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If you've ever received an email that says
"Join my network on LinkedIn," you've probably

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wondered, "What is LinkedIn?"

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The simple answer is that it's the world's
largest professional network, helping people

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find and share opportunities every day.

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But how is it relevant to you?

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Managing your career is just one reason to
join LinkedIn. As you develop your professional

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profile, you establish an authoritative resource
on your experience and capabilities that lets

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people find you when they search the Internet.
In two minutes, you'll be up and running with

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the most important page on the web you'll
ever have. Do you know what people find when

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they Google your name? With LinkedIn you'll
have more control over what appears in Google

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results, and having a robust profile encourages
people to approach you with opportunities. Many

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of your contacts are already on LinkedIn, and
you can reconnect just by uploading your address book.

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This lets you stay in touch even as your contacts
change jobs and email addresses. Your reputation

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is summed up by the relationships you've developed
over your career. LinkedIn helps you maintain

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these relationships authentically. In addition,
when you want to make new business connections,

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you can find people using LinkedIn's search tool 
-- then see who you know in common.

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This makes it easy to request an introduction
from your trusted connections.

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You can also join a LinkedIn group, where professionals
in your field discuss issues and solve problems

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related to your industry.

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Link to your Twitter account to share tweets
with your professional network both from LinkedIn

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to Twitter, and vice versa.

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And use LinkedIn's mobile application to stay
current with your network wherever you are.

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These are just a few features that help you
get the most out of LinkedIn.

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Whether you're working in an office or on the go,
LinkedIn keeps you in touch with the people

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that matter to your career. And since signing
up is free, LinkedIn just might be the best

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investment you'll ever make in your career.