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In a decade plus of my career, four of my most significant jobs, including my current role have come from being sourced/recruited on LinkedIn. I hate being on
by allthecybers 7y ago
In a decade plus of my career, four of my most significant jobs, including my current role have come from being sourced/recruited on LinkedIn.
I hate being on any social networks, and I feel like LinkedIn has declined in quality over the years, but I stay with LinkedIn.
The primary reason is that you never know when you are going to be thrust into the job market, and its the key place to find future opportunities, identify gatekeepers and leverage your professional rolodex when an opportunity to earn an income is on the line.
- lonelappde 7y ago> a decade plus of my career, four of my most significant jobs This is an extremely niche persona among professional careers, overrepresented on HN.
- city41 7y agoYou pretty much must have a LinkedIn profile. It really isn't optional. I think most companies would see the lack of one as a red flag, and a sign you're hiding something.
- jiveturkey 7y agoI've never had a LI profile (nor FB nor G+ nor myspace etc). I've never had a problem finding or getting a job. Both from the candidate side and the hiring side, it seems pretty optional to me.
- city41 7y agoThat might be true, but I would guess most people take the "better safe than sorry" approach and just have one.
- jiveturkey 7y agoMaybe. I find it hard to believe people do it because it "looks bad" not to have LI. Rather, people do LI because it's easier to let them come to you, even if you have to deal with recruiter spam along the way.
- allthecybers 7y agoI’m sure I could build a personal web cv, optimize for SEO, pay for hosting, etc but LI has all of that plus the ability to dig into connections, and connections connections. It’s also the default sourcing database for recruiters to find professionals. If I need a job, I flip that switch that says “I’m looking for a job” and let the roles roll in.