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Starting today, we’re taking our vision of the professional web to the next level by helping our members utilize the power of their LinkedIn membership when they need it most — when applying for a job.  It’s my great pleasure to announce the launch of our newest professional web plug-in: Apply with LinkedIn.

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Ed. note: This is a continuation of our series of blog posts on our colleagues’ stories. Here, we hear from Damien Vossion– who trained as a professional chef in France and now works as a Risk Specialist at LinkedIn’s office in Dublin.

Be it a birthday, holiday or other special occasion, the Dublin LinkedIn team looks to me for a celebratory cake. That’s because I’m more than a Risk Specialist. I’m a chef.

I’ve always had a passion for cooking. It started when I was a child, helping my mum bake cakes and French pastry. As a teenager, I entered culinary school, then became an apprentice to an elite French Chef who taught me nearly everything I know about cooking. He helped me master fresh bread, croissant and foie gras (among other French classics). After two busy years I went back to school and worked in various hotels and restaurants in France as chef de partie and second de cuisine.

This month, to celebrate the first birthday of inDay, we returned to a theme that began at the very first one —  volunteering — and watched more than 200 employees give back to their local communities worldwide through volunteer efforts.

For those of you new to inDay, it’s a Friday each month when LinkedIn employees have a “no meeting day” and the opportunity to work on something which may not be on their daily task list. Each inDay has a theme to get the creative juices flowing, but the activities ultimately follow our colleagues’ passions.

Thanks to Miss Manners, Emily Post and our grandmothers, we know to say please, treat others the way we’d like to be treated and write a note when we receive a gift.

But for some reason, the minute many people turn on a computer or mobile screen, their basic knowledge of etiquette flies out the window. Perhaps because they’re not face to face with others, they forget how to interact.