Find out who has viewed your LinkedIn profile

If you are unemployed, unhappy at your current job, or simply curious about other opportunities, then you likely keep close tabs on your LinkedIn account. Users of LinkedIn's basic, free service get some information about who has viewed their account, like so:

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The above box shows up on the right side of your profile page. Click on the link and you'll see the last five people who have viewed your profile, like so:

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LinkedIn is a bit cagey, however, in letting users of its free service know exactly who is checking out their profile. For starters, you are allowed to see only the last five people who have stumbled across you or sought you out on LinkedIn. And in many instances, LinkedIn doesn't tell you exactly who stopped by your profile. For example, my profile was viewed by "Someone in the Public Relations and Communications industry from Fort Collins, Colorado Area." And when I click on the link, I get a list of 10 people, with a heading that tells me "One of these people viewed your profile."

Day 1 on the left. Day 2 on the right. Robert B., come on down!

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by Matt Elliott via CNET