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I have a LinkedIn with ~50 connections, but I know of no one who uses it for anything other than an online resume. People i know might go on once every two week

I have a LinkedIn with ~50 connections, but I know of no one who uses it for anything other than an online resume. People i know might go on once every two weeks, if that. It's strange to me that someone would be active enough on here to notice an ad like this. Whose experience is abnormal here?

eropple 11y ago
Are people trying to get in touch with you regularly for business purposes? On the flip side, are you trying to get in touch with them? My LinkedIn is pretty invaluable for scoping out potential clients and making an initial approach. I don't usually try to use InMails, but I'll figure out the right person to talk to and make an email approach with that information.
jaksmit 11y ago
I think that it was especially relevant in this case as the guy running the incubator was on LinkedIn checking the profiles of all the people that were applying.
- scoggs 11y ago
  That was the entire reason I figured the guy was a good target for the LinkedIn ad. Excellent strategy -- even those who dislike LinkedIn have to be active on it to sift through 150+ resumes. I imagine the candidates were sorted digitally at multiple points to narrow things down and share among those hiring. During the arduous process the weary workers take their glance away from the screen to relax for a second only to notice their company's name -- or bosses face in an odd place on the web page they now have memorized from screen burn-in and that's precisely when this ad is almost (IMO not almost) guaranteed.
samp615 11y ago
Are you an engineer? Most of my programmer buds rarely use LinkedIn. However, I'm a business guy and use it at least once a day.
- PascLeRasc 11y ago
  EE student, but I'm drawing from a broad range of STEM students and working engineers/neuroscientists/software engineers.
mandeepj 11y ago
You are forgetting about the pressure from investor's friends to check out the candidate's profile. This is what caused this hack to be a success.
jpindar 11y ago
Some of their discussion groups are excellent if you can overlook the spam and the clueless students (and even some of those turn into worthwhile or at least humorous discussions). I get email notifications of posts in several embedded systems groups and check them every few days, more often if there's a good ongoing thread.

eropple 11y ago

Are people trying to get in touch with you regularly for business purposes? On the flip side, are you trying to get in touch with them? My LinkedIn is pretty invaluable for scoping out potential clients and making an initial approach. I don't usually try to use InMails, but I'll figure out the right person to talk to and make an email approach with that information.

jaksmit 11y ago

I think that it was especially relevant in this case as the guy running the incubator was on LinkedIn checking the profiles of all the people that were applying.

scoggs 11y ago
That was the entire reason I figured the guy was a good target for the LinkedIn ad. Excellent strategy -- even those who dislike LinkedIn have to be active on it to sift through 150+ resumes. I imagine the candidates were sorted digitally at multiple points to narrow things down and share among those hiring. During the arduous process the weary workers take their glance away from the screen to relax for a second only to notice their company's name -- or bosses face in an odd place on the web page they now have memorized from screen burn-in and that's precisely when this ad is almost (IMO not almost) guaranteed.

samp615 11y ago

Are you an engineer? Most of my programmer buds rarely use LinkedIn. However, I'm a business guy and use it at least once a day.

PascLeRasc 11y ago
EE student, but I'm drawing from a broad range of STEM students and working engineers/neuroscientists/software engineers.

mandeepj 11y ago

You are forgetting about the pressure from investor's friends to check out the candidate's profile. This is what caused this hack to be a success.

jpindar 11y ago

Some of their discussion groups are excellent if you can overlook the spam and the clueless students (and even some of those turn into worthwhile or at least humorous discussions). I get email notifications of posts in several embedded systems groups and check them every few days, more often if there's a good ongoing thread.