Can we please ditch the requirements for having LinkedIn?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Required? Who requires it?

Have you seen the HR people responding here over the years? They consider it a ‘red flag’ to not have a LI profile.

I’d say it’s a red flag to require it. You probably don’t want to work for those companies anyway.

[Anonymous]

Depends on what industry you are in, but it is absolutely required in mine. And there is no need to have any personal information on it that isn’t also available on other public websites such as your company’s - obviously you don’t need to put your personal phone number or link to your personal Facebook or whatever.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Required? Who requires it?

Have you seen the HR people responding here over the years? They consider it a ‘red flag’ to not have a LI profile.

Yes. It is a red flag. It's like not having a smartphone today is a red flag. It gives the impression that you are out of touch with modern communication methods, you are stuck in the past, you are against modernity and progress.
It's just an impression. They would have to talk to you to find out if that impression is confirmed. You may not have a chance to talk to them if there are many other candidates on their list with no 'red flags'. Your loss.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Required? Who requires it?

Have you seen the HR people responding here over the years? They consider it a ‘red flag’ to not have a LI profile.

For what jobs/industries?

If you work in tech or finance and have no LinkedIn profile, that's a red flag.
If you work in healthcare, people care less about LinkedIn profiles.

[Anonymous]

Mine mirrors my resume. So for companies that ask for it, I have it available. But I log in maybe once a year.

[Anonymous]

I do not have a LI profile nor do I want one. I spent HOURS setting it up only to find out none of my connection requests went out. While troubleshooting, they ended up locking my account and require a DL to unlock it. I'm not comfortable giving them that so it remains locked.

I have seen a few companies require that you send your LI URL in the job description, I skip over those.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Required? Who requires it?

Have you seen the HR people responding here over the years? They consider it a ‘red flag’ to not have a LI profile.

Yes. It is a red flag. It's like not having a smartphone today is a red flag. It gives the impression that you are out of touch with modern communication methods, you are stuck in the past, you are against modernity and progress.
It's just an impression. They would have to talk to you to find out if that impression is confirmed. You may not have a chance to talk to them if there are many other candidates on their list with no 'red flags'. Your loss.

Which is dumb. It’s a red flag you don’t allow some faceless organization to collect reams of info about you and you don’t want your personal info out there that can be used by scammers to steal your identity or hack into your bank account. Imagine if HR people actually worked and I dunno, actually read resumes and interviewed people? Crazy how this was possible before.

[Anonymous]

It’s a defacto reference check when you’re job hunting and a defacto marketing/recruiting tool when you’re employed. Either way, it benefits the company more than you. The only way around it is to make your account private and not share your connections. Recruiters with the right account type will be able to find you even if your account is private.

[Anonymous]

You get my resume and then look at my LI, you see my picture, more details about me, details of my career, my geographic location, pictures from posts, recommendations from co workers and old bosses, lists of my skills and trainings, contact info, board memberships, certifications, degrees, plus all our mutual connections.

My resume is a static piece of paper no picture that could be all lies.

It is why over employed people and scammers hibernate or hide LI profiles. It is a red flag

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You get my resume and then look at my LI, you see my picture, more details about me, details of my career, my geographic location, pictures from posts, recommendations from co workers and old bosses, lists of my skills and trainings, contact info, board memberships, certifications, degrees, plus all our mutual connections.

My resume is a static piece of paper no picture that could be all lies.

It is why over employed people and scammers hibernate or hide LI profiles. It is a red flag

What's wrong with being overemployed? I have 2 jobs because they both pay $hit. If I could ever consolidate that into ONE job paying the same or more as the two, that would be ideal.

[Anonymous]

I value applicants who do not have LI. They resist social media, reveal confidence in who they are, and can maintain privacy. Not having LI is special!

[Anonymous]

Old boomers wanna use paper resumes and rotary phones instead of LinkedIn

[Anonymous]

People social engineer off of your LI.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Required? Who requires it?

Not sure, but my best guess is that LinkedIn requires it when applying to work for LinkedIn.

[Anonymous]

My sister swore my son would never get hired with out his photo on linkedin...just a page was not enough. "I want to know what someone looks like before following up". Creepy to me. He never added a picture.