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Can I add a photo to my LinkedIn profile?

Probably like a lot of people, I'm a member of what seems like dozens of social and professional networking sites. Of them, my favorite remains LinkedIn. But I can't add a photo and don't see photos from others. Surely there's a way for me to add a picture to my LinkedIn profile?...

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How can I get more LinkedIn invitations?

I'm a LinkedIn enthusiast and find it a terrific tool for both professional networking and job searches at my (executive) level, but when I come back from face-to-face networking events, I often find that I hit my "outstanding invitation limit" on LinkedIn and can't invite everyone I met to link with me. Why do they have a limit and how to I increase mine?...

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How do I delete a contact in LinkedIn?

I'm a big fan of LinkedIn and find it a very useful tool for both professional networking and job hunting, but as I have used it for a year or two I have found that my list of connections no longer reflects my current career direction and I would like to axe a few people from the list. I still like them, just don't want to have a formal LinkedIn connection. How the heck do...

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How come I can't see my friend's LinkedIn Connections?

I've signed up for LinkedIn and had some success getting my colleagues to sign up too, but I'm a bit confused: for most of my links I can see their connections too, but there are a couple of people who obviously have connections but I can't see or browse them. What's that all about and how could I do that if I wanted to keep my connections private?...

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How do I invite someone to join my LinkedIn network?

I'm really appreciating your series of articles on the LinkedIn system, and am now ready to start inviting some of my colleagues now that I have my profile set up and such. Can you tell me how to do that, and perhaps also share some best practices for inviting others to join?...

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I got a LinkedIn request to forward. Now what?

I'm still on the LinkedIn learning curve, but I do have a profile now and have invited a few of my friends and colleagues to link up with me. All of a sudden I now have a "request to forward" an introduction from someone I don't know to one of my friends. What do I do?...

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How do I use LinkedIn to find a job?

I need some help: I've joined LinkedIn and now want to find other people in Colorado who can help me find work. I've a background in computer networking and am a civilian employee of the Air Force, but I'm pretty new to LinkedIn. Do you have some advice for me?...

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