Yikes... Networking...

[NirvanaMan]

Originally Posted by Prudence

I haven't found any real use for LinkedIn.

Just tell everyone you know that you're looking and what you're looking for. You'll be totally shocked that some people you thought couldn't have cared less about you will jump up to help, and others you thought were totally in your corner will refuse to mention you to anyone. So, because you can never tell who will have a connection - you just have to tell everyone.

Linked in basically does exactly what you said above for you. That would be the real use for it.