LinkedIn is build around the Six Degrees of Separation principle, which is the concept that everybody on our planet is linked to one another in a network with no more than six (network-)steps between them.
LinkedIn’s primary function as a networking tool is to map your connections to other people. In other words, if you wish to get in touch with somebody whom you don’t know yet personally, LinkedIn is your tool that finds people in your existing network (1st degree) who could help you to get connected to this person.
Most Common Mistake Made When Networking
When networking, most of us make the mistake to focus only on the people that we know: our first degree network. Yet the power of our network often comes with the second degree: a contact of a contact.
