With a 1Rink Premium account, you can search and make unlimited connections with scouts on the RinkNet network. This is just another way to help build up your profile. 

If you're connected with a scout, don't worry. You can still boost your profile by populating your 1Rink Recruits personal feed, and scouts will see all this additional content without needing to be connected.

Download the app or navigate to [https://app.1rink.com/](https://app.1rink.com/#/home/dashboard)

You will see a list of connections based on automatic recommendations.

Keep scrolling to browse the connections.

You can also search by name for a connection by clicking the "Search" field.

Click the "+" to send an invitation to connect

You will see that the request has been sent to connect

Click "Sent" to review the connection requests you have sent.

You can also re-send the invite at any time.

Click "Invitations" if see if you have any invites you have received.

Click "Accept" to accept a connection request.

Click "Connections" to view any connections you have made.

For any connections, click on the "Chat" icon to start chatting and messaging with the connection.

Click the "Chat Message" field and enter your message and click send.

1Rink Premium: Connecting and Messaging in 1Rink Recruits