3 ms·

As a student its one of those things that you can't risk not having on your résumé. There's always one recruiter or one document-scraping application portal tha

As a student its one of those things that you can't risk not having on your résumé. There's always one recruiter or one document-scraping application portal that could reject it. Plus every career counselor I've seen has suggested it. I personally think that for software dev at least, making connections via Twitter or via friends is a better way to go for the first internship, but everyone has different paths to success :)

lucasmullens 6y ago
FWIW, I've seen quite a few resumes of software engineers at this point and I would say less than half have LinkedIn on it. "Can't risk" is interesting, you could say that about anything you could put on your resume if there's a chance it helps, but something like LinkedIn seems just redundant with your resume's content.
- jwagenet 6y ago
  When you are desperate looking for your first job or internship you probably don’t have a great grasp of the hiring process because of conflicting voices on how to get a job. Even if technical forums say don’t bother, career counselors and hr folks seem to place importance on LinkedIn, leading to the “can’t risk” attitude, especially if you don’t have a foot in the door.
- mywittyname 6y ago
  I don't list my LinkedIn profile on my resume, but I have one and it's under the name used on my resume. Every time I've applied for a job, LI shows n people from $place_I_applied_to has viewed your profile recently. So people definitely use it, even if it isn't on your resume.
centimeter 6y ago
I graduated 4 years ago, and I never put my linkedin on my resume (actually deleted it a few years ago) and was never asked about it (nor was I ever turned down from an interview). > Plus every career counselor I've seen has suggested it. They're probably right, if your goal is to get a job as a career counselor.
- rileyt 6y ago
  Have you ever felt like you were missing anything? I also deleted mine a long time ago and the only thing I miss is an easy way to contact people that I don't follow on Twitter (I also don't have Facebook).
Balgair 6y ago
I've used LI to get a few interviews, but not a job. I'm not in 'tech' per se (bio stuff), so for me it's a mixed bag. If you are going to use it for a job hunt, then use it aggressively. Message/cold-call people that you want to work for, send them a cover letter and CV, ask to talk off LI and on the phone/over-coffee asap. Cold-emailing people from a company directory is kinda the same thing here. The 'rules' for Tinder aren't that far off for LI, sad as that is. Outside of a job hunt that you're preforming, yeah, it's mostly recruiter spam. The feed is practically useless in my experience, but I am not a power user. All that said, networking is that key to getting hired.

lucasmullens 6y ago

FWIW, I've seen quite a few resumes of software engineers at this point and I would say less than half have LinkedIn on it. "Can't risk" is interesting, you could say that about anything you could put on your resume if there's a chance it helps, but something like LinkedIn seems just redundant with your resume's content.

jwagenet 6y ago
When you are desperate looking for your first job or internship you probably don’t have a great grasp of the hiring process because of conflicting voices on how to get a job. Even if technical forums say don’t bother, career counselors and hr folks seem to place importance on LinkedIn, leading to the “can’t risk” attitude, especially if you don’t have a foot in the door.
mywittyname 6y ago
I don't list my LinkedIn profile on my resume, but I have one and it's under the name used on my resume. Every time I've applied for a job, LI shows n people from $place_I_applied_to has viewed your profile recently. So people definitely use it, even if it isn't on your resume.

centimeter 6y ago

I graduated 4 years ago, and I never put my linkedin on my resume (actually deleted it a few years ago) and was never asked about it (nor was I ever turned down from an interview). > Plus every career counselor I've seen has suggested it. They're probably right, if your goal is to get a job as a career counselor.

rileyt 6y ago
Have you ever felt like you were missing anything? I also deleted mine a long time ago and the only thing I miss is an easy way to contact people that I don't follow on Twitter (I also don't have Facebook).

Balgair 6y ago

I've used LI to get a few interviews, but not a job. I'm not in 'tech' per se (bio stuff), so for me it's a mixed bag. If you are going to use it for a job hunt, then use it aggressively. Message/cold-call people that you want to work for, send them a cover letter and CV, ask to talk off LI and on the phone/over-coffee asap. Cold-emailing people from a company directory is kinda the same thing here. The 'rules' for Tinder aren't that far off for LI, sad as that is. Outside of a job hunt that you're preforming, yeah, it's mostly recruiter spam. The feed is practically useless in my experience, but I am not a power user. All that said, networking is that key to getting hired.