FAQ
Linkedin is a new networking site for your entire work history. It uses a connection web structure and we like it, and we're pretty damn hard to impress by slick web tricks. It does a real nice job. Anyway, here's an unbiased comparison on how we stack up:
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| work history supported |
NESLAB only |
NESLAB + everyplace else |
| cost |
FREE! |
Basic profile is free. Cost for additional options. |
| powered by: |
labor of love |
slick commercial interests |
| tacky giveaways |
all the time |
none |
| funny stuff everywhere you look |
most likely |
as if! |
The following instructions allow you to place a link on one profile, which lets the viewer click over to the other profile. You can establish a link in either or both directions.
How to connect from your NESLABians profile to your Linkedin profile
(This may already have been done if I caught on that you are a Linkedin user. Check your NESLABians profile and see if there is a Linkedin button there.)
- Log into Linked in.
- Go to View My Profile.
- Find the line labelled "Public Profile". There is a URL in the box. Copy it.
- Go to the NESLABians update form.
- On the LinkedIn question, paste the URL into the box. No need to fill out anything else.
- Click the SUBMIT FORM button.
- I will get the message and place the button on your profile page.
How to connect from your Linkedin profile to your NESLABians profile
- Go to the NESLABians NAME INDEX.
- Find your name and click on it.
- A new window opens with your NESLABians profile.
- The URL of your NESLABians profile is shown in the address bar. Select the URL from the address bar and copy it.
- Log in to Linkedin
- Click on EDIT MY PROFILE
- Find websites: my website click on EDIT
- On websites: Pull down MY WEBSITE, select OTHER
- For Website title enter NESLABIANS
- For URL paste in your NESLABians URL
