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Most job seekers recognize how networking and relationships can advance their career. Have you ever noticed that friend or colleague who finds great, career-advancing jobs – even when he or she never seemed to be looking? Chances are,  that person was referred, recommended or recruited. Whether a new job is a current priority or something in the distant future, networking now paves the way for a candidate. One way to grow your connections and become more visible to recruiters, who are privy to jobs and can guide candidates into positions where they will succeed, is to join  LinkedIn...


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LinkedIn has released a new version of it's popular mobile app for both the Android and iPhone platforms. You can learn about the new features in the video below: You can learn more at http://www.linkedin.com/mobile. Be sure to follow BCforward on LinkedIn too!


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The rise in popularity and functionality of social networks like twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn have changed the way job seekers and hiring managers connect with one another. Social media can be an extremely powerful tool in landing the perfect job, but it can also give people the wrong impression and end your job search before it's begun. As part of our "Ask An Expert" video series, Allison Carter, Director of Communications at Roundpeg, talks about how social media can be useful for job seekers.


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Monster.com enters the social space to compete directly with BranchOut - but will anyone stop using LinkedIn? From Monster: Monster.com has just launched a new professional networking app for Facebook users: BeKnown. BeKnown lets you identify and connect with friends and professional contacts from multiple sources to grow your professional network, enhance your online professional identity, and discover new jobs. The great thing that BeKnown does for users is allow them to build a professional network on Facebook (the world's largest and most active social network), while keeping...


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We all know the power of social media to make connections and find jobs. At BCforward, LinkedIn is one of many tools that our recruiters use to match talented job seekers with jobs for our clients. Recently, one of our BCforward employees was contacted, via email, by an aggressive recruiter at a competing company who claimed to be a LinkedIn connection: I need your help connecting to talented individuals. I have (5) I.T. Sales Positions available in Indianapolis with 3 different clients, all of which need top notch IT sales People. All of which need to be filled in the next few weeks....


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LinkedIn now provides you unparalleled insights into exactly who has looked at your profile – right down to their names and current employers if those people have opted to share that with others on LinkedIn. Profile Stats allows you to see the full names, titles and companies of people looking at your profile (of those people who opted to share that information). You can also see the industries, countries and interests of the people viewing your profile. Premium accountholders have exclusive access to additional stats that will allow you to look your best to the next executive or business...


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via Mashable: LinkedIn has announced that it has finally reached a major milestone: 100 million users and counting. The company, founded in December 2002 and launched in May 2003, reached profitability fairly soon, and its growth has been accelerating over the past few years. It took LinkedIn six years to reach 50 million users, but it only took a year and a half for the business social network to double that number. LinkedIn hit 85 million members in October 2010 and revealed that it had more than 90 million users when it filed to go public earlier this year. LinkedIn is now adding one new member...


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