Endorsements and "skills" are both idiocy. I get stuff like "John Smith has add skills: Management".. Nonsense.

As for people who ask to join your network, I ignore at least half of them. People I met one time try to add me.. nope!

Anonymous wrote:NP. A bit off topic but still LinkedIn etiquette, I just got a connection request from someone I work with who has possibly the worst work habits of anyone I've ever met. I do not want to give her access to my connections. So far I've just been ignoring it the request eventually that will no longer be an option. What do you usually do in this situation? Just another reason why I dislike LinkedIn and rarely use it.

There is a way to hide your connections. I don't know exactly how to do it, but I do know that it's possible because several of my connections have their connections hidden.

If you didn't ask for the endorsement, then in my view there's no obligation to reciprocate. And I agree that the endorsements are all stupid anyhow -- I'm glad for 12:21's discovery that you can hide them!

But the "connections" side of LinkedIn is useful - helpful to track down people after they change jobs.

My personal LinkedIn approach:

Connections - For the most part, I only connect to people I actually know and who I would feel comfortable having access to my other connections. If someone I don't know requests to connect out of the blue I will usually ignore it.

Endorsements - I will only endorse someone for something I would be capable of evaluating. I, too, am frustrated by the idea of having people endorsing me for things that they can't actually evaluate.

NP. A bit off topic but still LinkedIn etiquette, I just got a connection request from someone I work with who has possibly the worst work habits of anyone I've ever met. I do not want to give her access to my connections. So far I've just been ignoring it the request eventually that will no longer be an option. What do you usually do in this situation? Just another reason why I dislike LinkedIn and rarely use it.

Anonymous wrote:I can't stand linked in. It needs to go away.

I think it is a pretty helpful networking tool. Agree endorsements are silly and waste of time, but how is it not useful to know when you have a mutual connection with someone etc?

Anonymous wrote:Is there a way to opt out of endorsements or hide them?

PP again, I just found out you can hide the endorsements. Go to edit profile, scroll down to skills, click edit skills, then manage endorsements, and then click to hide them. Problem solved!

Is there a way to opt out of endorsements or hide them?

You don't have to endorse anyone.

I sometimes feel bad when people I know and respect send me linked in emails, because I just stay off it entirely.

I can't stand linked in. It needs to go away.

My aunt endorsed me for litigation skills. I'm a corporate in-house attorney. I've never even been to court aside from jury duty.

OP here. Seriously. I didn't ask to be endorsed. Some people I barely know through church are endorsing me left and right. WTF?

ha ha ha.

This is why I think that LinkedIn endorsements are worthless.

People are endorsing me for things that they have no connection with. People I haven't seen in 20 yrs since college endorsing me for some technical details they have no clue whether I qualify for or not. C'mon man!

This is why I don't participate in the back-patting. And I don't bother to look at anyone else's endorsements. Completely meaningless.

What's the etiquette on LinkedIn? If some acquaintance (who has never actually worked with you and doesn't really know your skills) endorses you are you supposed to endorse them back?