creating a LinkedIn account is pretty
simple you'll just need an email address
and a few minutes of your time let's
take a look at how it works
to get started go to linkedin.com and
your web browser enter your information
choose a password and then click the
join button
LinkedIn will guide you through the
steps of adding more detail to your
profile next you'll need to verify your
email address to do this go to your
inbox look for the message from LinkedIn
and then click the confirmation button
you can also choose to sync the context
list from your email account at this
time this will make it easier to find
people you already know on LinkedIn so
we recommend you do this eventually
however if you don't want to do it right
now you can just skip it a few more
screens will appear asking for your
photo and professional interests like
with the email contacts you can skip
these steps if you'd rather deal with
them later however we encourage you to
explore everything LinkedIn has to offer
to ensure you're getting the most out of
it after the sign-up process LinkedIn
may ask you to upgrade to a premium
account which costs a monthly
subscription fee while the premium
account provides additional features
such as more messaging options and job
opening details we found that you can
get a lot out of LinkedIn using just the
free account we recommend sticking with
that one for now
now that your account is set up you're
ready to start creating your profile and
adding connections