Like Many Others on LinkedIn, Indiana Football Star Fernando Mendoza Is #OPENTOWORK

Mendoza's post highlights the way LinkedIn users have found the platform useful not only as a means of putting a resume online and applying for work, but also for positioning themselves however they desire and making a statement about their aspirations. A scan of several other current and former athletes' accounts shows them highlighting their investments, philanthropic efforts and venture-capital firms as well as their on-the-field exploits. (The site is also a way to stake claim to one's identity: A searc ...