The LinkedIn Personal Trainer

Users Unsure Which Shoe Drops Next At LinkedIn

Steve Tylock — Tue, 07 May 2013 13:13:37 +0000

Well, you’ve done it now – it’s very difficult to determine just what will happen next at LinkedIn, opinions seem quite divided. (Perhaps LinkedIn is getting into politics and wants to start becoming unpredictable early…) Here – read on… Searching Seems Safe But for all the disagreement over what will change, nobody seems to think [...]

Equal Discrimination In The Workplace

Steve Tylock — Tue, 05 Mar 2013 18:21:31 +0000

It’s hard to believe, but have we gotten to an age where any one bit of discrimination is as common as another? I mean, if you’re This, but not That, does it really matter any longer? Here – read more… Being an outsider… Whoever you are, you’re an outsider – of something. The question then [...]

LinkedIn’s New Czar: Remover Of Useful Things

Steve Tylock — Mon, 11 Feb 2013 15:37:33 +0000

That’s the position I have to believe is running the show these days. I mean – what else could explain all of the recent events? Answers – closed down. RSS – crippled and closing. Sending messages to your contacts through tags/labels – no longer functioning. Let’s consider it… Where the name came form Reader Jake [...]

Two Thirds Think Fiscal Cliff Was More Significant Than Trivial Pursuit!

Steve Tylock — Sat, 02 Feb 2013 20:30:05 +0000

People like to bracket – this is more important than that, but less important than the other thing. So here we’ve got results of bracketing the fun and excitement of going over the Fiscal Cliff! We didn’t actually go over… So yes, when I created the poll at the end of 2012, the “over or [...]

How Many LinkedIn Connections Should I Have?

Steve Tylock — Tue, 29 Jan 2013 14:44:46 +0000

I’m approaching a LinkedIn milestone, 500+ connections, and thought I’d take some time to talk about numbers. New users are often very concerned about how many people they connect to, and how quickly they should grow their connections. It’s all good if you connect to people you know and trust at every chance you get. [...]

Lights, Lifts, and Cliffs – Get ‘Em While They’re Hot!

Steve Tylock — Wed, 02 Jan 2013 02:47:28 +0000

Breaking News – Most people put some sort of lights up over the holidays! Ok – now that that’s over with, let’s really get to the details – some people admit to not putting any lights up at all! You think I’m kidding!?! Check out these poll results! Excessive Excitement! Nearly every bit of journalism [...]

A Holiday Gift Of The LinkedIn Personal Trainer

Steve Tylock — Tue, 25 Dec 2012 19:36:43 +0000

Happy Holidays! And I’ve got exciting news – The LinkedIn Personal Trainer is now part of the Amazon lending library – free to borrow for all Kindle users. But wait – there’s more!-) (You just can’t say that too often;-) Taking the plunge Amazon has offered books from its lending library to Amazon Prime members [...]

Working With Awful LinkedIn Adivce? Just Keep Repeating It!

Steve Tylock — Mon, 10 Dec 2012 20:20:24 +0000

Are you creative? Well – once again LinkedIn has trolled through their collection of user profiles and suggests that you not describe yourself with that word… I’ve never cared for this advice, and if they’re going to double-down on providing it, I’m going to raise the stakes about why this advice is merely useless. The [...]

Election Bounce-Back For Global Warming

Steve Tylock — Sun, 02 Dec 2012 19:40:25 +0000

You knew this was coming, right? Now that the election is over, everyone’s happy to acknowledge that the global change in temperatures has something to to with the global change in weather patterns. Funny that, right? Here – I’ve got poll results from faithful readers of the LinkedIn Personal Trainer! Just a little bit of [...]

And LinkedIn Taketh Away…

Steve Tylock — Fri, 23 Nov 2012 21:13:31 +0000

LinkedIn appears to be pruning the “tree of all things LinkedIn” quite a bit lately. Reader Jake commented on my January 2010 article that covered how to add an RSS feed to your group – it was a useful feature that deserved talking about. But alas, while the feature isn’t gone completely, it’s no longer [...]