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philrosenberg replied on November 07, 2009 16:16 to the question "Featured discussion feature broken on Linkedin Groups" in LinkedIn:

Thanks for fixing this Linkedin!

philrosenberg asked a question in LinkedIn on November 05, 2009 15:32:

Featured discussion feature broken on Linkedin Groups

Linkedin groups no longer allows group owners to feature discussions, or to un-feature a discussion that was previously highlighted.

Please restore this capability, or describe where this feature was moved, and how it can be accessed.

Thanks,

Phil Rosenberg
Owner, Career Change Central group on Linkedin
President, reCareered

philrosenberg asked a question in LinkedIn on August 20, 2009 17:12:

Linkedin: Please increase the number of people in my Linkedin Group?

Linkedin - Please help?: Please allow me to add new members to my group.

I run a Linkedin group for job seekers, Career Change Central (www.tinyurl.com/cccpost), which has seen tremendous growth this month. Linkedin blocked new members this morning, as the size just hit 5,000. I'm getting 100-200 requests to join per day.

philrosenberg replied on July 29, 2009 17:25 to the question "Why can't I rank LinkedIN Searches by number of contacts anymore?" in LinkedIn:

Outstanding. Thanks Adam & Linkedin for bringing back this valuable tool!

philrosenberg asked a question in Twitter on July 14, 2009 19:45:

How can I turn off DM's being sent to my cell phone?

How can I turn off DM Notifications from being sent to my cell phone?
I just want to have 2 followers' tweets forwarded to my cell phone. That works. But I also get EVERYONE's DMs to my cell phone...that's what I don't want.

Any Suggestions?

A comment on the question "Why can't I rank LinkedIN Searches by number of contacts anymore?" in LinkedIn:

Adam, Any progress on this issue? Can you give an estimated timeframe when searching by number of connections will be made available again? – philrosenberg, on February 21, 2009 20:09

philrosenberg replied on December 20, 2008 03:48 to the problem "in need my profile to reflect my location, not just "United States"" in LinkedIn:

Props to the profile team!

philrosenberg replied on December 19, 2008 22:22 to the problem "in need my profile to reflect my location, not just "United States"" in LinkedIn:

Adam...You Rock! Just logged onto LinkedIN. I had to change my zip code to a different Chicago zip, and I'm now listed under a Chicago location.

I've been emailing LinkedIN customer support for weeks, and you got this fixed in a few days.

I also gave you props on The MVPF yahoo group here....http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/My...

Thanks!

Phil Rosenberg
President, reCareered
phil.reCareered@gmail.com
www.LinkedIN.com/in/philrosenberg

philrosenberg replied on December 19, 2008 00:13 to the question "Why can't I rank LinkedIN Searches by number of contacts anymore?" in LinkedIn:

Esteban,

Promise? Will it be the brilliant solution LinkedIN fans are hoping for?

Phil Rosenberg
President, reCareered
phil.reCareered@gmail.com
www.LinkedIN.com/in/philrosenberg

philrosenberg replied on December 19, 2008 00:12 to the question "Why can't I rank LinkedIN Searches by number of contacts anymore?" in LinkedIn:

Adam,

There's another reason that sorting by network size is valuable, and recruiters use this tool all the time. When I ran offices for Robert Half, and actively hired sales people, I always looked them up on LinkedIN and specifically wanted an idea of their network size.

While LinkedIN didn't publish network size over 500, I COULD see if they were in the top 500 in their field, or in Chicago, or a combo of the two. I could gain a sense if they were "hitters" or "wannabes".
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For a job candidate being considered for a position (especially in something that heavily involves networking, like sales), employers see the size of a candidate's network as a positive attribute.

Might a recruiter searching for a great sales candidate, want to search for candidates who are active LinkedIN users, based on the size of their networks, to gain an idea of how large of a sales Rolodex the candidate has? I did all the time, and actively established relationships with the most active linkers in Chicago. This let me to great candidates as well as outside opportunities.

Finally, Number of connections is a metric I use to evaluate how my own LinkedIN influence is growing, compared to other centers of influence. In what I do, as well as many others in the sales or HR business verticals, how well connected one is adds greatly to a professional reputation.

Given how recruiter and sales centric LinkedIN's audience is, can you not see why this is valuable?

