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Linkedin.com is a great site. When made redundant a year ago I used the site to keep in touch with my old work colleagues and also make new links and contacts. I was referred to a headhunter and picked up a new job with a blue-chip company in only a couple of months. Do I use it every week no, but it is there when I need it. What's more unlike Facebook and Plaxo I can use the website at work as it has not been banned yet.

Which bring s me to what I believe is a clear disadvantage - you cannot link it through to Facebook the great social networking site that helps bring people to life on the internet. Linkedin is pretty conservative without even photographs let alone details about what you might be doing at the weekend. But it is a dynamic community; try asking the community a question. The answers are usually of a high quality and posted in good time. Try one today and see what you get back. But don't just take have a look at the questions other people are posting and see if you can help. If you think that the question is just blatant attempt to promote or advertise then you can vote to have it removed. All to often sites are swamped by get rich quick' offers and links to dubious sites. Yes, Linkedin has kept itself clean and long may that continue.

Will I continue using the site? Definitely as you never know when you might need those contacts or when you might be able to help someone out in their hour of need.

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