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Articles posted in August 2007

  • Walking into LinkedIn this past week has been akin to cruising the strip in Vegas. Different teams have elegantly and some not-so-elegantly (hey, is that our Vegas dedication?) decorated their cubicles in the spirit of teamwork and fun. Ever since, Candy Mielke, Julie Grosso and the HR team, challenged the teams to upgrade to some Cube Chic, we’ve been working on a few ideas and here are the results.

    (From Antarctica to “Camp Runamuck” | Source: LinkedIn’s Photo Feed)

    Although, there were three winners in both the categories; teams and individuals, I thought we should mention everyone’s contribution since independent of how long each team worked on it, the changes have transformed the company and now when I walk in to work…well, why don’t we take a walk through some of the individual cubicle creations:

  • Chris is a Sr. Product Manager, whose core expertise within LinkedIn Answers ranges from “Using LinkedIn” to “Ethics“!

    Some of you perusing our site this past week, may have noticed a few changes in the way you organize your Inbox. Yes, there are a few simple changes, besides just the updated look and feel, so I thought I’ll take a brief moment to capture and outline the upgrade to your Inbox user experience.

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    April Kelly runs our customer support team and hears thousands of questions each week from users. Here she answers five frequently asked questions on privacy that may be on your mind as well. Have more questions. Leave a comment on this post.

  • Every week, there’s a slew of news items, press mentions and blog posts that talk about LinkedIn. Since, our blog is THE source to aggregate all manner of content related to LinkedIn, we thought it’d be a good idea to give you this past week’s LinkedIn News roundup.  Depending on the response from readers, we may make it a weekly fixture on the blog.

    Here are recent press and blog posts from the past couple of weeks that talk about LinkedIn  (everything  from playgrounds to LinkedIn best practices):

  • So, what exactly are these Top 10 frequently asked questions (FAQ) we get asked. Each day I get emails from users asking questions on the different features of LinkedIn. I thought this may be a good opportunity to channel your web clicks to LinkedIn’s “Help & FAQ” page.

    Here’s an overview of some of the more persistent questions from among the Top 10 that I get asked: