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Yahoo and LinkedIn are separate services
from separate companies. Each requires a separate login.
Our volunteers can't add you to the HPAA groups on LinkedIn – you have to
join through the LinkedIn system.
Online systems
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like LinkedIn and Yahoo
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identify members by their email address, not by their name.
LinkedIn lets you set up
"secondary email addresses" on your
account.
Job leads, requests to connect, and
other communications from LinkedIn go to the primary email address.
A secondary address ensures
that you receive requests to connect
– and other communications
– from people who know you by
that address.
LinkedIn never exposes your email address
to other members without your permission. For
example, emails have a LinkedIn return address, unless you
choose otherwise.
LinkedIn gives you precise control as to
which types of email you receive via their system.
The
networking groups on LinkedIn
allow you to search and reach those in the same group
without a paid LinkedIn membership.
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The HPAA has two networking groups on
LinkedIn: |
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● "HP Alumni" is limited to HPAA
members.
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"HP
Connections" is much larger (40,000 members.) It
is open to current and former employees of HP,
HP acquisitions, and HP spinoffs.
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You should join both groups
for best LinkedIn networking. (Not all "HP Alumni"
members have joined "HP Connections") |
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If you already have a LinkedIn account, follow
these steps: |
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Go to
LinkedIn |
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Click "Settings"
in the upper right corner, then "Email Addresses" in the right-hand column. |
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Check that all of your
current email addresses – including the
email you use for your HPAA membership – are shown as either
primary or secondary addresses on your LinkedIn
account. Be sure that they are all marked "Confirmed." (The address you
use for HPAA can be either primary or secondary
on LinkedIn.) |
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(If you are in the UK or Germany
and use Google for your email, put both forms of
your email address on your LinkedIn account. The
@googlemail.com version as your primary address – and the @gmail.com version as your
secondary address.) |
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Now, jump down to step 3 below. |
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If you do not already have a
LinkedIn account, setting one up is quick and easy. |
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Go to
LinkedIn |
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When you set up your account on LinkedIn,
include all of your
current email addresses – including the
email you use for your HPAA membership – as either
primary or secondary addresses on your LinkedIn
account. (The address you use for HPAA can be either
primary or secondary on LinkedIn.)
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Job leads, requests to connect, and
other communications from LinkedIn go to the primary email address.
A secondary address ensures
that you receive requests to connect and other communications from people who know you by
that address. LinkedIn never exposes your email address
to other members without your permission.
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(If you are in the UK or Germany
and use Google for your email, put both forms of
your email address on your LinkedIn account. The
@googlemail.com version as your primary address
– and the @gmail.com version as your secondary
address.)
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For each primary or secondary
address that is marked "unconfirmed,"
check the box for
that address, then click "Send Confirmation
Message." Log into that email account, find the
"Please confirm your email address" message, and
follow LinkedIn's directions in the email.
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On
LinkedIn, click "Groups" in the left-hand menu.
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If the "HP Alumni"
group is listed with "Your membership is pending
approval" in yellow, click "Withdraw request" to get
LinkedIn unstuck.
Click here: "HP
Alumni" group, then click "Join
this group."
● If the
group is listed without anything in yellow, you are
already a member.
● If the
group is not listed, click
here: "HP
Alumni" group, then click "Join this
group."
Ensure that the email you use for your HPAA
membership is shown in the "Contact Email"
window, then click "Join Group."
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5. |
Click "Groups" in the left-hand menu.
● If the
"HP Connections"
group is listed with "Your membership is pending
approval" in yellow, click "Withdraw request" to get
LinkedIn unstuck. Click
here: "HP
Connections" group, then click "Join
this group."
● If the
group is listed without anything in yellow, you are
already a member.
● If the group is not listed, click
here: "HP
Connections" group, then click "Join
this group." Ensure that the email you use for your HPAA
membership is shown in the "Contact Email"
window, then click "Join Group."
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Between the LinkedIn system and our volunteers,
your group memberships are normally approved within
48 hours. |
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