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It totally depends on your industry and what you’re looking for.
If it’s corporate, Yes. You can upload your CV, hit ‘one click apply’ for jobs, reach out to recruiters and generally advertise yourself. You can research people in particular companies, get recommendations from people you’ve worked with in the past and there’s a lot of free learning materials that will provide some form of certification.
It can help, I’ve had numerous recruiters reach out to me with inquiries that actually led to legitimate job offers. Just gotta make sure your profile looks professional with relevant experience. I’m talking anything from verbiage to a professional profile picture.
LinkedIn is both cringe and still insanely undervalued/underused. But I won’t go into a long rant. I’ve gotten freelance gigs through LinkedIn. And not even through stalking people or anything.
Network, like, comment, … post consistently.
Of course your industry matters. But the potential is out there.
It helped me find a lot of people telling me I need help with my website, marketing, mindfulness, search engine keywords, hard sell techniques, soft sell techniques, online advertising, success mindedness, assertiveness, qi, hair loss, low testosterone, and urinary tract infections.
Depends on the industry. I got my current job because of LinkedIn, was recruited. It was the same industry that I worked in, networked in and posted relevant topics on. I am constantly being recruited on there for related jobs in my industry.
With that being said, the feed is full of a mix of legitimate type posts and look at me/influencer type posts, mixed with quasi ad posts.
Few years back it helped me in my IT field. But it’s become very spammy and companies are being sneaky reposting ghost jobs, doing endless rounds of interviews, etc.
Every job after my first has come as a result of LinkedIn recruitment or job postings. It’s monumentally important if you work most office jobs, especially any related to business development, sales, etc., but ultimately it is industry-dependent. If you work in the trades, for example, I’ve seen little by way of anecdotal evidence that having a profile is beneficial. But, in short, yes – make one, keep it updated and polished, and keep connecting with folks!
Reddit loves to shit on LinkedIn, but that’s because Reddit expects it to be something it’s not.
LinkedIn is just Facebook for your career. Most people have a profile and don’t do anything with it because they’re happy with their job. Some people in sales and whatnot use it for networking.
If you have highly specialized skills then you will get head-hunted on LinkedIn. By specialized I mean something like a CPA with a realtor’s license who specializes in commercial property taxes.
I believe it depends on the industry. I am SWE and got 2/5 jobs in my career through LinkedIn, recruiters just message me with jobs opportunities, I don’t actively stay on the website unless I need to update my profile.
I’ve had good luck getting recruited on LinkedIn but your mileage may vary. It’s useful to have it as an outwardly visible version of your resume for headhunters to find you.
I would say yes. A lot of recruiters primarily use linked in to connect with new applicants. I know it’s strange, I’m pretty old school and would rather just do it all in person.
LinkedIn is important to finding a job and helping you network. If you find a role that you’re interested in, it will show you if you who works at the firm and if have any connections. Connections are key to getting a referral and getting your resume seen. Without a referral, the chances of getting your resume seen are greatly diminished.
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It totally depends on your industry and what you’re looking for.
If it’s corporate, Yes. You can upload your CV, hit ‘one click apply’ for jobs, reach out to recruiters and generally advertise yourself. You can research people in particular companies, get recommendations from people you’ve worked with in the past and there’s a lot of free learning materials that will provide some form of certification.
In my experience, totally worth it.
It can help, I’ve had numerous recruiters reach out to me with inquiries that actually led to legitimate job offers. Just gotta make sure your profile looks professional with relevant experience. I’m talking anything from verbiage to a professional profile picture.
It can. I was recruited off LinkedIn
It’s useful if your old colleagues and bosses are already on there and you have good standing, people can vouch for you and refer jobs.
If you’re starting a new profile, there’s none of that yet, so probably not useful
LinkedIn is both cringe and still insanely undervalued/underused. But I won’t go into a long rant. I’ve gotten freelance gigs through LinkedIn. And not even through stalking people or anything.
Network, like, comment, … post consistently.
Of course your industry matters. But the potential is out there.
It helped me find a lot of people telling me I need help with my website, marketing, mindfulness, search engine keywords, hard sell techniques, soft sell techniques, online advertising, success mindedness, assertiveness, qi, hair loss, low testosterone, and urinary tract infections.
In a nutshell no.
Up until about 2019 I had an excellent LinkedIn profile including a few very good recommendations from weighty individuals.
Basically deleted it as I got fed up reading the superficial marketing nonsense on there.
Has it affected my career in any way ? – Nope.
Depends on the industry. I got my current job because of LinkedIn, was recruited. It was the same industry that I worked in, networked in and posted relevant topics on. I am constantly being recruited on there for related jobs in my industry.
With that being said, the feed is full of a mix of legitimate type posts and look at me/influencer type posts, mixed with quasi ad posts.
I think it depends on your industry.
I get offers constantly and have to turn them down.
Nothing wrong with just having a profile but the only people who actually post content on LinkedIn are legitimate psychopaths.
Not for me.
If you have a CV that’s likely to get you headhunted, yes.
If you have a bunch of industry contacts, yes.
Otherwise, no.
It increase your exposure to more recruiters and job openings.
I never trust only one source for job search.
Few years back it helped me in my IT field. But it’s become very spammy and companies are being sneaky reposting ghost jobs, doing endless rounds of interviews, etc.
Used it a bunch to try to find a job, but it’s shit. Full of bots and fake job postings
I have way more luck with indeed
Not super helpful in my field (higher education)
Every job after my first has come as a result of LinkedIn recruitment or job postings. It’s monumentally important if you work most office jobs, especially any related to business development, sales, etc., but ultimately it is industry-dependent. If you work in the trades, for example, I’ve seen little by way of anecdotal evidence that having a profile is beneficial. But, in short, yes – make one, keep it updated and polished, and keep connecting with folks!
It’s a dating app
It has for me because recruiters find me there.
I found my current job by answering a LinkedIn ad. Took me 5 months, though.
It can’t hurt to have access to more job postings.
I found my current job through LinkedIn.
Reddit loves to shit on LinkedIn, but that’s because Reddit expects it to be something it’s not.
LinkedIn is just Facebook for your career. Most people have a profile and don’t do anything with it because they’re happy with their job. Some people in sales and whatnot use it for networking.
If you have highly specialized skills then you will get head-hunted on LinkedIn. By specialized I mean something like a CPA with a realtor’s license who specializes in commercial property taxes.
Big time. The membership is worth it. I’ve gotten my last 3 jobs from LinkedIn
I believe it depends on the industry. I am SWE and got 2/5 jobs in my career through LinkedIn, recruiters just message me with jobs opportunities, I don’t actively stay on the website unless I need to update my profile.
I’ve had good luck getting recruited on LinkedIn but your mileage may vary. It’s useful to have it as an outwardly visible version of your resume for headhunters to find you.
It is really a way for people to find you. But to be useful you need to connect with others and do it over time.
I see LinkedIn as the tinder of job sites. It’s good to have just in case but you shouldn’t expect anything amazing.
I would say yes. A lot of recruiters primarily use linked in to connect with new applicants. I know it’s strange, I’m pretty old school and would rather just do it all in person.
It’s shown me openings that I wasn’t aware of, which I got interviews from
LinkedIn is important to finding a job and helping you network. If you find a role that you’re interested in, it will show you if you who works at the firm and if have any connections. Connections are key to getting a referral and getting your resume seen. Without a referral, the chances of getting your resume seen are greatly diminished.