It seems LinkedIn recently updated their user interface. You can see the change by clicking the “me” icon, then select “view Profile” to view your own profile. Scroll down below your photo, headline, and summary and there is a short block showing the count of “Who’s viewed your profile”, “Views of your post in the feed”, and the new count “Weekly search appearances”. This is the number of times your profile appeared in searches during the previous calendar week.
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How to be Seen in Search
I write frequently about the LinkedIn platform and how it can help boost and build your career. Today I’m talking about the Experience section of your LinkedIn Profile.
The Experience section of your LinkedIn profile is where you describe your work history, listing all or as many jobs as you think necessary. In this regard, it is the section most similar to a resume or CV. When you get the Experience section right, your LinkedIn Profile will consistently appear in search results.
To better understand this section of the LinkedIn Profile and to help you craft yours appropriately, we need to do the numbers. The Experience section has 9 components, 4 objectives, and 1 writing exercise. Let’s look at those numbers one-by-one. Continue reading “How to be Seen in Search”
Use Excel for Least Cost Routing
Excel is such a powerful tool because there are so many ways to use it in Telecoms. Bangkok Beach Telecom offers a Least Cost Routing (LCR) Application for Voice. The application is written in Perl, uses a MySQL database, and is light enough to run on just about any hardware and Operating System. The application has achieved blended cost/MOU less $0.004. That’s quite a bit lower than half a cent per Minute of Use.
The application performs several functions:
- It accepts costed routes from multiple Long Distance Service Providers,
- compares the cost route-by-route,
- identifies the cheapest IXC for each route,
- produces a file of the new switch translations,
- and, using an Operator-provided historical call distribution, estimates the expected savings using the new routes.
I wanted an easy way for about anyone to check what would be the impact of running the LCR Application in their situation. Microsoft Excel is capable of doing this, although it won’t easily generate a file of switch translations. Only the route-by-route cost comparison and blended cost estimate are produced. Continue reading “Use Excel for Least Cost Routing”