Does anyone still use LinkedIn?

If you're not a senior vice president of sales, teamfluencer, think centre AND quirky dog daddy, your profile must be fake.
 
As a matter of interest, does anyone else here pay for the Premium account features?
 
I have it and keep it updated (mainly with title, qualifications and certs only - I don't list my job description).

I also get the recruiter spam and the feed is kak as you say. A couple of opportunities looked interesting but never used them. 90% are a waste of time.

I sometimes use it to see what people are up to or if someone tells me a name of someone good I will go and check them out.

Overall a useful tool but the social part of it is a waste of time.
 
Yes, I use it to update my experience with more detail since I only ever submit a two-page resume when applying.

Because I had a presence on LinkedIn, I landed my international job and other side gigs. I don't mind playing the game
 
Mike Hoxbig said:
Seriously considering deleting it, just wondering if there's still any value in it?

Reason being that lately I'm just flooded with nonsense. There's no actual networking going on. There's only two things happening:

  1. Spammed by recruiters who didn't bother reading my experience and skillset. I specialise in a very niche set of skills that are relevant to the financial sector, but on their side I tick a box based on my job title and therefore I must be interested in whatever small company they're trying to push.
  2. Filled with posts by people who are "really excited" by whatever kak they stumbled upon, to make it seem like they're up to date and deeply invested in their industry. When they actually have no cooking interest in any of it.
Is there any benefit in keeping it going? Serious question...
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You're spammed by recruiters? Report them.
What LinkedIn is, is a place that prospective clients and businesses can look you up and verify your credentials, connections and referrals. End of.
If you don't update your LI ever, don't use it, that's just bad advertising.
 
cguy said:
As a matter of interest, does anyone else here pay for the Premium account features?
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For now yes - am looking for a new role. Once that is done I will be downgrading to "vanilla" LinkedIn
 
Got my previous 3 positions through Linkedin, without actively using it or applying for anything, just keeping my profile up to date, only notifications about direct messages, and I never visit the site unless someone sent me a direct message, been working alright for me so far

I can't be bothered by the grindset influencers on there trying their best to look like absolute nuts with their love your work and your work will love you bullcrap
 
R4ziel said:
Got my previous 3 positions through Linkedin, without actively using it or applying for anything, just keeping my profile up to date, only notifications about direct messages, and I never visit the site unless someone sent me a direct message, been working alright for me so far

I can't be bothered by the grindset influencers on there trying their best to look like absolute nuts with their love your work and your work will love you bullcrap
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Same I’ll only use it actively when looking for work with the odd burst after an event and people tagging or adding me.

When I’m hiring will punt it on there a little bit as well but beyond that it pretty much never sees me.
 
Me too, I got my current job via LinkedIn without doing anything. I wasn't looking, I just keep my profile updated and don't post anything.
 
Lol, I can relate.

All I have received is scammy job offers, people punting machine parts to me (I work for a software development company and it says so in my bio, so yeah) and pointless posts. Also, the odd connection request from people I don't know.
 
I still use it as an online CV, pretty much nothing more.

Oh, and my last 2 jobs were via making contact with an ex colleague on Linkedin, so it is useful for staying in touch with your network, as opposed to sharing email addresses and phone numbers.
 
Mike Hoxbig said:
Seriously considering deleting it, just wondering if there's still any value in it?

Reason being that lately I'm just flooded with nonsense. There's no actual networking going on. There's only two things happening:

  1. Spammed by recruiters who didn't bother reading my experience and skillset. I specialise in a very niche set of skills that are relevant to the financial sector, but on their side I tick a box based on my job title and therefore I must be interested in whatever small company they're trying to push.
  2. Filled with posts by people who are "really excited" by whatever kak they stumbled upon, to make it seem like they're up to date and deeply invested in their industry. When they actually have no cooking interest in any of it.
Is there any benefit in keeping it going? Serious question...
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I agree that its a pain in the arse most times but I did find my current job there and actually got a really great hit on a new one the other day.

Unfortunately the message got mixed up in all the spam I get so I didn't see it a week after the post had been filled.
That's very frustrating though because I think its probably the best place to look for and recruit new positions.

I just treat it as an online CV. I see a lot of our customers check it out to see who I am when they start new work with us... so I think its relevant for current work as well.

Deleting it might actually cause more issues than just ignoring it.
 
Anyone want to hear about my 5-9 before my 9-5?
 
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