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I use LinkedIn for my resume

Miss Tiffany — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 11:30:30 -0700

I use LinkedIn for my resume and to generally keep my address book up to date. Facebook I use to keep in touch with people and find out which famous designer is using a bunny on a magazine cover (which absolutely made me smile!). Both are useful. I’ve started using Plaxo, but wonder if I’m going a bit OTT.

LinkedIn, IMHO, is more of a

aluminum — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 11:15:40 -0700

LinkedIn, IMHO, is more of a ’hey, I know you in person, let’s stay in contact’ type of service.

another one for the

Ch — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 10:37:46 -0700

another one for the perspective dot ring collection !

http://typophile.com/node/42203

What about LinkedIn?

Eben Sorkin — Sat, 15 Mar 2008 10:56:24 -0700

What about LinkedIn?

What I’ve heard from

mondoB — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 22:06:09 -0700

What I’ve heard from everyone who ever posted on those sites, especially Craig’s List, is that you never hear back from anybody ever—a waste of time. Face to face networking is what works.

looks like something no

iggyboo — Wed, 31 Jan 2007 12:45:41 -0800

looks like something no client i’d like to work with would read.. nor would I care too lol.

I have never used a system

Eben Sorkin — Thu, 25 Jan 2007 19:21:41 -0800

I have never used a system like this.

Wondering if freelance community / networking websites are worth the money?

Alaskan — Thu, 25 Jan 2007 16:03:54 -0800

Has anybody ever had any real success by joining one of these types of websites?

http://www.mediabistro.com

If so, which ones are worth the time and money? It’s so hard to trust the slick marketing — especially when you’re the one who designs it :)