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Why do you need LinkedIn at all? I never saw the value in it.

ThomPete 11y ago
LinkedIn is a giant digital rolodex and works exactly because it allow me to keep my business network separate from my personal network.
- Balgair 11y ago
  I just have 2 FB accounts. One for friends, one for work and volunteer stuff.
  - ThomPete 11y ago
    yeah but I don't have business connections looking me up on facebook. People have very different usage of Facebok. They look me up on Linkedin and I can see who they are and what they have done and who they know and search for relevant stuff. I meet a lot of investors and in general people from all over the world and have been very happy with LinkedIn personally. It's the least intrusive social network I know off.
  - adrianmsmith 11y ago
    This is against Facebook's terms of service: "You will not create more than one personal account." https://www.facebook.com/legal/terms https://www.facebook.com/legal/terms
galfarragem 11y ago
LinkedIn is or has the potential to be the best place to post/search quality job ads (maybe not very specific IT jobs - stackoverflow is great for that). I know a lot of people that don't look for jobs anywhere else already - spam ads are very rare.
tomtoise 11y ago
I got two job offers through linkedin - anecdotal I know but it was pretty good. Job offers from companies, I mean, not just mindless recruitment agency spam.
- dempseye 11y ago
  Well done, and I appreciate that this is valuable to you. However, I am not looking for a job so it is not relevant to me.
ProAm 11y ago
I don't know a recruiter or hiring manager that doesn't use it. That's the sole reason I use it for when applying to new companies they can vet my experience and work history.
pbreit 11y ago
If you can't see value in LinkedIn you're either not looking or not in business. A global database of resumes/CVs is obviously extremely valuable.
- dempseye 11y ago
  I see the value from LinkedIn's perspective. I just don't see the value from mine. All they're really offering me is an opportunity to be spammed by even more recruiters. And, yes, I am in business.

LinkedIn is a giant digital rolodex and works exactly because it allow me to keep my business network separate from my personal network.

Balgair 11y ago
I just have 2 FB accounts. One for friends, one for work and volunteer stuff.
- ThomPete 11y ago
  yeah but I don't have business connections looking me up on facebook. People have very different usage of Facebok. They look me up on Linkedin and I can see who they are and what they have done and who they know and search for relevant stuff. I meet a lot of investors and in general people from all over the world and have been very happy with LinkedIn personally. It's the least intrusive social network I know off.
- adrianmsmith 11y ago
  This is against Facebook's terms of service: "You will not create more than one personal account." https://www.facebook.com/legal/terms https://www.facebook.com/legal/terms

galfarragem 11y ago

LinkedIn is or has the potential to be the best place to post/search quality job ads (maybe not very specific IT jobs - stackoverflow is great for that). I know a lot of people that don't look for jobs anywhere else already - spam ads are very rare.

tomtoise 11y ago

I got two job offers through linkedin - anecdotal I know but it was pretty good. Job offers from companies, I mean, not just mindless recruitment agency spam.

dempseye 11y ago
Well done, and I appreciate that this is valuable to you. However, I am not looking for a job so it is not relevant to me.

ProAm 11y ago

I don't know a recruiter or hiring manager that doesn't use it. That's the sole reason I use it for when applying to new companies they can vet my experience and work history.

pbreit 11y ago

If you can't see value in LinkedIn you're either not looking or not in business. A global database of resumes/CVs is obviously extremely valuable.

dempseye 11y ago
I see the value from LinkedIn's perspective. I just don't see the value from mine. All they're really offering me is an opportunity to be spammed by even more recruiters. And, yes, I am in business.