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Your LinkedIn network is a professional directory made up of people you know and trust professionally. Building your network helps you stay in touch with alumni, colleagues, and recruiters, discover career opportunities, and engage with…

Building your LinkedIn network helps you stay in touch with colleagues, alumni, and recruiters, and discover new professional opportunities.  Sending a connection invitation creates a 1st‑degree connection. As 1st‑degree connections, you can…

Adding a short, thoughtful message to your connection request helps you explain who you are and why you’re reaching out. This can help the recipient decide whether to accept your request. Adding a message helps you: Invitation limits Why…

You can view the number of available InMail message credits from your My Premium page. The number of InMail message credits equates to how many InMail messages you’re able to send directly to LinkedIn members who you’re not connected to. Viewing…

InMail messages allows you to directly message another LinkedIn member that you're not connected to. You can send an InMail message to a LinkedIn member from the introduction section on their profile or by sending a new message. InMail messages can…

You'll receive a new allotment of InMail message credits every month, on the first day of your billing cycle. The InMail messages credit auto-renewal date is based on the date of your initial sign-up. You can find this date on your My Premium page…

You can import your Gmail contacts to help LinkedIn suggest connections from people you already know. You may see the option to import Gmail contacts in your notifications, feed, or People You May Know section in the My Network tab. You’ll see this…

You can build your network by importing contacts from your mobile device. This helps us to suggest relevant connections and show updates.When you import contacts, LinkedIn runs a one-time upload of your address book contacts, as well as their…

There are several ways to find people you may know on LinkedIn. You can: Import your email contacts and invite them to connect. Look through the People You May Know section. View our Alumni page to see people you went to school with. Use the Search…

You can delete the contacts you've imported to LinkedIn at any time. To delete your synced contacts: Your contacts will be deleted immediately. Updates to suggestions may take up to 72 hours. Learn more Import your contacts from your mobile device…

LinkedIn limits the number of invitations you can send to protect the member experience and ensure that requests are relevant. If you exceed these limits or use prohibited tools, your account may be restricted. Why restrictions happen Your LinkedIn…

Invitations are an essential tool to help you grow your professional network and make meaningful connections. Reach out to people you know or those you want to meet with the help of LinkedIn’s suggestion feature, People You May Know. Check out some…

If you’ve sent an invitation to connect with someone on LinkedIn or invited them to join a LinkedIn Page or Event, you can withdraw the invitation any time before it’s accepted. Notes Learn more The recipient will not be notified when you withdraw…

You can send a message to your connections from LinkedIn Messaging page, conversation window, connections page, or their profile. Messages appear in their inbox and may also be sent to their email, based on their notification settings. Before you…

LinkedIn Messaging conversation windows are pop-up chat windows located at the lower-right corner of every page on LinkedIn website. You can use them to quickly chat with your connections without leaving the page. Conversation windows stay open as…

You can use inbox categories and filters to quickly find conversations in LinkedIn Messaging. You can also search for messages by keyword or recipient in the Search messages bar. Learn more To filter your messages from the…

LinkedIn is a great platform for you to share your professional expertise, experiences, and anecdotes with your connections, and the larger LinkedIn community. We’ve gathered all the resources you need to get started and build your voice on LinkedIn…

You can use bulk actions in LinkedIn Messaging to manage multiple conversations quickly without managing them one at a time. Learn more To manage conversations in bulk: To manage conversations in bulk: Mute or unmute a conversation in LinkedIn…

If you no longer need to keep a conversation or group chat, you can delete it. When you delete a conversation, it’ll be removed from your inbox and not from the recipient’s. You can’t restore or access deleted conversations. Notes: Related tasks…

You can edit (text only) or delete a sent message in a conversation on LinkedIn Messaging within 60 minutes of sending it. Once edited, the edited message will display an Edited label next to it. Once deleted: Learn more The message can’t be…

Note: If you have a Premium subscription but your credit card on file is expired, you'll first need to update your payment information before you can send an Open Profile message. Learn more To send an Open Profile message: To send an Open Profile…

You can start a group chat with two or more of your 1st-degree connections. You can add up to 50 members. Everyone in the group chat is an admin and can add or remove members, edit the conversation name, and see all past messages. Notes:…

The Guided Onboarding feature helps new members start building their professional network on LinkedIn. It provides personalized recommendations, step-by-step guidance, progress overviews, and milestone tracking, making it easier to connect with…

We strongly recommend that you only accept invitations to connect from people you know, because 1st-degree connections are given access to any information you’ve displayed on your profile. You can control who can send you invitations from the Who…

You won’t see the Connect button on a member’s profile if: Note: InMail messages allows you to send a direct message to a member you aren't connected to within your network. If you have a Basic (free) account, you must upgrade to a Premium account…

LinkedIn members have conveyed that they don’t like receiving invitations from people they don’t know, and that they will often ignore or mark those invitations as spam. We have invitation limits in place to protect our overall member experience and…

You can send a message request to communicate with coworkers or Group members that you aren’t already connected with. You’ll be notified if you receive a message request, and you can decide to either accept or privately decline. Notes:If a member…

You can easily respond to a LinkedIn Recruiter InMail message to express your interest in a role. You’ll have two options Yes, interested… and No thanks… when responding to a Recruiter InMail message. After clicking on an option, a templated…

On LinkedIn, the basic type of connection is a contact you know personally and who you trust on a professional level. Once you've connected to them on LinkedIn, you are considered a 1st-degree connection. Note: Learn more To view your…

LinkedIn members can have up to 30,000 1st-degree connections. To ensure an optimal experience on LinkedIn, we recommend: Connect with people you know personally and trust professionally Follow anyone whose posts you want to keep up with…

The catch up tab within the My Network page is designed to help you start meaningful conversations with your network by showing you the most relevant updates. You can view specific updates by filtering for job changes, hiring opportunities…

On LinkedIn, the basic type of connection is a contact you know personally and who you trust on a professional level. Once you've "connected" to them on LinkedIn, you are considered a 1st-degree connection. You also have an extended network of…

LinkedIn doesn't provide templates for InMail messages. However, you can customize your InMail messages and follow some best practices which could increase your response rates. If you're looking to network with someone about a new job or business…

When you receive messages from other members, LinkedIn sends notifications to your primary email account (optional based on your settings) and through LinkedIn messaging. You can respond to these messages through your LinkedIn account. Note: We now…

You can search for sent and received messages on LinkedIn using filters or keywords. Though LinkedIn does not have a sent folder, sent messages can be found within an existing conversation thread in LinkedIn messaging. Learn more about replying to a…

You can find LinkedIn Groups you’re already a part of and discover new groups to join by using the Search bar at the top of your homepage. Note: There may be multiple groups on LinkedIn for each interest, organization, or affiliation. Note: You may…

Your network on LinkedIn is made up of your 1st-degree, 2nd-degree, and 3rd-degree connections, as well as your followers and fellow members of your LinkedIn groups. You can build your network by sending invitations to connect with other LinkedIn…