Linked Fans BlogSpot (The blog for LinkedIn Fans): 2010

Wednesday 25 August 2010

The SIZE of your LinkedIn Network Matters

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The SIZE of your LinkedIn Network Matters

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Thursday 19 August 2010

Using LinkedIn presented by Ehab Elagaty at the Jeddah Network Event 2010-08-09

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Monday 2 August 2010

20 Tips to help you find a job (most of them are useful even if you are not looking)

Many people that I am connected with have asked me to help them with their job hunt, here are 20 tips that I have put together and thought that I would share them with all readers and followers of Linked Fans hoping you find them useful:

Check websites like Seek, MyCareer, Bayt, Monster, Golfjobs, ...
Search on Google for job websites in your country or region.
Sign up for auto notifications of searches for the types of jobs you are looking for.
Update your LinkedIn profile with all your Positions / Qualifications / Skills / What you are looking for.
Search for and Join the largest Groups on LinkedIn using keywords like Job, Jobs, SAP, IT, Sales, Middle East, Saudi Arabia, Australia.
Search for Jobs inside the groups by using keywords in discussions and under the jobs tab.
Search for Jobs under LinkedIn Jobs as some Employers / Recruiters post there.
Search for, contact with the Top Most Connected Recruiters / Managers / Professionals in your field (using the advance search, then sort by number of connections).
You can add keywords like LION, TopLinked or even better do an Advanced Search from within the TopLinked Group before you blindly send out invitations to make sure they would accept them
Post your CV online on a Googlesite or Jobserve.com, add the link for your CV to your profile, upload it to your profile using the application Box.net
Post your availability and what types of jobs you are looking for on the Groups.
Post questions from time to time to your network through Q&A / Discussions / Jobs tab asking if they know of any jobs in your field / area / region or if they have any other tips.
Post on the network activity from time to time that you are looking for work, the location of your online CV, i.e. www.elagaty.com/cv
Link your Twitter account with your LinkedIn account from Edit Profile so network activities can be posted their too.
Search for Jobs / Recruiters on Twitter.com as well and follow job posters.
Scan through ads online and print and send your CV across even if the advertised role is not a relevant to you, they may have an unadvertised relevant role for you now or a relevant one later on.
Update your headline, summary to mention that you are looking for work and what type.
Expand your network with the most connected LIONs ("LinkedIn Open Networkers" if you like the idea of being an open networker) globally and in your country, area of interest. Invite your friends / colleagues / ... more details at the post "LinkedIn & How to rapidly expand your network" on Linked Fans.
Ask for recommendations from those that would be willing to recommend you, start by recommending the ones that deserve recommendations (feel free to recommend me if you find my tips useful www.elagaty.com/recommendehab ).
Search for the Most Connected Recruiters and Managers in the Companies and Areas that you would like to work in.
Last but not least. Try to help others and give charity as Allah (GOD, if you believe in Him) is always in the help of those that help. Along with praying, be good to your parents and ask for their prayers as their prayers can do miracles.

Feel free to:

Invite me to conned with you directly from my profile or www.elagaty.com/addehab
Forward this to any of your friends who may find this useful.

Looking forward to your Diggs, Comments, Suggestions and More Tips

Kind Regards,

Ehab Elagaty

#1 Most Connected in Saudi Arabia / Egypt / Melbourne

#1 Most Connected SAP professional in the Middle East / Australia

#3 Most Connected SAP professionals World Wide

#3 Most Connected in Australia

#4 Most Connected in the Middle East

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Monday 28 June 2010

What is LinkedIn?

Tuesday 15 June 2010

LinkedIn & How to rapidly expand your network

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Sorting by Connections through Advanced Search is a very useful feature that can be utilized in LinkedIn to get a list of the top 10-100 most connected people in a particular country, region, group of countries, industry, groups, professions, …etc.

Here are some examples of the top most connected members in Saudi Arabia / Egypt / the Middle East / Australia / the SAP industry in the Middle East & worldwide, where I am listed as:

#1 Most Connected in Saudi Arabia (along with Egypt and other countries in the middle east like, UAE, Palestine, Turkey, Qatar, Bahrain, Lebanon, Kuwait, Jordan, Oman, Iraq, Iran, Yemen)
#3 Most Connected in Australia (or in Australia & Saudi Arabia, had I changed my location back to Australia)
#4 Most Connected in the Middle East (Saudi Arabia, Egypt, UAE, Palestine, Turkey, Qatar, Bahrain, Lebanon, Kuwait, Jordan, Oman, Syria, Iraq, Iran, Yemen, Israel)
#1 Most Connected SAP professional in the Middle East (where SAP is shown in the Title)
#3 Most Connected SAP professionals World Wide

last updated 2010-06

Such searches can make it easier to target getting in touch with or connecting with the Top Most Connected people in a particular country or industry. You can filter further your lists by selecting further selection criteria.

