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==Features==
==Features==
===Contact Plug-In===
===Contact Plug-In===
LinkedIn bought Rapportive<ref> Boulton, Clint. "LinkedIn Buys Rapportive Gmail Contact Plug-In." [http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Messaging-and-Collaboration/LinkedIn-Buys-Rapportive-Gmail-Contact-Plugin-208870/ eweek.com.] QuinStreet Inc., 24 Feb 2012. Web. 3 Dec 2012.[http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Messaging-and-Collaboration/LinkedIn-Buys-Rapportive-Gmail-Contact-Plugin-208870/]</ref>, a website that creates browser plug-ins that integrates social media contacts into Gmail, in order to increase opportunities for connections on the website.  Increasing connections increases a network and thus, increases the chance of getting a desirable job.
LinkedIn bought Rapportive<ref> Boulton, Clint. "LinkedIn Buys Rapportive Gmail Contact Plug-In." [http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Messaging-and-Collaboration/LinkedIn-Buys-Rapportive-Gmail-Contact-Plugin-208870/ eweek.com.] QuinStreet Inc., 24 Feb 2012. Web. 3 Dec 2012.[http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Messaging-and-Collaboration/LinkedIn-Buys-Rapportive-Gmail-Contact-Plugin-208870/]</ref>, a website that creates browser plug-ins that integrate social media contacts into Gmail in order to increase opportunities to make connections via LinkedIn.  Increasing connections increases a network and thus, increases the chance of getting a desirable job.
 
===Skills and Expertise===
===Skills and Expertise===
With this tool, LinkedIn users are shown skills related to the ones entered in their profiles. This feature allows users to brush up on important skills they might lack. Taking advantage of this tool is wise and useful in the career field of choice. In the competitive job market of the digital age, it is important to show mastery of all skills related to a field in order to increase chances of obtaining a job.
With this tool, LinkedIn users are shown skills related to the ones entered in their profiles. This feature allows users to brush up on important skills they might lack. Taking advantage of this tool is wise and useful in the career field of choice. In the competitive job market of the digital age, it is important to show mastery of all skills related to a field in order to increase chances of obtaining a job.
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