkedIn is. Or you may | | | | individuals. Even if you had met them, the odds are that |
| be a user of LinkedIn and wondering what is the big | | | | you would not have known their particular role. |
| deal? Or you may be thinking to yourself, I think | | | | Perhaps just as important, your friend John or Jane |
| everyone is wasting their time investing in LinkedIn. | | | | may not even be aware that their acquaintance is |
| Well, read on... <b>LinkedIn may be the positively | | | | now the hiring manager. LinkedIn to the rescue--the |
| greatest tool ever created to help you find exactly the | | | | network visibility suddenly allows you and them to be |
| hiring manager or referral you are looking for.</b> | | | | much more aware of the career progress you are all |
| You see, LinkedIn is an unparalleled tool for identifying | | | | achieving. |
| specific job holders in specific companies. This fact | | | | If you are a LinkedIn member (and especially if you are |
| makes the service the probable best possible source | | | | a paid member) you can search and see professionals |
| to reach the exact hiring manager you are seeking. | | | | throughout the LinkedIn network. This is an amazing |
| "Nice try! Where is the proof?", you say. | | | | fact, because now you can see how 65,000,000 |
| LinkedIn is the ideal tool on a couple of levels for | | | | professionals fit into your business context. And, if |
| identifying hiring managers. Once you import and | | | | you've built up your network or by using LinkedIn's |
| connect to your own contacts, you will suddenly be | | | | inmail service, you can reach out and contact them. |
| able to see many of the professionals that you would | | | | Among 65 million, there are few companies and |
| not otherwise see. And guess what? A lot of your | | | | almost no professional endeavors that are not well |
| contacts happen to be in the same or similar | | | | represented. With this tool, your access, your |
| businesses and positions. So, wadda ya know... A lot | | | | knowledge and insight, and your understanding of |
| of their contacts are likely to turn out to be the hiring | | | | context has never been greater. |
| managers YOU need to contact. Better yet, your | | | | For the first time, you can determine who you need to |
| good friend John or Jane might just be able to give | | | | reach and make reaching them a reality. You can |
| you the reference you need. Without LinkedIn, you | | | | begin working on the really important issue: Why the |
| likely would never even have met many of these | | | | hiring manager should bring you on staff. |