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Maybe the author is not a coder? LinkedIn is incredibly useful due to recruiters hitting up us coders a few times a week selling us on some new and better job

Maybe the author is not a coder? LinkedIn is incredibly useful due to recruiters hitting up us coders a few times a week selling us on some new and better job then the one you have currently. It's how you can give yourself a huge raise with each new job or contract job you decide to pursue & land. I often wonder if those in other fields outside of coding experience a similar flood of opportunities or not?

joezydeco 10y ago
...recruiters hitting up us coders a few times a week selling us on some new and better job... Let's not fail to mention recruiters that cold call you at your place of employment, and are too dense to understand why you might possibly be upset at this.
- mlucero 10y ago
  This isn't limited to recruiters. Software sales has shown up on my phone often enough that I don't know if I want my profile public anymore... It's basically a public directory of every tech company.
- LargeCompanies 10y ago
  Why would u ever give them your work number, personal phone number or real email address? Give them your spam info...google voice number and spam email account. Further I've never experienced a recruiter calling my current place of work (wouldn't he or she be fired?) and I often am and or can be vague re: where I'm actually working. Especially if you note you are working for some random govt. or contracting company.
  - joezydeco 10y ago
    I list my current company, branch location, and personal email address NOT my company one. No phone numbers at all. Recruiters will still call the main company number and ask to be transferred to me. We're not a large place, so a receptionist physically takes the call. Oh yeah, she also serves as secretary for the VPs and our HR department. And I still get email at my company address. We have a pretty standard first.last@company format. I could choose to obsfucate my employer and location, but IMO that kind of defeats the purpose of keeping my profile current.
  - LargeCompanies 10y ago
    Well that while your not looking(Put that on your LinkedIn .. Not looking)those crazy outlandish recruiter calls you say happen should be an alarm to your current company! Better keep you happy or your find something better.
  - technion 10y ago
    My LinkedIn lists my current place of employment. I see no reason at all that it would list contact details there. It also has me listed as "not current looking". I've had two separate recruiters call my office, and openly tell reception they are calling "in regards to a job". I can only assume they Googled said workplace. It could cause a strain in your current workplace and leave you more likely to need to jump - I find the whole premise incredibly offensive.
- thaumasiotes 10y ago
  Google called me at my place of employment to let me know they weren't interested in hiring me. That seemed a little off.
zeemonkee3 10y ago
I think you forgot the /s at the end of your post. Linkedin has brought me nothing but spam.

joezydeco 10y ago

...recruiters hitting up us coders a few times a week selling us on some new and better job... Let's not fail to mention recruiters that cold call you at your place of employment, and are too dense to understand why you might possibly be upset at this.

mlucero 10y ago
This isn't limited to recruiters. Software sales has shown up on my phone often enough that I don't know if I want my profile public anymore... It's basically a public directory of every tech company.
LargeCompanies 10y ago
Why would u ever give them your work number, personal phone number or real email address? Give them your spam info...google voice number and spam email account. Further I've never experienced a recruiter calling my current place of work (wouldn't he or she be fired?) and I often am and or can be vague re: where I'm actually working. Especially if you note you are working for some random govt. or contracting company.
- joezydeco 10y ago
  I list my current company, branch location, and personal email address NOT my company one. No phone numbers at all. Recruiters will still call the main company number and ask to be transferred to me. We're not a large place, so a receptionist physically takes the call. Oh yeah, she also serves as secretary for the VPs and our HR department. And I still get email at my company address. We have a pretty standard first.last@company format. I could choose to obsfucate my employer and location, but IMO that kind of defeats the purpose of keeping my profile current.
- LargeCompanies 10y ago
  Well that while your not looking(Put that on your LinkedIn .. Not looking)those crazy outlandish recruiter calls you say happen should be an alarm to your current company! Better keep you happy or your find something better.
- technion 10y ago
  My LinkedIn lists my current place of employment. I see no reason at all that it would list contact details there. It also has me listed as "not current looking". I've had two separate recruiters call my office, and openly tell reception they are calling "in regards to a job". I can only assume they Googled said workplace. It could cause a strain in your current workplace and leave you more likely to need to jump - I find the whole premise incredibly offensive.
thaumasiotes 10y ago
Google called me at my place of employment to let me know they weren't interested in hiring me. That seemed a little off.

zeemonkee3 10y ago

I think you forgot the /s at the end of your post. Linkedin has brought me nothing but spam.