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It still blows my mind that people are on linkedin. If you are not a recruiter/hiring manager it's only real purpose (that I can see) is to be a boasting board

It still blows my mind that people are on linkedin. If you are not a recruiter/hiring manager it's only real purpose (that I can see) is to be a boasting board for achievements and a easy to ignore place to receive recruiting emails. Does anyone get any other value out of it?

geoka9 10y ago
Got a dream job out of the blue through LinkedIn. Was skeptical when the cold call came in, but decided to talk to the recruiter and ended up accepting the offer. YMMV, but you never know.
dekhn 10y ago
sure, I use it to manage connections to people who meet me at conferences.
afterburner 10y ago
"receive recruiting emails" That's pretty much it, right? That, and very easy job applications. Nowhere have I had an easier time applying for a job.
Florin_Andrei 10y ago
Think of it as a recruiters database. Works pretty well that way. Need a new job? Just message everyone. It's not social media. That's Facebook, etc. At least that's how I see it.
sdm 10y ago
It's great for lead gen, researching competitors, networking, etc. It doesn't apply much to a developer's day to day, but there are more than just developers out there. Recruiting is a very small part of Linkedin.
Scea91 10y ago
I got lots of interesting offers from linkedin. Also I didn't have to bother to write my CV in years, because I can just link anyone to my up to date linkedin profile.
Gustomaximus 10y ago
I get good value. I work in marketing, client side. I use it for recruiting to see backgrounds, how peeps career developed etc. I use it for making business deals. Occasionally I'll reach out to another person where I can see the opportunity to partner on something. How well this is received surprised me at first. I assume it's because I'm not a sales person trying to sell something approach, and it shows people do read their messages. I use it to keep an eye on what friends and colleges in are doing. People us it to approach me, often spam but I get much more on email and occasionally get useful introductions. I use it to look at other companies if I'm thinking of working with them. E.g you can get an idea of if a company is growing/shrinking via their headcount and other things like that. I've used it to escalate issues I'm having with a business to senior guys that can sort problems. And once used it to flag a database breach I found to a CEO after their IT guys hadn't responded to my emails.....for 6 months... So it is plenty useful in my user-case and I'm happy for them to show me some ads in return.

geoka9 10y ago

Got a dream job out of the blue through LinkedIn. Was skeptical when the cold call came in, but decided to talk to the recruiter and ended up accepting the offer. YMMV, but you never know.

dekhn 10y ago

sure, I use it to manage connections to people who meet me at conferences.

afterburner 10y ago

"receive recruiting emails" That's pretty much it, right? That, and very easy job applications. Nowhere have I had an easier time applying for a job.

Florin_Andrei 10y ago

Think of it as a recruiters database. Works pretty well that way. Need a new job? Just message everyone. It's not social media. That's Facebook, etc. At least that's how I see it.

sdm 10y ago

It's great for lead gen, researching competitors, networking, etc. It doesn't apply much to a developer's day to day, but there are more than just developers out there. Recruiting is a very small part of Linkedin.

Scea91 10y ago

I got lots of interesting offers from linkedin. Also I didn't have to bother to write my CV in years, because I can just link anyone to my up to date linkedin profile.

Gustomaximus 10y ago

I get good value. I work in marketing, client side. I use it for recruiting to see backgrounds, how peeps career developed etc. I use it for making business deals. Occasionally I'll reach out to another person where I can see the opportunity to partner on something. How well this is received surprised me at first. I assume it's because I'm not a sales person trying to sell something approach, and it shows people do read their messages. I use it to keep an eye on what friends and colleges in are doing. People us it to approach me, often spam but I get much more on email and occasionally get useful introductions. I use it to look at other companies if I'm thinking of working with them. E.g you can get an idea of if a company is growing/shrinking via their headcount and other things like that. I've used it to escalate issues I'm having with a business to senior guys that can sort problems. And once used it to flag a database breach I found to a CEO after their IT guys hadn't responded to my emails.....for 6 months... So it is plenty useful in my user-case and I'm happy for them to show me some ads in return.