Online networks here. Online networks there. Online networks everywhere. What's your first thought when you receive an invitation to join another site that promises to connect you with your peers? Maybe to hit Delete. Or perhaps you check it out, only to wonder if creating a profile is worth the effort.

In this video, Matt Dickman says LinkedIn, a long-established site that has only recently become the belle of the ball, actually makes good use of your time.

The video runs nearly 10 minutes and provides a concise overview of the site's functionality, utility and rewards. Dickman pairs it up with a handy pro/con cheat-sheet at DailyFix.

Among LinkedIn's benefits:

• It's all business. The site eschews social components like blogs, photos and lists of your favorite movies in favor of resumes, critiques of your work and other information a potential client or colleague will find useful.
• You can trust me. Because everyone is connecting with people they trust, you can have greater faith in the integrity of someone you "meet" through a colleague.

The main drawbacks, Dickman says, are that LinkedIn would benefit from a resume generator and some social media elements.

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