We know how useful LinkedIn is, in building our professional network or in securing a good job at a good place. LinkedIn has recently opened up its groups to all and has been adding new features and experimenting with whitepaper ads too. Though there have been numerous articles published [1], [2], [3] on how to use LinkedIn optimally, this articles addresses one small tweak to use LinkedIn for our better.
One may worry of losing his or her LinkedIn profile or connections when switching a company or email service provider. This is because he/she would have provided the current email id (personal or work) as login id and to get updates and notifications from LinkedIn. To get over this issue, there is a simple option in your LinkedIn profile settings where you can add multiple email ids. There are many advantages, like, to have your LinkedIn profile active even if email ids are changed and to keep receiving invites sent to your old mail ids. To see this feature yourself, click here to go to the setting page, if you have already logged in to LinkedIn. Also find steps below to access this option later:
- Login to your LinkedIn account
- Click on ‘Accounts and Settings’ on the top right
- Click on ‘Email Addresses’ under Personal Information category
Here is the snapshot of my email configuration:
I have added multiple email ids (Gmail, Yahoo, of my ISP, etc.) to my profile along with my ieee.org and work email ids of my current and previous companies as well. Anytime when an invite or a mail is sent to any of my old email ids through LinkedIn, it will appear in the inbox of my LinkedIn profile even though these mails may bounce back, due to deleted old work mail ids or defunct personal mail ids. If any of my old business partner wants to work with me again or an old colleague/manager wants to rehire I’ll definitely get to know!
So the next time you plan to switch your company consider registering your work mail id with LinkedIn.
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