Okuzeka
Job Interviews & Careers vocabulary · LinkedIn & Networking

Connection

Meaning in job interviews & careers, with examples

/kəˈnekʃən/nounCore term

In job interviews & careers, connection means: A person you are linked to in your professional network, especially someone you have added on LinkedIn.

In Turkish: bağlantı, tanıdık

How it is used

On LinkedIn you send, accept or ignore a connection request, and people appear as 1st, 2nd or 3rd-degree connections. Offline, connections are useful people you know: 'He got the job through his connections.'

Example sentences

  1. I sent her a connection request after the conference.

  2. One of my LinkedIn connections works at the company, so I asked her about the team.

Common collocations

  • connection request
  • accept a connection
  • first-degree connection
  • mutual connections
  • LinkedIn profileYour personal page on LinkedIn, the professional networking site, showing your photo, headline, experience, skills and education.
  • networkingMeeting and keeping in contact with people who work in your field, so that you can share information and hear about opportunities.
  • referralA recommendation of a candidate for a job by someone who already works at the company.
  • endorsementOn LinkedIn, a quick confirmation by one of your connections that you have a particular skill listed on your profile.

More terms: LinkedIn & Networking

Practise with graded reading

Reading at the right level is the fastest way to make new words stick. Pick free English books by level: