{"id":1443,"date":"2008-02-28T12:08:28","date_gmt":"2008-02-28T18:08:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/2008\/02\/linkedin-to-gates\/"},"modified":"2008-02-28T12:05:11","modified_gmt":"2008-02-28T18:05:11","slug":"linkedin-to-gates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/2008\/02\/linkedin-to-gates\/","title":{"rendered":"LinkedIn to Gates"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/Technology\/wireStory?id=4357414\">Bill Gates is on LinkedIn<\/a>&#8230;are you?\u00a0 I&#8217;m behind the curve on the social networking side, but I do find LinkedIn to be a fascinating tool.\u00a0 We are just starting to expand our sourcing activities into the LinkedIn space and it is already paying dividends.<\/p>\n<p>We are starting to receive 2nd and 3rd degree of separation contacts from job seekers, business owners and old classmates.\u00a0 It it almost like drawing a &#8220;Chance&#8221; card in monopoly &#8211; you&#8217;re not quite sure who is contacting you, but it always draws your attention.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bill Gates is on LinkedIn&#8230;are you?\u00a0 I&#8217;m behind the curve on the social networking side, but I do find LinkedIn to be a fascinating tool.\u00a0 We are just starting to expand our sourcing activities into the LinkedIn space and it is already paying dividends. 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