Talk to me about LinkedIn

[Anonymous]

How else will I know what inept, unqualified people were promoted at my old company?

[Anonymous]

The complaints here are fixable problems, but the people complaining would rather grouse.

The fact someone called it a Rolodex for old colleagues sounds like someone isn't using LinkedIn at all. Sure, you can do nothing on the site and then--guess what?--you'll get no results. That's how life works. Do nothing. Get nothing.

For anyone who wants to get a job or earn money in their business, it's doable. It does take work. You have to write your profile in a clear way and engage with content by other people.

I started a business and have earned a lot of money over the past seven years. When I track my business clients and referrals from those clients, the path usually leads back to LinkedIn.

PS: If you don't like the content you are seeing, that's on you. Disconnect from those people and comment on posts you DO like. You'll start to see more content you like.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You have to be on Linked In. No ifs, ands or buts.
It is not just for job seekers--in fact, I don't recommend using the Looking for Work button.
The listing should match your resume and the photo headshot should be good.
Anyone who hears your name for any reason may look you up there.
Prospective speaking engagements, job inquiries, will all use LinkedIn, too.

You don't have to like, to comment, to write for LinkedIn-you just have to be listed on it.

This is a joke right? Why would anyone NEED to be on LI? So dramatic.
It is a waste of time.

DP.

Not a joke. As a hiring manager, I look for consistency across LI and the resume - and check other online presences. And as the prevalence of people holding multiple jobs grows, transparency and accuracy about employment status on LinkedIn becomes even more important.

If I was looking for a job, I'd make sure my LinkedIn matched my resume. One time, a recruiter went on LinkedIn and advised me to make my LinkedIn match my resume. I hadn't wanted to do that because one of my past coworkers -- who barely did anything -- wanted me to provide him a description of "all the work we did together," so he could take credit for my accomplishments. I at least would make the employers and dates match the resume, if not the actual descriptions.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Recruiters data mine through profiles to hire people.

My daughter got an amazing job from a world class company walking distance her apartment where they recruited her off her LinkedIn profile. She had every possible qualification they were looking for.

She is in marketing and managed social media for a start up in college so she is great at optimizing her profile.

I have 5,000 connections myself and during Covid when Job hunting was on it 4-6 hours a day every day. I landed a $5,000 a week consulting gig direct hire by company from July to December 2020 then landed my real job on it I started March 2021.

The social media aspect of it when unemployed was huge. I forged an alliance with two people looking for exact job I was and we decided every job we turned down from we would alert the other to apply. A board member at a big form freshly retired from full time work volunteered to do bi-weekly check in via zoom wirg me to keep me on track, the LinkedIn learning is great to add certifications

And posting or at least liking or commenting on posts is important as LinkedIn algorithm puts you higher in recruiter searches if you are active in LinkedIn.

I also data mine companies I want to work at for 1, 2 and 3rd degree connections or if we went to same college or worked same companies to put in employee referrals for jobs I see posted.

Kudos to you! How old are you, by the way?

I'm a 50+ worker who is considering searching for a new job. I've seen people have so much success with LinkedIn this way.

And thanks for the tip on LinkedIn learning. I'll take a look and see if they have certifications in my area.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Recruiters data mine through profiles to hire people.

My daughter got an amazing job from a world class company walking distance her apartment where they recruited her off her LinkedIn profile. She had every possible qualification they were looking for.

She is in marketing and managed social media for a start up in college so she is great at optimizing her profile.

I have 5,000 connections myself and during Covid when Job hunting was on it 4-6 hours a day every day. I landed a $5,000 a week consulting gig direct hire by company from July to December 2020 then landed my real job on it I started March 2021.

The social media aspect of it when unemployed was huge. I forged an alliance with two people looking for exact job I was and we decided every job we turned down from we would alert the other to apply. A board member at a big form freshly retired from full time work volunteered to do bi-weekly check in via zoom wirg me to keep me on track, the LinkedIn learning is great to add certifications

And posting or at least liking or commenting on posts is important as LinkedIn algorithm puts you higher in recruiter searches if you are active in LinkedIn.

I also data mine companies I want to work at for 1, 2 and 3rd degree connections or if we went to same college or worked same companies to put in employee referrals for jobs I see posted.

Kudos to you! How old are you, by the way?

I'm a 50+ worker who is considering searching for a new job. I've seen people have so much success with LinkedIn this way.

And thanks for the tip on LinkedIn learning. I'll take a look and see if they have certifications in my area.

That job search I was 58. Just do the work. It is actually easier in 2024 than 2020 as more jobs and with AI you can get cover letters generated, create professional LinkedIn profiles, there are ones that auto apply jobs. There is one AI tool that downloads all your LI contacts into an email mailing list. You can then email everyone all at once rather than post so more likely it gets read.

For instance there is an AI tool you take resume, and copy in job posting and it spits out optimized cover letter. There are actually LinkedIn learning courses to learn all this.

[Anonymous]

https://www.reddit.com/r/LinkedInLunatics/

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The complaints here are fixable problems, but the people complaining would rather grouse.

The fact someone called it a Rolodex for old colleagues sounds like someone isn't using LinkedIn at all. Sure, you can do nothing on the site and then--guess what?--you'll get no results. That's how life works. Do nothing. Get nothing.

For anyone who wants to get a job or earn money in their business, it's doable. It does take work. You have to write your profile in a clear way and engage with content by other people.

