Can we please ditch the requirements for having LinkedIn?

[Anonymous]

Our company doesn’t require LI.

[Anonymous]

I always chime in on these posts to say that I don't have LinkedIn because my ex used LI and other professional sites to stalk me. Super fun to get paged at work because he'd called the front desk asking for me "urgently." :/
So when you make it weird for people to not have a social media presence, remember that you're excluding a group of candidates (mostly women candidates) who cannot safely make themselves available for your idle Google search. It would be nice if you'd just read my resume and then call me if you want to talk.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I always chime in on these posts to say that I don't have LinkedIn because my ex used LI and other professional sites to stalk me. Super fun to get paged at work because he'd called the front desk asking for me "urgently." :/
So when you make it weird for people to not have a social media presence, remember that you're excluding a group of candidates (mostly women candidates) who cannot safely make themselves available for your idle Google search. It would be nice if you'd just read my resume and then call me if you want to talk.

Just block him and hibernate account and activate only when needed

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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.

If you have two full time jobs at same time that is cool. But looking for third full time job hard to do with LI

BTW you can have multiple LinkedIn profile. And you can make picture restricted or not have one.

[Anonymous]

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

And? If they're qualified for the job, why is this a problem? No, I probably wouldn't hire someone like this to be a Java programmer or for a "Social Media" position, but they probably make excellent doctors, lawyers, accountants, secretarys, engineers, janitors, waiters, and many other things.

Agreed that companies that require Linkedin profiles are a red flag.

I work in tech and don't have/want one. The thought that it has any sort of value as a "reference check" is laughable.

[Anonymous]

Recruiter here. I don’t require it. I’ve hired lots of people without a LI profile. It’s not a red flag for me if someone doesn’t have one.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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.

If you have two full time jobs at same time that is cool. But looking for third full time job hard to do with LI

BTW you can have multiple LinkedIn profile. And you can make picture restricted or not have one.

I have a full time job and a part time job. I'd like just one higher paying full time job and want to make sure I'm not inadvertently working against myself by listing both.

[Anonymous]

The bigger issue is after you get a job no LI. People try to connect and you don’t exist. It is a red flag post hire.

Barrack Obama, Jaimie Dimon, Bill Gates all have LI.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You have our resumes, what other info do you need? Why is LI ‘required’ by so many HR people, and why is it a ‘red flag’ if you don’t have a profile? LI is now extraordinarily invasive. There is too much info that needs to be put out there that makes it easy for scammers to steal your identity or try to phish/social engineer you or your bank. It’s also crazy how many permissions LI now asks for. Can we get rid of this platform already? It’s probably worse than Facebook and ruins everyone’s privacy.

Because either you are overemployed with multiple jobs or a kook.

I had my linked in identity stolen by someone in China.

[Anonymous]

It’s way too much private info available for ill intentioned folks. It would not be used at our company as a requirement.

[Anonymous]

I hate LinkedIn. It's a waste of time.

[Anonymous]

My DD is a senior in college searching for a job. She and all of her friends and classmates use mainly Handshake and Linked In to find internships and jobs these days (well - besides the nepotism jobs ). Several of them search for recent alumns from their universities who work in the field or company that they are interested in, and they contact them to see if they would like to chat or meet for a coffee. We have one friend who got a job that way.

The young folks find it very useful for networking.

[Anonymous]

We were required to have a LinkedIn account when I started. Mine is short, devoid of direct contact information and is quite vague. I haven't touched it in 10 years.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My DD is a senior in college searching for a job. She and all of her friends and classmates use mainly Handshake and Linked In to find internships and jobs these days (well - besides the nepotism jobs ). Several of them search for recent alumns from their universities who work in the field or company that they are interested in, and they contact them to see if they would like to chat or meet for a coffee. We have one friend who got a job that way.

The young folks find it very useful for networking.

That’s how my kid got her job. A carefully crafted LI profile. She then intentionally connected to women alumni from her school who were 1-2 years older. Connected, requested a mock interview as interested in company. It worked.

To be brutally honest. I interview a guy same age as me yesterday with no real LI. He had one no picture, contact info, no posts and maybe 30-50 connections.

Mind you same age as me. But he shows up gray hair, little heavy, crooked yellow teeth, a suit from the 1990s. He used dated terms. I think he was fearful of age discrimination so no social media presence.

However, I am his exact age. I have zero gray hair, perfect teeth (should be for the cost) in shape, I make sure my clothes are modern and I know all the layers buzz words.

Jennifer Anniston, George Clooney, Tom Cruise aa we age perhaps get ahead of it.

I know I am not hiring a model but I at least want Men in Black meaning they are not noticeable.

Also this guy could have used a ton of interview tips and mock interviews.

If I was him first I would have got tips my LI connections.

Here is why LI is PRICELESS I had a guy I never met contact me last month about interviewing at my former job. I ended up talking to him on phone and I realized I still had list of interview questions with expected answers and HR sheet for that job. I sent it to him along with messaging a reference.

It is a powerful tool beyond belief. Your personal network is BS. I got a $200 an hour consulting job on it from a Luxembourg company and so many jobs over last 20 years.

Indeed or applying on line is a black hole.

[Anonymous]

I am the only person with my name (first/last) in the country. I stayed off LinkedIn for sometime but do occassionaly Google myself.

One day, one of the results was a LinkedIn profile with my name, hometown and profession; beyond those details, it was empty of content.

I created a "real" profle soon after, set to as private as LinkedIn allows, with the elements of my job history that are public. No information other than job title and my employment dates for career-relevant positions.

At the very least, for those with uncommon names, I would encourage claiming a profile.