LinkedIn, a professional networking site which I covered in a few previous‚ posts, has a great feature that is worthy of standout attention - LinkedIn Answers.‚ As a member of LinkedIn, users can ask their direct connections and the entire community 10 questions every month on a variety of topics from Technology, Careers, Business, Politics and more.

For recruiters and sourcers, LinkedIn Answers represents a great avenue for finding information. Let me show you an example question I posed recently and some of the responses I received. I‚ asked‚ ”Can you help me identify the top‚ ’International’ job boards/career sites?”‚ I received 55 answers in the 7 days it was posted to the‚ LinkedIn community. Most answers were very direct with links to valuable‚ career sites I was unaware of. Asking questions using LinkedIn not only helps to provide good leads for recruiters and sourcers, but ultimately will help to build your network there.