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I am actually working on an alternative that would basically just be a resume API. This is nothing but good news for me.

boomzilla 12y ago
How would you validate the resumes? The power of LinkedIn is in the trust it establishes. Granted I still have a lot of validation to do before hiring/doing business with someone, but Linkedin is a great first filter. I know for software engineers, Github could be a better filter, but it's just a very small segment in the world of business.
- dkarapetyan 12y ago
  Validate the resume? What does that mean?
  - Throwaway1224 12y ago
    a lot of companies won't even look at you unless your resume/work history is on linkedin.
    - dkarapetyan 12y ago
      Which companies are those? I've never had a problem getting jobs and interviews without a linkedin account.
    - 27182818284 12y ago
      I've never seen this done. I'd love examples for companies. Social media often augments folks, but I've never seen someone rejected for not having a LinkedIn.
    - danielweber 12y ago
      That's as silly as companies that only look at your Github. I.e., I'm sure someone out there does it, but they are dumb.
      - lucaspiller 12y ago
        A company I worked for started outsourcing a lot of its work to a certain Asian country last year. One of the issues we had when trying to recruit people is that they will just blatantly lie about their experience on their CV. Asking for a GitHub profile was an easy way to backup their claims, with minimal time wasted on my side - at least until they cotton on and start putting fake projects there. (Admitidely trying to outsource work just to save money was dumb, but it wasn't my decision, so I had to make do)
- sergiotapia 12y ago
  "The power of LinkedIn is in the trust it establishes." I feel the complete opposite way. I've had people claim I know PHP on my profile when I've never used PHP in my life. That's endorse stuff is major baloney. How can you trust that when anybody can just click Endorse for whatever they want?
  - praneshp 12y ago
    Very true. I have endorsements in C++ from my auto insurance guy, which doesn't make any sense either.
- pimlottc 12y ago
  > I know for software engineers, Github could be a better filter For some engineers. There are many, many excellent developers who don't spend much time on Github. John Carmack doesn't even have an account, for example...
edoceo 12y ago
I've built a small tool to aggregate profiles together and I use it for my hiring. It builds a profile that is a bit more useful than LI. http://ars.io http://ars.io
gpi5 12y ago
One of LinkedIn strength is related to accessing your network though. Being able to have a sense of who does what and when is the only reason why I'm sill on their site. Any plan to have something similar?

boomzilla 12y ago

How would you validate the resumes? The power of LinkedIn is in the trust it establishes. Granted I still have a lot of validation to do before hiring/doing business with someone, but Linkedin is a great first filter. I know for software engineers, Github could be a better filter, but it's just a very small segment in the world of business.

dkarapetyan 12y ago
Validate the resume? What does that mean?
- Throwaway1224 12y ago
  a lot of companies won't even look at you unless your resume/work history is on linkedin.
  - dkarapetyan 12y ago
    Which companies are those? I've never had a problem getting jobs and interviews without a linkedin account.
  - 27182818284 12y ago
    I've never seen this done. I'd love examples for companies. Social media often augments folks, but I've never seen someone rejected for not having a LinkedIn.
  - danielweber 12y ago
    That's as silly as companies that only look at your Github. I.e., I'm sure someone out there does it, but they are dumb.
    - lucaspiller 12y ago
      A company I worked for started outsourcing a lot of its work to a certain Asian country last year. One of the issues we had when trying to recruit people is that they will just blatantly lie about their experience on their CV. Asking for a GitHub profile was an easy way to backup their claims, with minimal time wasted on my side - at least until they cotton on and start putting fake projects there. (Admitidely trying to outsource work just to save money was dumb, but it wasn't my decision, so I had to make do)
sergiotapia 12y ago
"The power of LinkedIn is in the trust it establishes." I feel the complete opposite way. I've had people claim I know PHP on my profile when I've never used PHP in my life. That's endorse stuff is major baloney. How can you trust that when anybody can just click Endorse for whatever they want?
- praneshp 12y ago
  Very true. I have endorsements in C++ from my auto insurance guy, which doesn't make any sense either.
pimlottc 12y ago
> I know for software engineers, Github could be a better filter For some engineers. There are many, many excellent developers who don't spend much time on Github. John Carmack doesn't even have an account, for example...

edoceo 12y ago

I've built a small tool to aggregate profiles together and I use it for my hiring. It builds a profile that is a bit more useful than LI. http://ars.io http://ars.io

gpi5 12y ago

One of LinkedIn strength is related to accessing your network though. Being able to have a sense of who does what and when is the only reason why I'm sill on their site. Any plan to have something similar?