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.

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Anonymous wrote:I have a profile on LinkedIn with a photo and very brief descriptions of past and current jobs so that when I look for a new job, the recruiter can look me up to make sure I am not fake.

I prefer Facebook crap for entertainment than LinkedIn crap. There are a bunch of people active on LinkedIn and constantly posting stuff that makes them look good and senior... In reality, I have worked with them in the past and they are almost idiots in real life.

LinkedIn is just a place where you raise your hand and give attendance saying "I am real". Everything else is just noise and not useful.

Their premium charges are ridiculously high.

LinkedIn is full of fake profiles. Anyone can put they studied at Harvard or worked as CFO at Google.

Anonymous wrote:I have a profile on LinkedIn with a photo and very brief descriptions of past and current jobs so that when I look for a new job, the recruiter can look me up to make sure I am not fake.

I prefer Facebook crap for entertainment than LinkedIn crap. There are a bunch of people active on LinkedIn and constantly posting stuff that makes them look good and senior... In reality, I have worked with them in the past and they are almost idiots in real life.

LinkedIn is just a place where you raise your hand and give attendance saying "I am real". Everything else is just noise and not useful.

Their premium charges are ridiculously high.

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.

Know plenty of highly paid professionals in the finance industry that don't use it. Some people truly want to be offline.

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

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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)