Talk to me about LinkedIn

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Anonymous wrote:I use it to read the unhinged "thought leader" posts by colleagues and laugh at them.

"Thought leader" always makes me laugh because you know some academic invented the term to give everyone a leadership title, even when they do not have one.

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What is a thought leader?

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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.

Very smart there’s too many coworkers always looking to steal credit

[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.

-Rolodex PP. I’m a gov employee so not usually looking for new job or “clients”. I use it to stay in touch with colleagues if I’m in town for a conference etc.

[Anonymous]

I work in tech, have never had a Linkedin account, and have always had great jobs that I have enjoyed. I have no reason to believe that I have missed out by not using it.

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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?

Some of us are in public facing roles where it's important to be presentable and it comes with the job duties.

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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?

Some of us are in public facing roles where it's important to be presentable and it comes with the job duties.

Surely such people gladly use LinkedIn. We’re discussing people who prefer not to be on that site. I’d be surprised they’d be clamoring for a highly visible role.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It has deteriorated significantly in the past year or two. I deactivated mine.

My kids are in college so I try to stay current on hiring trends. Is there something that is replacing LinkedIn?

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Anonymous wrote:It has deteriorated significantly in the past year or two. I deactivated mine.

My kids are in college so I try to stay current on hiring trends. Is there something that is replacing LinkedIn?

No.

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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.

+1

It's for former colleagues and other randos to creep on one another.

[Anonymous]

It is chock full of self aggrandizing bullshit. Random person self reports a promotion, award or speech and then all the denizens have to chime in : “So well deserved!” “they’re lucky to have you!” “blah blah blah”!

Makes me sick.

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Anonymous wrote:I use it to read the unhinged "thought leader" posts by colleagues and laugh at them.

"Thought leader" always makes me laugh because you know some academic invented the term to give everyone a leadership title, even when they do not have one.

"Thought leader" is business bs made up by people who are envious of academics who actually have thoughts (not just psychological manipulation campaigns) that change the way other people think.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I work in tech, have never had a Linkedin account, and have always had great jobs that I have enjoyed. I have no reason to believe that I have missed out by not using it.

High paying tech employers trawl LinkedIn for recruiting leads.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My son got his first job out of college via LinkedIn. A recruiter reached out to him after seeing his profile. Son was skeptical at first, but he now has a well paying job with a legit company, all because he had a complete, updated LinkedIn profile.

My son also, but out of grad school.

[Anonymous]

I use it to promote positions when we're hiring, or events that we're holding.

Or to figure out how old people are by looking up their graduation dates.