Many BRC Alums have been using LinkedIn to help to manage their professional networks.
LinkedIn has several features specifically designed for groups like ours, so today we are launching the "Bayer Research Community Alums" LinkedIn group as a complement (not a replacement!) for our private Yahoo groups (see the sidebar on the right for links to the Yahoo groups).
All members of the BRC Alums and Beyond Berlex Yahoo groups are invited to join the LinkedIn group, as are individuals from the broader Bayer/Berlex alumni community.
The Yahoo Group will remain our forum for private group communications, while the LinkedIn group will aim to facilitate one-on-one networking among a broader community.
Through the BRC Alums Group on LinkedIn you can:
- Keep up to date with where other group members have landed;
- Keep your friends and colleagues up to date with what you are doing;
- Use the group network to find and reach the new business contacts you need;
- Accelerate your career through referrals from group members;
- Limit your network searches to other group members only, if you wish to do so.
Whether you use LinkedIn already or you're new to LinkedIn, if you are part of the Bayer/Berlex Research Alumni Community, please feel free to join the members-only BRC Alums LinkedIn Group! 
