That's been my experience too, with the exception of the time a recruiter contacted me. Cheers, Heather Heather Donohue Web Producer, eScholastic Scholastic Inc. 568 Broadway, 9th floor New York, NY 10012-3339 phone: 212-343-7131 > > Over the years I've "Linked-In" with a growing number of people; I > mindlessly > click the "Accept Invitation" button, and move on with my life. My > question: has anyone actually used it -- achieved some sort of > professional > gain from it? Or does everyone within a particular industry just end up > with a gigantic list of the same people? > -- When out of office please set your subscription to VACATION MODE! Be sure to trim your posts and delete personal information (e.g. address and telephone numbers) if you do not want them in the public web archive. To unsubscribe send a blank message with unsubscribe in the subject to webproducers- request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx (and be sure to reply to the confirmation e-mail) Manage your subscripton (digest, vacation mode, unsubscribe) at http://webproducers.org/join.html