Can we please ditch the requirements for having LinkedIn?

[Anonymous]

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.

Let’s get rid of linkedin platform?!?

Whelp if you have $24b Op you could go take it private and dismantle it.

You seem widely successful in your career so that should be no sweat.

[Anonymous]

Linked doesn’t have much ads, pop ups or pushed emails. What’s annoying about it? Other people use it to their advantage better than you?

[Anonymous]

Linked In is malware. Every time it asks for access to my contacts, I say no, and then it continually suggests that I connect to people that are in my contacts with whom I have no other visible connection (e.g., my doctor, or a relative with a different name who lives in another state that is in another completely unrelated industry).

[Anonymous]

I have been contacted via linked in on private job searches where current person being fired, medical leave, retired, even just died where company does not publicly want to post.

They reach out I sign an NDA sometimes and I interview.

The good news unlike a posted job where 100s apply only a handful contacted.

Most people here have issues that are dumb. Issues I have never had in 20 years of using it

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Linked doesn’t have much ads, pop ups or pushed emails. What’s annoying about it? Other people use it to their advantage better than you?

Are you kidding. LI is now Facebook dogsh!t. I signed in yesterday for the first time in months. My stream was clogged with:

* a video of ducks falling down a waterfall and some idiot stating how this is an example of teamwork

* a video of a food vendor in Asia somewhere throwing a roti in the air and having it boomerang back

* other stupid meme photos that you’d be expected to see on Reddit



It is just Facebook trash all over again. It isn’t a professional social media outlet. Good god, whatever would I do without my dose of memes and non-relevant TikTok clips? The question now is why do we strong arm people into submitting all of their personal info that can be used for identity fraud to this increasingly worthless platform filled with memes and Facebook like posts?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Linked In is malware. Every time it asks for access to my contacts, I say no, and then it continually suggests that I connect to people that are in my contacts with whom I have no other visible connection (e.g., my doctor, or a relative with a different name who lives in another state that is in another completely unrelated industry).

Yup +100. So many oblivious fools do not realize how invasive LI is. How many people out there never check the permissions they’re granting to LI?

It’s not that easy to turn off/monitor them either, because every time they update terms these social media companies end up turning back on permissions you previously turned off, or they make it virtually impossible to find the relevant menu screens to control your data because they make a Byzantine labyrinth of menus and jargon you need to go through.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Just tell them you don't do social media. Stop freaking out.

This. Separately, many profiles on Linkedin are fake - as are many of the “recruiters” who reach out via LinkedIn. If one has a profile, it can be bare bones (degree and university but no dates, minimal or sanitized job description, incorrect town but correct metro, etc.)

[Anonymous]

Literally no one has this requirement.

[Anonymous]

As an executive recruiter, we LOVE LinkedIn. It’s the primary research tool. If you are not on LinkedIn, we’re not finding you. If you are and it’s a bad profile, you will get dinged if you’re in a high level executive role because frankly it looks like you’re not with the times. Only boomers avoid LinkedIn.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:As an executive recruiter, we LOVE LinkedIn. It’s the primary research tool. If you are not on LinkedIn, we’re not finding you. If you are and it’s a bad profile, you will get dinged if you’re in a high level executive role because frankly it looks like you’re not with the times. Only boomers avoid LinkedIn.

Because you are lazy. You recruit by having an easy website to search on, instead of networking, having professional contacts, going to conferences and recruiting in person. You just want to search LI and send out boilerplate messages. Problem is if you can do it, soon enough an AI bot can do it too.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:As an executive recruiter, we LOVE LinkedIn. It’s the primary research tool. If you are not on LinkedIn, we’re not finding you. If you are and it’s a bad profile, you will get dinged if you’re in a high level executive role because frankly it looks like you’re not with the times. Only boomers avoid LinkedIn.

Because you are lazy. You recruit by having an easy website to search on, instead of networking, having professional contacts, going to conferences and recruiting in person. You just want to search LI and send out boilerplate messages. Problem is if you can do it, soon enough an AI bot can do it too.

This is so stupid, and you so clearly have no understanding of how LinkedIn works, how recruiting works, and how AI works and is already working to find employees.

It is not used in all industries- I don’t think it is widely used to hire doctors, nurses, teachers and others. But in other industries - all tech jobs, all large companies, law firms, consulting, finance, etc - it is widely used precisely because it is a huge pool of people with all their relevant professional information out there. Now instead of hoping you’ve made friends with the right recruiter (who may only have connected with people from certain schools or socio-economic backgrounds or even races), you can be found by and you can find numerous companies and jobs. You don’t have to be on it - but in certain industries, you will really struggle to get a job without it. And if you’re thinking it is the company’s loss: not really! They have an enormous pool to fish in and they don’t need to waste time with someone who can’t be bothered to use a platform that has now been around for about 20 years.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:[youtube]

Anonymous wrote:As an executive recruiter, we LOVE LinkedIn. It’s the primary research tool. If you are not on LinkedIn, we’re not finding you. If you are and it’s a bad profile, you will get dinged if you’re in a high level executive role because frankly it looks like you’re not with the times. Only boomers avoid LinkedIn.

