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For me, the most useful case is when hiring. I usually look up a candidate on linkedin. I can see if their work history for public consumption is similar to the
by mopoke 16y ago
For me, the most useful case is when hiring. I usually look up a candidate on linkedin. I can see if their work history for public consumption is similar to the one which is on their resume (tailored for the position). I can also see if anyone I know has worked with them before and then get an off the record assessment of their previous work and a feel for them as a person. Neither of those directly contributes to a hire/no-hire decision but it does help with getting to know what the candidate is like.
As a side note, I tried posting a job recently and was hugely underwhelmed with both the quality and quantity of applicants.
- tomjen3 16y ago>I tried posting a job recently and was hugely underwhelmed with both the quality and quantity of applicants. Then you are properly like the companies that gets featured in from time to time saying "we can't hire engineers" who then turn out to offer 50k/year positions in nowhere, Arizona. Or not, but if you get neither that many or that good applicants it might be time to see why. Salary might be a good place to start (it is easier to fix than location).
- cdr 16y ago50K/year might be good for Nowhere, Arizona.
- mopoke 16y agoLocation is probably it - there is a much smaller pool to draw from where we are (Malaysia). It may get better responses in the US, Europe, etc. It was as much an experiment as it was a job ad - we also use other channels to recruit. But given linkedin is a global site, I was disappointed with the results.