Yes, I have been contacted several times over the years.

OP here. I have past jobs and information about them filled in, but I just looked at my public profile and realized that I had my privacy settings set too high (non-contacts wouldn't be able to see my previous jobs). I lowered the settings, so hopefully now more recruiters will see my info/want to contact me.

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Anonymous wrote:Yes. Recruiter contacted me when I was not even looking for a job. It ended up being something I was interested in, and led to a new job.

Exact same thing happened to me.

How much of your information/employer did you post? I have almost 20 years of experience, but I haven't listed employer names or the full content of my jobs.

If you hope to use LinkedIn to get recruited, like PPs did, or to get prospective employers more interested in you, I would strongly suggest filling those areas in. My husband has been interviewed and offered 3 separate jobs, all of which approached him after seeing his profile on LinkedIn.

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Anonymous wrote:Yes. Recruiter contacted me when I was not even looking for a job. It ended up being something I was interested in, and led to a new job.

Exact same thing happened to me.

How much of your information/employer did you post? I have almost 20 years of experience, but I haven't listed employer names or the full content of my jobs.

Anonymous wrote:Yes. Recruiter contacted me when I was not even looking for a job. It ended up being something I was interested in, and led to a new job.

Exact same thing happened to me.

My DH was recruited through LinkedIn - it seems pretty typical these days.

Yes, it popped up as a "job you may be interested in." I applied (it was in a city to which we were interested in moving), interviewed, was hired and they paid for our relocation.

Yes. Recruiter contacted me when I was not even looking for a job. It ended up being something I was interested in, and led to a new job.

I have had people fish me out for jobs on LinkedIn.

My husband got a job through a lead from a previous co -worker. Think the contact was through linked in.

I have had recruiters contact me and interviews happen, but it did not lead to my job. BUt what I did do with my situation is use Linkedin to see the backgrounds of people in the company where we did talk about an offer.

Dh hasn't found a job through linked in but this is something he just did. He saw a posting online then linked in with a former colleague at that company. Saw his former colleague was linked in with director of hr. So he sent hr director a note. Hr replied and asked him to send resume. We'll see what happens.

If so, how did you do it?