Below for example are some of my lists I personally use to connect with what I would call the (Safe To Invite) lists which are similar to the searches above but with the filter of restricting the search for members who belong to at least one of the largest LION groups “TopLinked.com (Open Networkers), OpenNetworker.com, LION500.com (Open Networkers)” Such members often accept all invitations or at least welcome invitations (as in may archive an invitation request but should never mark a connection as “I Don’t Know” which can work against you and restrict you to not being able to invite members unless if you enter their email addresses):

Most Connected TopLinked / LIONs (LinkedIn Open Networkers):

Important Tips to rapidly expand your network:

Join the TopLinked (Open Networkers) group along with OpenNetworker.com, LION500.com (Open Networkers), the first 3 groups listed when you search for LION at Groups
Keep an eye for the TopLinked Invite Me List that gets sent every Tuesday night
Import that list to your LinkedIn connections
Follow the steps to send them all invitations at once (This will allow you send approximately 2,000 invitations at once. 1,500 of them are likely to accept them within a week or so)
You can also add yourself to that list when you subscribe for a premium membership through OpenNetworker for $9.95/month or $49.95/year

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Ehab Elagaty

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Tuesday 27 April 2010

TopLinked Members / How to find the Top 10 TopLinked members in your Country / Industry / Area of Interest on LinkedIn

One of the most important tips that I was given to expand my network rapidly when I first started using LinkedIn back in Mid 2005 was to Search for then connect with the most connected people (especially the LIONs / Open Networkers / TopLinked members) in my country, area of specialty or interest.

So I wanted to share this important tip with you along with some links as examples for searching for most connected people / TopLinked/Open Networkers / SAP specialists in the Middle East / Saudi Arabia / Egypt / Australia / Worldwide.

By following such tips I have managed to hold the following positions (2010 - April):

Click on the links below to see the search results

#1 SAP Specialist TopLinked/Open Networker in the Middle East

#1 SAP Specialist Most Connected in the Middle East

#1 Most Connected in Egypt

(had I changed my location back to Egypt, excluding Mr. A.AlSaad)

#1 TopLinked/Open Networker in Egypt
(had I changed my location back to Egypt, excluding Mr. A.AlSaad)

#2 TopLinked/Open Networker in Saudi Arabia

#3 SAP Specialist TopLinked/Open Networker Worldwide

#3 SAP Specialist Most Connected Worldwide

#3 TopLinked/Open Networker in Australia

(had I changed my location back to Australia, excluding Mr. A.AlSaad)

#4 Most Connected in Australia

(had I changed my location back to Australia, excluding out Mr. A.AlSaad)

#5 TopLinked/Open Network in the Middle East

TopLinked/Open Network Worldwide

not quite on the top 100 list, yet :(

Most connected Worldwide

not quite on the top 100 list, yet :(

Feel free to:

Connect with me directly if you are not already
www.linkedin.com/in/sapnetwork ==> Add Ehab to your Network
www.elagaty.com/addehab

Select:
==> Friend. OR
==> Group then select a group that we share together (i.e. SAP Network Global, Middle East Network, TopLinked, OpenNetworkers ..etc.). OR
==> Other then enter ( ehab4sap [at] gmail.com ) for email

Send me a recommendation (with regards to helping you expand your network if you find this useful, please select Moderator @ Linked Fans Blog if we have not worked together) from: www.elagaty.com/recommendehab

Post a comment if you are keen to receive more tips here.

Keep an eye on the LinkedFans Blog as I plan to post more tips there: www.linkedfans.blogspot.com

Join the Linked Fans Group: www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=59309

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Important Notes:

Lists where I have listed TopLinked/Open Networkers are where I have specified the following groups in the searches:
> TopLinked.com (Open Networkers)
> OpenNetworker.com
> LION500.com (Open Networkers)

All searches are done using Advanced Search and are Sorted by Number of Connections.

Do NOT send an invitation request to someone unless if you:
> Know them personally OR
> Know they would welcome your invitation (and would not click on the "I don't know this person" button) as this could go against you and prevent you from adding friends and colleagues without typing in their email addresses. It is quit safe to search for members in groups like LION / Open Networkers / TopLinked or to search for such keywords, just be aware that the keyword LION which stands for "Open LinkedIn Networker" may show up members that have words like milLION as part of their profiles or the animal lion.