Because you are lazy. You recruit by having an easy website to search on, instead of networking, having professional contacts, going to conferences and recruiting in person. You just want to search LI and send out boilerplate messages. Problem is if you can do it, soon enough an AI bot can do it too.

This is so stupid, and you so clearly have no understanding of how LinkedIn works, how recruiting works, and how AI works and is already working to find employees.

It is not used in all industries- I don’t think it is widely used to hire doctors, nurses, teachers and others. But in other industries - all tech jobs, all large companies, law firms, consulting, finance, etc - it is widely used precisely because it is a huge pool of people with all their relevant professional information out there. Now instead of hoping you’ve made friends with the right recruiter (who may only have connected with people from certain schools or socio-economic backgrounds or even races), you can be found by and you can find numerous companies and jobs. You don’t have to be on it - but in certain industries, you will really struggle to get a job without it. And if you’re thinking it is the company’s loss: not really! They have an enormous pool to fish in and they don’t need to waste time with someone who can’t be bothered to use a platform that has now been around for about 20 years.

You're talking about the benefits to employees. That doesn't make the recruiter any less lazy. Click a few buttons and send a message. Of course you love it. Plus you can soft discriminate because most profiles will have a photo.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:[youtube]

Anonymous wrote:As an executive recruiter, we LOVE LinkedIn. It’s the primary research tool. If you are not on LinkedIn, we’re not finding you. If you are and it’s a bad profile, you will get dinged if you’re in a high level executive role because frankly it looks like you’re not with the times. Only boomers avoid LinkedIn.

Because you are lazy. You recruit by having an easy website to search on, instead of networking, having professional contacts, going to conferences and recruiting in person. You just want to search LI and send out boilerplate messages. Problem is if you can do it, soon enough an AI bot can do it too.

This is so stupid, and you so clearly have no understanding of how LinkedIn works, how recruiting works, and how AI works and is already working to find employees.

It is not used in all industries- I don’t think it is widely used to hire doctors, nurses, teachers and others. But in other industries - all tech jobs, all large companies, law firms, consulting, finance, etc - it is widely used precisely because it is a huge pool of people with all their relevant professional information out there. Now instead of hoping you’ve made friends with the right recruiter (who may only have connected with people from certain schools or socio-economic backgrounds or even races), you can be found by and you can find numerous companies and jobs. You don’t have to be on it - but in certain industries, you will really struggle to get a job without it. And if you’re thinking it is the company’s loss: not really! They have an enormous pool to fish in and they don’t need to waste time with someone who can’t be bothered to use a platform that has now been around for about 20 years.

You're talking about the benefits to employees. That doesn't make the recruiter any less lazy. Click a few buttons and send a message. Of course you love it. Plus you can soft discriminate because most profiles will have a photo.

+1 recruiters are scum

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:[youtube]

Anonymous wrote:As an executive recruiter, we LOVE LinkedIn. It’s the primary research tool. If you are not on LinkedIn, we’re not finding you. If you are and it’s a bad profile, you will get dinged if you’re in a high level executive role because frankly it looks like you’re not with the times. Only boomers avoid LinkedIn.

Because you are lazy. You recruit by having an easy website to search on, instead of networking, having professional contacts, going to conferences and recruiting in person. You just want to search LI and send out boilerplate messages. Problem is if you can do it, soon enough an AI bot can do it too.

This is so stupid, and you so clearly have no understanding of how LinkedIn works, how recruiting works, and how AI works and is already working to find employees.

It is not used in all industries- I don’t think it is widely used to hire doctors, nurses, teachers and others. But in other industries - all tech jobs, all large companies, law firms, consulting, finance, etc - it is widely used precisely because it is a huge pool of people with all their relevant professional information out there. Now instead of hoping you’ve made friends with the right recruiter (who may only have connected with people from certain schools or socio-economic backgrounds or even races), you can be found by and you can find numerous companies and jobs. You don’t have to be on it - but in certain industries, you will really struggle to get a job without it. And if you’re thinking it is the company’s loss: not really! They have an enormous pool to fish in and they don’t need to waste time with someone who can’t be bothered to use a platform that has now been around for about 20 years.

You're talking about the benefits to employees. That doesn't make the recruiter any less lazy. Click a few buttons and send a message. Of course you love it. Plus you can soft discriminate because most profiles will have a photo.

I’m not a recruiter. Of course any recruiter who does that is crap, but I also get lots of spam emails from recruiters (who I assume find me from my company website). Good recruiters don’t do that, and I have been recruited through LinkedIn by a good recruiter who found me and specifically approached me because of my experience

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:As an executive recruiter, we LOVE LinkedIn. It’s the primary research tool. If you are not on LinkedIn, we’re not finding you. If you are and it’s a bad profile, you will get dinged if you’re in a high level executive role because frankly it looks like you’re not with the times. Only boomers avoid LinkedIn.

I know several gen xers who are not on linked in