My wife regained contact with an old colleague who had just started up a new company and needed good employees. Be that she is clearly my better half, she got the job…
Linkedin is a huge boon and very useful, not only for looking for jobs, but researching companies you are applying for and looking for contacts inside the company as well. More, it gives a potential employer a way to find out more about you, so it is an opportunity to sell yourself and your range of talents without loading up a resume to multiple pages.
(Applying for a job without making contact inside the company is a waste of a resume).
Lamentations on Chemistry 
My current job.
Well. That pretty much says it all.
I was offered a job in mass spectrometer sales via LinkedIn. A job that I would never apply for in a million years. So I guess that’s a no…
Was it just sales or did it include installation and training?
It’s been very helpful at finding contacts and jobs.
Nice to know.
My wife regained contact with an old colleague who had just started up a new company and needed good employees. Be that she is clearly my better half, she got the job…
Only half? \;-)
Linkedin is a huge boon and very useful, not only for looking for jobs, but researching companies you are applying for and looking for contacts inside the company as well. More, it gives a potential employer a way to find out more about you, so it is an opportunity to sell yourself and your range of talents without loading up a resume to multiple pages.
(Applying for a job without making contact inside the company is a waste of a resume).
Hi David,
You make some excellent points. I can see that my approach to it has been far too passive.
Thanks.