Reid Hoffman is an American entrepreneur and angel investor who founded LinkedIn. The document provides tips for using LinkedIn to find job candidates, including using advanced search tools to find connections of connections, upgrading your profile to send direct messages, and joining relevant groups. It also describes how to identify potential candidates and contact them through LinkedIn.

13. Reid Hoffman (born August 5, 1967) is an American entrepreneur and angel investor.Founder of LinkedIn

20. Advanced search tools: who know someone who is

22. If your recruiting budget is bigger, it might be worth it to upgrade your profile. SECOND WAY

23. Account upgrades give you the power to send a certain number of direct messages to people with whom you are not connected, allowing you more freedom to contact potential new hires.

24. The Business Plus plan allows you to send 10 direct messages without a connection each month, for $49.95/month. The Pro plan bumps that up to 50 InMail messages, but at a heftier price: $499.95/month.

25. If u want to Send Inmail.First u upgrade ur account SAMPLE PROFILE

29. How to Find the Right People For a Job With Linkedin Let’s assume you’re looking for a PHP developer . Here’s how you can use linkedin to find people to hire:

30. In the search box type in PHP and hit search. The results will display people who mentioned the word PHP in their profile ( note that people who are in your network show up first). Refine the results by selecting or typing-in a location in the Location box. Now, you will only see people from that location.

31. To further refine the results, in the groups box choose a group such as “Job networking” (of course you will have to be a member of that group in order to see it). That way you will get back people who are searching for a Job. If u want to access this u should upgrade GROUPS BOX