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This post belongs to our series of Tips and Tricks to help professionals put their network to good use. Today, we focus on the art of crafting effective farewell communication when you’re in between jobs.

One of the hot topics these past few days covered the surprising candor with which “Farewell emails” are being sent these days by employees who’ve either been laid off or in-between jobs. The LA Times recently shared some good and bad examples of farewell communication and their direct consequences:

Code Alert! This is a part of our continuing series on Engineering at LinkedIn. If this isn’t your cup of Java, check back tomorrow for regular LinkedIn programming. In the meanwhile, check out some of our recent announcements, tips and tricks, or success stories.

When you start using OSGi, the very first problem you are going to be faced with, is the fact that OSGi requires bundles. A bundle is nothing more than a jar file with extra manifest information. Here is a ‘typical’ example of a manifest for an OSGi bundle (the entries in bold are the OSGi specific headers).

Have you ever thought of displaying the public LinkedIn profiles of companies or professionals on your blog or web site? Well, now you can! We recently released a couple of widgets that allow you to easily display information about your professional network and your company profile from within the confines of your blog or website. Given below are a couple of widgets that allow you to do exactly that:

1. Profile Widget:

If you’ve got a highly marketable skillset, should you set up shop and find clients? Or should you seek out a lucrative contract with a promising corporation? Perhaps the answer is best determined by the professional temperament of an individual, but sometimes it’s just a matter of the right opportunity at the right time. Web marketing consultant Jeff Torchon has done both – and with the help of LinkedIn, he found the transition surprisingly “quick and easy”.

Last year Jeff was happy running an independent consulting gig when two recruiters reached out to him via LinkedIn, offering director positions at major national firms. He interviewed with both, and one firm turned out to be one of his current clients. The proposition caused him to consider corporate life again. Around the same time, a couple of potential clients reached out to Jeff via InMail. Between two job offers and new client opportunities, Jeff had a great set of options to choose from. Considering the strong relationship, he decided to take the job with his existing client.