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Re:Time to delete your Glassdoor account by nuancebydefault on Thursday March 14, 2024 @02:55PM (#39707624)
I have a very old linkedin account that has 10 years-outdated info. The company I'm supposedly working for does not exist anymore.

As soon as I would even touch one word in my profile, a pile of recruiters would be triggered instantly. From experience I know that these recruiters have zero added value for me and often even their customer. On the contrary even, they have a tendency to try to fill any job with any qualification, because when they succeed, they hit a jackpot.

Job vacancies are present on job sites like 'Indeed'. It is very easy to set an appropriate filter and just start sending out your CV to companies.

Re:Time to delete your Glassdoor account by RajT88 on Thursday March 14, 2024 @03:56PM (#39708273)
I had two pretty good jobs come to me from LinkedIn.

The majority of job leads I got from maybe the start of LinkedIn to about 8 years ago were crap.

These days, most job leads are not crap, they just are not competitive with my current job. Much improved! Granted, I just updated a couple months ago my profile to say, "Not open to opportunities" and because my profile is recently updated, I get people contacting me daily - even on the weekend.

Re:Time to delete your Glassdoor account by HeyLaughingBoy on Thursday March 14, 2024 @03:11PM (#39707793)
It's even easier to do nothing and have people contact you.

I got my current job because a recruiter cold-called me about my Linked-In profile. It was a perfect match for a position she was trying to fill.

I wasn't looking, but it wasn't hard to persuade me to switch either.

Re:Time to delete your Glassdoor account by macintux on Thursday March 14, 2024 @03:12PM (#39707806)
I clearly need to do a better job with my profile, because recruiters never bother me.