Why Aren’t We Talking About LinkedIn?

Re:Why Aren’t We Talking About LinkedIn? by codingdave on Friday August 09, 2019 @10:01AM (#20654365)

I absolutely am on LinkedIn. My only accounts online are HN and LinkedIn. While I agree that it has excessive recruiter spam, I politely respond to every single one of them, telling them where my career is, and what I would need to move. It only takes a minute to do so, and builds a network. Admittedly, most cannot meet my needs, but I have connections to almost every company in my area, so if I ever do need to move, it is not difficult to get rolling. I have found every single job I've held since 2007 from LinkedIn (Admittedly, that is only 3.)

But I don't talk on LinkedIn. I don't 'like' anything, I don't engage with any posts. I'd wager that 90% of what I see on the feeds is just marketing blurbs from my connections' employers. It isn't meaningful to me, so I mostly ignore it.

For me, LinkedIn is a great place to hold my resume, maintain connections to recruiters and former co-workers... and that is it.

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Re:Why Aren’t We Talking About LinkedIn? by msmerberry on Friday August 09, 2019 @01:54PM (#20656746)

Same. I actually wrote the Ask A Manager site to see if I was being rude by just blocking people I don't know - if that had the potential to cost me down the road. Her response was that they expect that, so I feel free to use LinkedIn less as a social media site and more a living rolodex.

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