Re: from Gail re: LinkedIn

["Robert" <http://dummy.us.eu.org/robert>]

 > From: "Gail" <http://www.cox.net/~g3>
 > Date: Sat, 19 Jun 2010 15:25:54 -0700
 >
 > Hi Robert,
 > 
 > Having gone to the trouble of making a Profile and getting
 > Recommendations on LinkedIn, I want to make sure when you set this up
 > initially for me, that companies in the Santa Barbara/Goleta area who
 > are looking for employees can find my information.

Actually, I cannot see your profile publically on the internet.  (I
tried.)  So, that will probably make it harder for people to find you.

 > Of course I still
 > want only Gail G to show to people going to my Profile and not my last
 > name. Since I thought the whole reason for my using LinkedIn was so that
 > I could get a job more easily - potential employers could find me. I
 > notice under Settings that it says "my public profile is currently
 > disabled".

I would enable that.  I make my profile completely public, but you may not
want that.

 > Does that mean that potential employers looking for
 > candidates to hire can't find me and my information in my Profile?

Possibly not.

 > Please let me know if there is anything we need to change about this. So
 > far no one has contacted me from having used LinkedIn where they want me
 > to send them my Resume and want to find out more information about me
 > regarding possibly wanting to hire me.

You may want to read http://learn.linkedin.com/settings/#profile_settings .

After reading that, go to https://www.linkedin.com/secure/settings to set
your profile.

Finally, just because you have Linkedin and an accessible profile doesn't
mean that people will contact you.  The job market is terrible and
probably will be for the next few years.  So, I would rely more on cold
calling, unpaid internships, and networking, including making contacts
through Linkedin, than on passively hoping someone will contact you.

 > Thanks.
 > Gail