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There are many advantages to having a large first level on LinkedIn.  Besides the ability to send a brief message to all people on your first level, you also have an email address for each and every profile.  Contact information  is gold!

Searching your email contacts is the easiest way to find people you already know on LinkedIn.  My good friend and placing associate, Kris Slee of National Search Associates, used this method and within days double her first level contacts, form 450 to just under 1000.

From your LinkedIn homepage, click on Contacts, located top left and select Add Contacts.  Enter your email address and password, and LinkedIn will search your address book.

When you enter your email address and click the Continue button, LinkedIn will display a list of your email contacts. Check the boxes next to people you want to connect with, or Select All,  and click Send Invitation.

LinkedIn doesn't store your email password or any confidential information during this process. They import address book information from Gmail, Yahoo!, AOL and Hotmail using an interface they've provided.

Second  method, on the right of the Add Connections page is the Enter Email Address Option.  This is a fantastic way to build your first level with the types of contacts you need to complete your job searches.  Simply enter the email addresses, separated by a comma, and LinkedIn will forward an invitation to all who have a LinkedIn profile. 

Be creative - collect email addresses from all candidates who forward a resume to your office, candidates already in your system, or resumes you collect from Monster, CareerBuilder, or other resume data bases.

Your goal should be to build as many profiles as possible on your first level.  Remember, every profile on your first level includes an email address. 

As always, good luck with your searches.

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BIOGRAPHY

Carol M. Martin CPC, CIR, CSSR** has been an Executive Recruiter for 24 years. Her company, Martin Management, Inc. was created in 1988. The first ten years of business were food industry, manufacturing job orders, from Production Supervisor to Vice President of Manufacturing. The company then evolved to supplier(working only the candidate side)in all manufacturing industries, filling operations positions as well as all types of engineering titles.
Carol holds a BA Degree in Communications from the University of Wisconsin, Stevens Point.

You can Reach Carol at her site : http://www.internet-recruiting-toolbox.com/martinmanagement.html

Invite her to join you on LinkedIn martinmanagement@charter.net

Or join her LinkedIn Group - Internet Recruiting Toolbox - Share internet recruiting tips, training, and strategies.

**CERTIFICATIONS:
CPC - Certified Personnel Consultant
CIR - Certified Internet Recruiter
CSSR - Certified Social Sourcing Recruiter

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