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Various ways to connect with people on LinkedIn

Last updated: 2 years ago Building your LinkedIn network is a great way to stay in touch with alumni, colleagues, and recruiters, as well as connect with new, professional opportunities. A primary email address is mandatory to send invitations. Members become 1st-degree connections when they accept your invitation.

First-degree connections are given access to any information you’ve displayed on your profile. To ensure an optimal site experience, LinkedIn members can have a maximum of 30,000 1st-degree connections.

There are several ways to connect with people on LinkedIn:

• Member's profile - Click or tap the Connect button on their profile page.
• Search results page - Click Connect to the right of the member's information.

• My Network page - Accept pending invitations.

• People you may know - Click or tap the Connect button below the member's name.
• Leverage Connections - Ask a mutual connection to help you connect. Send a message to your existing network asking who can help you connect to a 2nd-degree connection.

Notes:

• Your LinkedIn account may be temporarily restricted from sending invitations if members report invites as spam.

• You will be asked How do you know [member name]? when you send a connection request. And if you select the option, We don’t know each other, you’ll be prompted to send them a message first, to establish a relationship. This could even mean sending them an InMail message based on their messaging settings.

Learn more

• Personalizing your invitation
• Your network and degrees of connection
• Building your professional network
• Share a member's profile with connections and coworkers

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• Invitations
• Basics
• Connections
• Networking

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