Linkedin Blocked in China??

This landed in my inbox this morning, though I would share

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"Cannot access Linkedin? Did you read the news? LinkedIn blocked in China | VentureBeat

Anyway, Ushi is better so please join my network in Linkedin instead. The Ushi Linkedin import tool is here, and it is so easy to use. Just a friendly reminder so that you can keep on successful networking."

Interesting Article, would also give you an idea about Chinese Linkedin Clones. Also a perspective of how social media is shaping up in China.

I have tried Renren, but due to the language, found it impossible to use effectively. Ushi, has been a very comfortable to use network, and has a good mix of English and Chinese.

Happy networking!

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No one goes to Linkedin.. Believe it???

Intersting Posts on Linkedin network size  

Linkedin Employee Referral engine- an ethical issue?

No one goes to Linkedin.. Believe it???

Just read a post by Tony Garcia, "LinkedIn Admits That No One Goes to LinkedIn"...

Though the title is misleading, it does make you think... The abstract from the SEC site states ….

"The number of our registered members is higher than the number of actual members, and a substantial majority of our page views are generated by a minority of our members."

As any other social community, I am not surprised to read that. What will be interesting is to know the percentage of the majority.
It is natural that most of the activity on any social network will be by the ones with a reason to utlise the network. Could be recruiters, sales or marketing guys, experts... majority of the people do not contribute.

This raises a question on your inmail responses. I generally look at 15 to 20% as a decent hit ratio.

Wondering if LinkedIn can put an activity meter against each member? Moreover, if that activity meter could classify the activity across categories... you will have less inmails... more returns.

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Interesting Posts on Linkedin network size
Linkedin Employee Referral engine- an ethical issue?

Intersting Posts on Linkedin network size

Stumbled upon two ver intersting posts on your network size on Linkedin---


Do You Really Know the Size of Your LinkedIn Network? -
"However, many people don’t know that the number representing LinkedIn users three degrees away from you is just an estimate." - Glen Cathey


Does LinkedIn Limit the Number of Connections You Can Have?

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Poll: Do you rely on Social media to screen candidates?

Do men and women have different motivators???

Milana Nair’s poll on LinkedIn is making me ponder again, on whether men and women have different motivators. Though it’s a very small sample, and can’t be the basis of any argument it is significant enough to make on think.

Do females have a higher craving for innovation than the male population?
Does the male population more conscious about financials (Compensation, Benefits and rewards) than their female counterpart?

Think about it and implications of the same in managing your teams.

Linkedin Employee Referral engine- an ethical issue?

An employee referral engine from a big social network has finally landed.

Why a referral engine?

The most prominent challenge in employee referral is that mostly it will happen through chance encounters. Not many or in most case not any employee will proactively find friends or associates who fit the job opening. For an employee referral to happen following have to prudentially happen together

1) Know someone who is looking for a job
2) The job seeker says that he is looking out
3) The referee remembers that a matching job exists

Thence I call employee referrals as a result of chance encounters.
If something could eliminate the chance aspect of the encounter, the referral volume will multiply exponentially and as the LinkedIn tool puts it “turn all of your employees into powerful sourcing agents.”

Ethical challenge

No doubt it will be a big boost to sourcing, but there is a challenge, can call it a moral, or ethical challenge.

Employee Referrals are people referred and is it right to refer someone you don’t know well enough? Would you recommend someone for a job if you can’t vouch for him? Have we taken the willingness of the employee for granted? Is referral about getting more reliable and productive candidates, aloowing the employee to select his colleagues and other jazz about traditional referrals or is it just another sourcing channel.

One argument is that we are just tapping into the first level network of the candidate, but in today’s world of online networking, how well do we know our first level connections?

Would love to see how Linkedin deals with this issue and how the ground rules of employee referrals change

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Social Media Optimisation in recruitment- Employee referrals

"From the clients perspective what constitutes a good 360 degree review?"

In response to John Felkins question on Linkedin

"From the clients perspective what constitutes a good 360 degree review?"

Christopher Morrissette has posted some excellent questions for a 360 degree review that you can ask your client to gain insight on how to better serve your them?



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Linkedin Question
Christopher: Linkedin profile
John Felkins: Linkedin Profile