Phil Rosenberg
President, reCareered
phil.reCareered@gmail.com
www.LinkedIN.com/in/philrosenberg

philrosenberg replied on December 18, 2008 23:49 to the question "Why can't I rank LinkedIN Searches by number of contacts anymore?" in LinkedIn:

Esteban,

If I understand you correctly, the capability to sort by number of connectins is still there, just more difficult to find?

LI Search is temporarily down now, but it sounds like you are saying I can choose views, and from your blog, it looks like there's a drop down box that allows me to display connections.

If you are saying I can then sort by connections, it sounds like a brilliant solution. Is this true?

Phil Rosenberg
President, reCareered
phil.reCareered@gmail.com
www.LinkedIN.com/in/philrosenberg

philrosenberg replied on December 17, 2008 18:55 to the problem "in need my profile to reflect my location, not just "United States"" in LinkedIn:

Thank you, Adam!

philrosenberg replied on December 17, 2008 17:03 to the question "Why can't I rank LinkedIN Searches by number of contacts anymore?" in LinkedIn:

Adam,

I didn't answer your question completely. I used the sort by number of connections feature every day. It was an important part of my LinkedIN activities.

Phil Rosenberg
President, reCareered
phil.reCareered@gmail.com
www.LinkedIN.com/in/philrosenberg

philrosenberg replied on December 17, 2008 17:01 to the question "Why can't I rank LinkedIN Searches by number of contacts anymore?" in LinkedIn:

Adam,

Thanks for your answer. I've sent you a LinkedINvitation separately to discuss LinkedIN topics, and set up a potential interview (let's discuss offline).

Overall, I think LinkedIN is a brilliant application for job seekers. I use it extensively in coaching my clients (I'm a career coach). I've written dozens of articles about inide tips to use LinkedIN to help job seekers.

Like other power users of LiunkedIN, I use this feature extensively. I actively seek to connect to the most influential members of LinkedIN, in order to build my own LinkedIN influence and network.

I have written extensively in Business Week, CIO, Fast Company, and few dozen recruiting and job search sites about using sort by number of contacts as an effective way to build networks for job seekers & recruiters.

Why would you turn off a feature that is so valuable to LinkedIN's top users?

How many comments do you need on GetSatisfaction.com so you'll see that this is a valuable feature that is desired by LinkedIN's user base?

Thanks in advance for your assistance,

Phil Rosenberg
President, reCareered
phil.reCareered@gmail.com
www.LinkedIN.com/in/philrosenberg

philrosenberg replied on December 16, 2008 19:47 to the question "What are the 5 features/changes you'd most like to see on LinkedIn? Why?" in LinkedIn:

1) I'd like LinkedIN to go back to allowing sorting on searched results, sorted by number of connections. LinkedIN disabled this feature with release of their new search function. Bring it back!!!!

2) Give me my city back. A few weeks ago, Linkedin replaced my Chicago location with United States. Even though I can enter a zip code, I no longer appear in Chicago searches.

I've asked LinkedIN customer support about both issues, and have gotten no answer.

Help??????

philrosenberg replied on December 16, 2008 19:42 to the problem "My profile keeps showing "united states" when it should say "Washington DC area"" in LinkedIn:

Got the same problem in Chicago. No response from LinkedIN customer service. If you guys monitor this...help!!!

philrosenberg asked a question in LinkedIn on December 16, 2008 17:18:

Why can't I rank LinkedIN Searches by number of contacts anymore?

LinkedIN Advanced Searches: It seems that you can no longer order or rank
searches by number of connections, like you used to be able to do.
Has anyone figured out how to get this functionality back?

No answers from LinkeIN Customer service on this issue, despite numerous emails.

philrosenberg replied on December 16, 2008 17:15 to the problem "in need my profile to reflect my location, not just "United States"" in LinkedIn:

I use LinkedIN extensively in my personal and business branding. I'm in Chicago, and it's important to my personal brand that I'm listed in Chicago on my LinkedIN profile. About a month ago, that changed...not because of anything I entered, it just changed to United States. Has anyone been able to figure out how to get your city location back on your profile? It's critical, because people search by city, not just by country.

So far, no help from LinkedIN customer service, despite numerous emails.

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