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Great piece
A good article.
Most of these we included in our 5 Minute Guide to LinkedIn which we published a few weeks ago.
We didn't major on the endorsement and testimonial aspect of LinkedIn. Although it is a big part of the site, it lacks credibility -- anyone can leave endorsements for anyone else, which has led to a "Black Market" in mutual endorsements to boost the image of both parties ("You scratch my back...").
Until this is stamped out -- our site only permits endorsement by a customer to avoid just this -- these recommendations will never be taken too seriously by anyone.
Ian Hendry
CEO, WeCanDo.BIZ
Beware of leaving your personal login details on your work PC
If you leave a company (or are away for an extended time) you should take care first to erase your browser saved passwords, history and cookies on the work PC. (Use of Ccleaner or similar is advisable too).
This is especially relevant if you are in, say, the recruitment sector where contacts are everything.
A contact has had her LinkedIn account hijacked by her former employer, though I don't know whether LinkedIn condones identity theft ...
LinkedIn lacks privacy control; you are In or Out
It seems to be the case that recruiters would like to 'network' with people principally for their contact lists.
I have suggested to LinkedIn that they introduce an additional, more restricted level of networking so that all the agency types could 'connect' with you there, but your own network contacts would be invisible to them. However the recruiters would be visible to your own network so they could avail themselves if so wished.
It is 'being looked at' ...