You can find the website at: http://www.linkedin.com

Linkedin is a networking site for professionals. At this site, you are able to sign up and search for contacts that you might have met via personal relationships, classmates or current/former co-workers. The site gives you the opportunity to post you job and education experience, as well as hobbies, community organization and involvement among others.

Beyond just networking, this site also allows your co-workers, classmates, teachers, bosses or employees to "recommend" you. This can be a valuable tool when looking for a job or connection as you can refer people to your profile and thus your recommendation, or these recommendations can be printed out and sent along with other Letters of Rec. for a position.

The website also gives you the capability of importing your email contact list into the site, after which it goes through all your contacts and determines (based on email address) who has an account with linkedin. In addition to this, the site has a percentage based completion system, which gives you an idea as to how well done your profile really is. For example, adding your current job/position takes you 10% closer to having a complete profile. Adding a picture (Business appropriate is obviously recommended) is another 5%. Previous job experience, education and goals also help bring the total up to 100%.

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