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New I-O Networking Site

On May 21, 2008 by Jamie Madigan

I was poking around on BryanB's nifty HR Tests Blog and saw an interesting note about how SIOP is taking another step into these modern times with the launch of a LinkedIn group, The I-O Practitioners Network. There's not a whole lot of activity on there, but if you're into this kind of thing (you are, aren't you?) you should create a LinkedIn profile and join the I-O Practitioners Network. I did!

Actually, this is my first real experience with LinkedIn. I'm hardly a stranger to the whole Internet thing, but whenever I look at social networking sites like MySpace I get nauseous and have to lie down for a while. Facebook is a bit better, but it still mostly seems to be people randomly poking me and wanting me to take silly little quizzes. LinkedIn is focuses on professionals who are looking to network, though, so it's surprisingly nice and doesn't have an interface that looks like it was put together by slicing up a perfectly usable website and shaking the pieces in a Zip-Lock bag for a while.

At any rate, thumbs up! Please join the I-O Practitioner's Network and join us. I promise not to send you a quiz asking what kind of fruit tree you would be if you were some kind of fruit tree.


  Existing comments:

Posted by John Golden at May 25, 2008 6:47 AM:

Thanks for the article Jamie. Our group officially reached over 500 members and we will be building a new web site to increase the activity. The current web site has little activity so I'm guessing it needs some TLC.

And if you are wondering what kind of fruit tree I would be - I think lemon is fitting with the current economic conditions.

Best,
John Golden


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