The do's and don'ts of LinkedIn

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Building and maintaining your professional brand on LinkedIn can pay dividends when it's time to search for your next job.

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This LinkedIn cold-outreach template helped job seekers land roles at companies like Amazon and Airbnb

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Hey [Name], you're at [Company]?
Career coach Albana Gega said job seekers should aim to reach out to people in adjacent positions.

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Preferred pronouns are more popular than ever on LinkedIn

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More users are sharing their preferred pronouns on LinkedIn.

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I became a regular at my local casino when I was unemployed. I networked directly with people in power and landed my next gig.

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The author started to network in casinos.

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How Reid Hoffman went from studying philosophy at Oxford to building LinkedIn

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"PayPal Mafia" member Reid Hoffman is the founder of LinkedIn.

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How do you actually network to land a new job? Microsoft's ex-VP of HR explains

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The key to networking is to expand your visibility beyond the people you work with every day.

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I cold-emailed Mark Cuban and a Meta exec, and they both responded. Here's how I worded it.

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I was poached, then laid off 60 days later. I was embarrassed to talk about it, but doing so helped me get my next job.

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Amanda Nielsen was let go from her her job two months after she was poached from another company.

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Career goals you should make to set yourself up for success

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A consultant has gone viral on TikTok promoting a networking trick she calls 'corporate flirting' to get ahead at work

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Srinidhi Rajesh is a TikToker promoting a hack called "corporate flirting" at work.

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