Sun 25 Mar 2007
We had some interesting conversation around the office this week. I was doing some research and wanted to see who I knew in my LinkedIn network that might know someone at the company I was researching. My partner looked at one person’s LinkedIn profile and wondered aloud about how the guy’s current employer might react to reading his profile. He said, “It reads like a resume’, and it looks like he’s looking for a job.” So my partner and I talked for a bit about how the world has changed. Employees may have great company loyalty, but only as long as the company shows them similar loyalty. It’s not a one-way street. So employees (and executives) are taking more interest in developing their own network and personal brand, independent of their employers. If the employees are treated right, their employers will benefit.