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Why LinkedIn Works

By Pamela Brown Rutledge, Ph.D., M.B.A. on March 15, 2009 in Positively Media

The incredible rise in popularity of LinkedIn.com and other social networking sites represents a fundamental shift in how we are dealing with slowing economic prospects: we hunt for people, not jobs.  Network theory explains why that works a lot better. Read More

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Pamela Rutledge

Pamela Rutledge, Ph.D., M.B.A., is Director of the Media Psychology Research Center and teaches media psychology at Fielding Graduate University and UCLA Extension.

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