LinkedIn is Not a Shortcut

This blog post from last week (as tweeted here and retweeted by us here),  served as a good reminder that LinkedIn is a tool in your job search, and should not be used to create shortcuts in developing relationships. Follow-up, thank you notes, giving and receiving, providing value, and continuing the conversation are all parts of developing relationships -- when time and thought is given to developing relationships, that will show over time, and provide you a richer, deeper, more rewarding network of contacts.