Comments on: LinkedIn for Consultants: Why, How and Now

By: Lee Roper

Lee Roper — Sun, 01 Feb 2009 17:00:11 +0000

Mario, you make a very good point when you say:
“If you have more business than you can handle, you can also
use LinkedIn to find qualified staff and subcontractors.”

I have been hearing more and more that consultants are using Linkedin and their websites to generate allot of business. They then become project managers of most new business generated, using LinkedIn to find new subcontractors. It works really well and helps provide a real online verification of a person’s previous experiences and projects.

By: Marilyn Reap

Marilyn Reap — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 13:16:15 +0000

Can someone please explain how to display keywords in my profile? I see on some profiles keywords are listed right below current and past employment history. This keyword section does not appear on my profile. How do I add it?

By: Richard Goodwin

Richard Goodwin — Wed, 25 Jul 2007 15:01:02 +0000

Good blog, just one comment regarding recommendations;

Recommendations ONLY show in a ‘Public’ profile if the person viewing your profile is actually logged in. Whilst I understand this may be to protect the privacy of the person who made the recommendation, can the recommendation text not be shown but the identity of the author witheld?

By: vijay patnaik

vijay patnaik — Wed, 18 Jul 2007 08:57:42 +0000

I am sort of new to LinkedIn or other network sites. Being a recruitment consultant myself, your article is just perfect in leading my entry to networking for clients and candidates alike.

By: Fernando Aramburu

Fernando Aramburu — Tue, 10 Jul 2007 10:26:07 +0000

Mario,

About your post, I guess there are other ways to do it and is to network and to contribute to your connections. Social networks are a both way connection , and I guess one way to improve your connections and convert them in future clients or someone more close to you is give something before receiving :)

Another thing… I’m looking for linkedin developers blogs. Do you know if there is or can you recommend me some blogs specific related to the next Linkedin API. I’m looking something specific for developers and not only people saying “it will be great”.

Hope you can mail me …

Fer

By: Riku Eskelinen

Riku Eskelinen — Mon, 09 Jul 2007 08:49:04 +0000

I have noticed that there are a lot of independent countries, even with big population missing from the locations list of LinkedIn. There are also some relatively small places, not even independent (like Cook Islands), listed on locations. There is also Yugoslavia, which has not been existing since 1991. You mention only one Korea, even though both are internationally recognised. etc.etc. Why is that?

According to my list the following independent countries (listed by population) are missing from your list:
Kongo Kinshasa, Myanmar, Sudan, Afganistan, North Korea, Mosambique, Cameroon, Ivory Coast, Burkina Faso, Cambodza, Niger, Malawi, Mali, Senegal, Zambia, Cuba, Chad, Guinea,
Rwanda, Somalia, Haiti, Burundi, Tajikistan, Paraguay, Laos, Sierra Leone, Libya, Papua New Guinea, Turkmenistan,
Eritrea, Central Africa, Kongo Brazzaville, Liberia, Mauritania, Jamaica, Mongolia, Bhutan, Lesotho, Guinea-Bissau, Swaziland, Fiji, Comores, Djibouti, Guyana, Cap Verde, Solomon Islands, Surinam, Brunei, Maledives, Belize, Barbados, Vanuatu, Samoa, Saint Lucia, Sao Tome & Principe, Saint Vincent & Grenadines, Tonga, Kiribati, Grenada, Seychelles, Andorra, Antigua & Barbuda, Dominica, Marshall Islands, Saint Kitts & Nevis, Monaco, San Marino, Palau, Nauru, Tuvalu, Vatican

There are also many places, de facto independent, or otherwise could make to your list… Here are some of them on escalating order by population:
Puerto Rico, Palestine, Somaliland, Reunion, Transnistria, Macao, Guadeloupe, Martinique, Western Sahara, Northern Cyprus, New Caledonia, French Guyana, Guam, Nagorno-Karabah, US Virgin Islands, Jersey, Northern Mariana Islands, Isle of Man, Aruba, Guernsey, American Samoa, Cayman Islands, British Virgin Islands, Turks & Caicos Islands, Wallis & Futuna, Anguilla, Montserrat, Saint Helena, Saint-Pierre & Miquelon, Falkland Islands, Niue, Tokelau, Pitcairn Islands