Step 4 - LinkedIn - Hewlett-Packard Alumni

Steps to join the HPAA:
	1.	Select an email address
	2.	Indicate your location and situation
	3.	Email your application
	4.	Join the HPAA networking groups on LinkedIn (optional) (you are at this step)
	5.	Select HPAA discussion forums and job post lists

Step 4. Join the HPAA networking groups on LinkedIn (optional)

The HPAA operates two networking groups on LinkedIn – the leading professional networking system.

The value of membership in a large LinkedIn group is that you can search and reach those in the same group without a paid LinkedIn membership. The HPAA's "HP Connections" group has 42,000 members.

Use the two HPAA groups on LinkedIn to find exHPers at a specific company, or by industry, title, or city ...or reconnect with a former co-worker ...or just to answer "Whatever happened to?"

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 – like LinkedIn and Yahoo – identify members by their email address, not by their name.

LinkedIn never exposes your email address to other members without your permission. Emails you send via LinkedIn have a linkedin.com return address – and LinkedIn gives you precise control as to which types of email you receive via their system.


If you already have a LinkedIn account, this is a good opportunity to be sure that the email addresses on your LinkedIn account are current. Job leads, requests to connect, and other communications from LinkedIn go to the primary email address on your LinkedIn account.
1.	Go to LinkedIn and log in
2.	Click "Accounts & Settings" in the upper right corner, then "Email Addresses" in the right-hand column.
3.	Check that all of your current email addresses – including the email you use for your HPAA membership – are shown as either primary or secondary confirmed addresses on your LinkedIn 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.
	(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.)

If you do not already have a LinkedIn account, setting one up is quick and easy.
1.	Go to LinkedIn
2.	When you set up your account, include all of your current email addresses – including the email you use for your HPAA membership – as either primary or secondary addresses.
	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.
	(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.)
3.	LinkedIn will send an email to you asking you to confirm your email address in order to activate your account.

Once your HPAA membership has been processed, you will receive one or two pre‑approved invitations to join the HPAA's two LinkedIn groups. These invitations will appear in the Inbox on your LinkedIn account. LinkedIn will also send emails to the primary address on your LinkedIn account.
1.	The "HP Alumni" group is limited to HPAA members.
2.	The much larger "HP Connections" group is open to current and former employees of HP, HP acquisitions, and HP spinoffs.
Accept the invitations for both groups – many "HP Alumni" members are not members of "HP Connections."
If you are already a member of "HP Connections" on LinkedIn but receive an invitation to join that group, click here to sync-up your HPAA membership with your LinkedIn account.

What happens next? Allow a few days for our volunteers to get the HPAA groups on LinkedIn and Yahoo synchronized. Then, both the "HP Alumni" and "HP Connections" logos will appear on your LinkedIn Profile.

Select HPAA services: job posts, discussion forums... Step 5

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