I started a business and have earned a lot of money over the past seven years. When I track my business clients and referrals from those clients, the path usually leads back to LinkedIn.

PS: If you don't like the content you are seeing, that's on you. Disconnect from those people and comment on posts you DO like. You'll start to see more content you like.

I guess it depends if you are "talent" (publish your credentials and let recruiters complete for you) or "business" (smarmtalk your way into extracting profit from an organization)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I hate it and think people who try to appear as some kind of thought leaders on there are ridiculous. But I did find my most recent job there, so there’s some value, I guess. I don’t put my photo on there, though, or anything but my job title.

For all that is holy, can we put the phrase “thought leader” to bed.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You have to be on Linked In. No ifs, ands or buts.
It is not just for job seekers--in fact, I don't recommend using the Looking for Work button.
The listing should match your resume and the photo headshot should be good.
Anyone who hears your name for any reason may look you up there.
Prospective speaking engagements, job inquiries, will all use LinkedIn, too.

You don't have to like, to comment, to write for LinkedIn-you just have to be listed on it.

This is a joke right? Why would anyone NEED to be on LI? So dramatic.
It is a waste of time.

DP.

Not a joke. As a hiring manager, I look for consistency across LI and the resume - and check other online presences. And as the prevalence of people holding multiple jobs grows, transparency and accuracy about employment status on LinkedIn becomes even more important.

True, it seems that a public resume “audited” by the public is worthwhile.

[Anonymous]

I use it to stalk old coworkers and new acquaintances.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You have to be on Linked In. No ifs, ands or buts.
It is not just for job seekers--in fact, I don't recommend using the Looking for Work button.
The listing should match your resume and the photo headshot should be good.
Anyone who hears your name for any reason may look you up there.
Prospective speaking engagements, job inquiries, will all use LinkedIn, too.

You don't have to like, to comment, to write for LinkedIn-you just have to be listed on it.

This is a joke right? Why would anyone NEED to be on LI? So dramatic.
It is a waste of time.

DP.

Not a joke. As a hiring manager, I look for consistency across LI and the resume - and check other online presences. And as the prevalence of people holding multiple jobs grows, transparency and accuracy about employment status on LinkedIn becomes even more important.

You don’t have hirevhue to do that for you?

Well, the recruiters do the detailed work for me, but I still look at both their resume and LI profile. Their profile can also reveal mutual contacts which I can use to start a connection with the candidate.

Anonymous wrote:Sounds invasive. It's a nice way to judge people before even interviewing them.

Welcome to getting a job?

[Anonymous]

I had a great feeling when I deleted my account. Not looking for gigs any more, it's too intrusive. Like not being able to be found that way.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I had a great feeling when I deleted my account. Not looking for gigs any more, it's too intrusive. Like not being able to be found that way.

Are you retired or soon to be?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You have to be on Linked In. No ifs, ands or buts.
It is not just for job seekers--in fact, I don't recommend using the Looking for Work button.
The listing should match your resume and the photo headshot should be good.
Anyone who hears your name for any reason may look you up there.
Prospective speaking engagements, job inquiries, will all use LinkedIn, too.

You don't have to like, to comment, to write for LinkedIn-you just have to be listed on it.

This is a joke right? Why would anyone NEED to be on LI? So dramatic.
It is a waste of time.

DP.

Not a joke. As a hiring manager, I look for consistency across LI and the resume - and check other online presences. And as the prevalence of people holding multiple jobs grows, transparency and accuracy about employment status on LinkedIn becomes even more important.

You don’t have hirevhue to do that for you?

Well, the recruiters do the detailed work for me, but I still look at both their resume and LI profile. Their profile can also reveal mutual contacts which I can use to start a connection with the candidate.

Anonymous wrote:Sounds invasive. It's a nice way to judge people before even interviewing them.

Welcome to getting a job?

You are free to judge someone's professional credentials through their application, but digging through social media is creepy. Too many people are judged by their appearance before they even get an interview.
And what do you do if someone doesn't use social media? Assume they're a serial killer or something?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You have to be on Linked In. No ifs, ands or buts.
It is not just for job seekers--in fact, I don't recommend using the Looking for Work button.
The listing should match your resume and the photo headshot should be good.
Anyone who hears your name for any reason may look you up there.
Prospective speaking engagements, job inquiries, will all use LinkedIn, too.

You don't have to like, to comment, to write for LinkedIn-you just have to be listed on it.

This is a joke right? Why would anyone NEED to be on LI? So dramatic.
It is a waste of time.

DP.

Not a joke. As a hiring manager, I look for consistency across LI and the resume - and check other online presences. And as the prevalence of people holding multiple jobs grows, transparency and accuracy about employment status on LinkedIn becomes even more important.

You don’t have hirevhue to do that for you?

Well, the recruiters do the detailed work for me, but I still look at both their resume and LI profile. Their profile can also reveal mutual contacts which I can use to start a connection with the candidate.

Anonymous wrote:Sounds invasive. It's a nice way to judge people before even interviewing them.

Welcome to getting a job?

You are free to judge someone's professional credentials through their application, but digging through social media is creepy. Too many people are judged by their appearance before they even get an interview.
And what do you do if someone doesn't use social media? Assume they're a serial killer or something?

To be clear, I don't dig through anything they don't link from their profile. But if they link their twitter account or whatever, it's fair game.

That said, evaluating somebody on what they post online isn't "creepy". They posted it for the world to see. If that makes you uncomfortable, I'd reconsider what you post.