While our story about the recent indictments of two Worcester men on charges of mortgage fraud created the most traffic on our web site over the last two-week period, our story on LinkedIn generated the most reader feedback. Here’s a roundup of some of the more interesting items that hit the WBJ inbox:
Learning LinkedIn
Re: An Editor Gets Hooked On LinkedIn
Not surprisingly, WBJ Editor Christina H. Davis’s first-person account of how to use LinkedIn spurred a lot of e-mails, mostly from readers with their own bits of advice for first-time users of the online networking site. One reader had this to say about using the service:
ââ¦The referral section of LinkedIn is also a useful tool. A prospective employer looking at a possible hire’s recommendations in LinkedIn may just hire that person over someone else.â
Another reader had this helpful hint for people that upload their contacts from Microsoft Outlook:
âYou should personalize the invitation you send, giving a reason why you’d like to connect with the personâ¦By personalizing the invitation, you’re showing your contact you want to have a meaningful connection to him and are not just gathering contacts.â
Housing Market Pain
Re: Home Sales Continue Downward
It seems we can’t get out of the housing market slump, our readers have a lot to say about it. This article reported that sales of single-family homes in Massachusetts fell by nearly 13 percent in May compared to May 2007, according to Boston-based real estate tracker The Warren Group. We got this response on the subject from a reader with firsthand knowledge of the local real estate market:
âOne of the primary factors for decreased home sales is the inability for many buyers to secure financing of their home purchase. I have worked with numerous buyers who have a good, solid employment history but because their credit scores are not in the 700s, they are unable to obtain a loan.â
Personalities Clash
Re: Difficult Employee Or Difficult Behavior?
Everyone has worked with one: That person in the office that seems to bring the drama, no matter how simple the task. Well, two local consultants â Deb Bercume and Lynne Couture â addressed the issue head on in a how-to article about how to manage a difficult employee effectively. The article clearly struck accord with at least one reader you wrote:
âThese are great common sense tips I hadn’t thought about. Thanks for the insight!â
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