OT LinkedIn

SimonAH
SimonAH Posts: 3,730
edited April 2011 in Commuting chat
Hi all,

Anyone use this? Find it useful or just a facebook for grownups in suits?
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  • R_T_A
    R_T_A Posts: 488
    SimonAH wrote:
    Find it useful or just a facebook for grownups in suits?

    A fair description. It's a bit like everything nowadays - a bit useful and a bit annoying.

    You'll get a lot of recruitment consultants contacting you if you make yourself "discoverable", and I've had some decent interviews from a few. However, they will also bother your other contacts if you become linked - so beware!

    I've also managed to hook up with some old friends and alumni which have been quite useful.
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  • gtvlusso
    gtvlusso Posts: 5,112
    Useful for recruiting/recruitment people.

    Also useful for keeping ones CV up to date and contacts that are useful....I look at it once a month, if that.
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    I use it probably 3-4hrs a day....
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  • gbsahne001
    gbsahne001 Posts: 1,973
    I find it annoying; my freelance business is on there but it's been hijacked by hundreds of people claiming to work for me. Talked to LinkedIn and they say there's nothing that they can do.
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  • Headhuunter
    Headhuunter Posts: 6,494
    Rick Chasey wrote:
    I use it probably 3-4hrs a day....

    Me too... Very useful for headhunters, eh Rick?
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  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    Headhuunter wrote:
    Rick Chasey wrote:
    I use it probably 3-4hrs a day....

    Me too... Very useful for headhunters, eh Rick?

    Indeed. Stops the "our client is looking for x, is this relevant?" "eeeer, no" conversations...
    _
  • Drysuitdiver
    Drysuitdiver Posts: 474
    has kept me in touch with the people i need to in my industry.

    I read the emails daily and follow links if they look like a good lead.
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  • Headhuunter
    Headhuunter Posts: 6,494
    Rick Chasey wrote:
    Headhuunter wrote:
    Rick Chasey wrote:
    I use it probably 3-4hrs a day....

    Me too... Very useful for headhunters, eh Rick?

    Indeed. Stops the "our client is looking for x, is this relevant?" "eeeer, no" conversations...

    I NEVER have those conversations. Far too professional.... :lol:
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  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    Headhuunter wrote:
    Rick Chasey wrote:
    Headhuunter wrote:
    Rick Chasey wrote:
    I use it probably 3-4hrs a day....

    Me too... Very useful for headhunters, eh Rick?

    Indeed. Stops the "our client is looking for x, is this relevant?" "eeeer, no" conversations...

    I NEVER have those conversations. Far too professional.... :lol:


    Haha, you get the junior monkey to do it instead? :P
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  • cjcp
    cjcp Posts: 13,345
    Yep, I do. Don't check it every day, though.
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  • Headhuunter
    Headhuunter Posts: 6,494
    Rick Chasey wrote:
    Headhuunter wrote:
    Rick Chasey wrote:
    Headhuunter wrote:
    Rick Chasey wrote:
    I use it probably 3-4hrs a day....

    Me too... Very useful for headhunters, eh Rick?

    Indeed. Stops the "our client is looking for x, is this relevant?" "eeeer, no" conversations...

    I NEVER have those conversations. Far too professional.... :lol:


    Haha, you get the junior monkey to do it instead? :P

    Yep. Didn't you want a new job? We could do with some new cannon fodder.... Nah just joking. I've doing this for 10 years but I'm not afraid of getting my hands dirty. I very much believe that if something needs doing it's often easier to do it yourself than try to explain it to a monkey!
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