LinkedIn's Career Explorer

There is a new kid on the block of interest inventories, developed by the LinkedIn platform, called Career Explorer ( here ). This new tool ...

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LinkedIn group managers

For those of us who are still involved with LinkedIn groups as administrators or 'managers', removing administrators or managers i...

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LinkedIn Group Rules

Many years ago when I took over the management of a LinkedIn Group, I soon realised that we needed some rules of engagement. This was a ...

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'Peak' smartphone

Statista's predicted global smartphone users by 2020 (2017) On LinkedIn recently I read a curated news post asking if we had hit ...

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LinkedIn Activity Stream

Have any of you gone looking for a LinkedIn post that you were sure you only added to a thread a couple of days ago, but have been unable ...

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From the seeds of enjoyment, passions grow

Earlier this year, a colleague posted an MSN Money article link to the CDANZ LinkedIn group about an interview with Mark Cuban, about how ...

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Phantom moderation list items in LinkedIn weekly digest email

As a manager for a couple of LinkedIn (LI) groups, I have noticed over the last couple of years that I keep getting 'phantom' item...

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Rescinding LinkedIn Invitations

In a recent post ( here ), I posted a "How To" for getting rid of those huge lists of LinkedIn (LI) mined contacts carried over ...

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Removing LinkedIn "Imported Contacts"

If you, like me, have found a wall of private contacts sitting on LinkedIn, apparently just dying to be asked to connect with you on LI, w...

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LinkedIn: A Lemon Going Down the Drain?

I used to be a staunch advocate of LinkedIn (LI). I joined LinkedIn because I felt was good for my profile, but I stayed for the groups. ...

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LinkedIn Messages that won't go away

I use LinkedIn - though less than I used to - and I am a manager for two groups. One of the many things that has reduced LinkedIn's fu...

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Mutual respect: important for learning spaces

Despite delivering more than eight papers, seminars, symposia and conference presentations a year to a range of international and domestic...

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When we Speak Academese

Recently I replied to a LinkedIn Higher Education group thread and posted: only to realise post-post (;-D) that I had spoken Academese. ...

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An Easy Ice Breaker

Do you have any favourite ice breakers? Ice breakers are such a tricky thing to get right. I am sure that you , l ike me, have found yo...

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Career advice from new LinkedIn App

On April 18th this year, LinkedIn released an iPhone app in the US focused on helping graduates answer their 'where next' question...

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Searching for people on LinkedIn

If you are like me and want to search for fellow travellers within groups you are a member of on LinkedIn, then you will have found that L...

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Lemon Moves from LinkedIn

I read a very interesting comment by Doris Schweppe on a LinkedIn thread recently. The group statistics were a great function for the gr...

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LinkedIn and Hubris

(Friedman, 2015) I was reading a piece by a colleague of mine from the Collaborative Career Conversations group - Kelly Mitchell - a few...

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The Death Knell for LinkedIn Groups?

Ryan McDougall from LinkedIn created a thread recently entitled "Changes Coming to LinkedIn Groups", outlining new changes in th...

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LinkedIn Groups: new and troubling behaviours

I am a keen supporter of LinkedIn, involved in many groups, and actively posting and sharing content. I encourage my students to sign up, ...

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