http://www.reputationdefenderblog.com/2009/11/17/social-networking-for-your-job-search/ ReputationDefender Blog | Online Privacy, Online Reputation Management, Identity Management Mon, 15 Mar 2010 22:45:20 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 http://www.reputationdefenderblog.com/2009/11/17/social-networking-for-your-job-search/comment-page-1/#comment-10283 Logan Thu, 19 Nov 2009 04:03:56 +0000 http://www.reputationdefenderblog.com/?p=1125#comment-10283 Linkedin is a powerful tool to find potential networking contacts in your job search. Try searching for a particular company of interest and checking out those individuals working in a similar function that you are gunning for. Next, check out the website www.Emails4corporations.com which lists hundreds of corporate email address patterns, so that you can understand how to correctly guess the person's email address (and avoid having to upgrade to a paid membership via Linkedin). Next try emailing them with genuine request for help (maybe its finding out more about the company culture, or asking a contact how they landed in the role that they are in, etc). Linkedin is a powerful tool to find potential networking contacts in your job search. Try searching for a particular company of interest and checking out those individuals working in a similar function that you are gunning for. Next, check out the website http://www.Emails4corporations.com which lists hundreds of corporate email address patterns, so that you can understand how to correctly guess the person’s email address (and avoid having to upgrade to a paid membership via Linkedin). Next try emailing them with genuine request for help (maybe its finding out more about the company culture, or asking a contact how they landed in the role that they are in, etc).

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