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OriginalGriff wrote: cheap-ass recruiters offing me jobs I'm not qualified for 500 miles away
Exactly!
I don't mind travelling -- I'm a contractor, so I'm used to cheap lodgings -- but they could at least make the tiniest effort to read more than three words of my profile.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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My personal favorite linkedin jobspam fail is that I regularly get notifications about jobs from one of the major Indian IT outsourcing companies* as part of my weekly jobspam. In the email the job is shown as being in Indiana Pa (about an hour from me), but whenever I click through the posting gives a location in the State of if Indiana - generally in the greater Indianapolis area, about 6.5 hours west of Indiana PA.
* which shall remain anonymous since I don't know if they or MS are guilty of the staggering incompetence I see.
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OriginalGriff wrote: Pretty much all I get from them is cheap-ass recruiters offing me jobs I'm not qualified for 500 miles away. Which is a pretty significant commute, really.
Wait, what?
There's a job OriginalGriff is not qualified for? What job would that be?
I'm retired. There's a nap for that...
- Harvey
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Or maybe you're using it wrong.
Although I don't like those recruiters either... 
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Sander Rossel wrote: maybe you're using it wrong.
Well, we all have our specialties.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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I got my previous job through LinkedIn.
I've got some other good contacts there as well.
One that almost landed me a job and even one that almost landed me a customer (this time it was "almost", but I'll get them next time!).
It's also where I get offers to write books and create other content (for cash, of course).
It really depends on what you want though.
Sometimes, I just like to check my feed for interesting articles.
The downside of LinkedIn is all those pesky recruiters that "Have a great job near you! My client is based in Amsterdam and is looking for senior Java developers!" (Amsterdam is over an hour away, but easily two hours with traffic, and I don't do Java).
If your style is to take a job and stick with it until retirement, LinkedIn isn't for you.
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I have one, not touched for many years.
still get
suggested jobs: in places I'll likely never go to nor want to go)
connection requests: from people with no common work or non work interests with, have nor never likely to meet
invitations to events: also nearly always unaligned to my work or other interests
reminders and updates: stuff I already know about people I do know (did connect way back when) are doing
in otherwords even worse than faceblock it keeps trolling you to go back.
as to people actually benefiting?
(1) given millions of members there's always going to be one or two. just as much people who buy lottery tickets sometimes win. but how many tickets didn't win? how many have you bought with real money, how much of your real time are you willing to invest in a linkin profile for that 1 in 40 million chance as compared to putting that time into something with a direct benefit?
(2) many people have lost because recruiters found reasons to exclude applicants.
remember a recruiter's first pass is to find people that fit the requirements: there will be hundreds. their second pass: find any reason to exclude as many applicants as possible. Only then they look for the best.
or short summary:
- 1 in [way less than] 1 million people will benefit from it
- probably 1 in 5 will loose by it.
after many otherwise intelligent sounding suggestions that achieved nothing the nice folks at Technet said the only solution was to low level format my hard disk then reinstall my signature. Sadly, this still didn't fix the issue!
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lopatir wrote: remember a recruiter's first pass is to find people that fit the requirements: there will be hundreds. their second pass: find any reason to exclude as many applicants as possible. Only then they look for the best.
I think you don't quite realise just how many recruiters are on there these days... and they want EVERYONE. One day you can set your status to "looking for work" and they next day you will be in an interview for a role you have never even heard of before! (well, I exaggerate, but they definitely aren't picky).
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It's basically Facebook for people who think they are too good to use Facebook, and they have no idea they are exactly like everyone on Facebook.
It never used to be like that, but it is now.
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It's nice if you're planning to look for a new job at some time in the near or distant future.
If not, don't bother! 
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I got my current job through LinkedIn. I did not opened it before I starting looking for a job and have not seen it since I got this one. However, I make sure that I only interact with recruiters who actually work for the company I am trying out for. Speaking with recruiters from consultancies is mega pain in rear.
Most importantly, use a dedicated email for it.
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As software developers, maybe, probably not a must.
It can be useful as a professional community.
There are business domain where networking is more important.
I don't think people like salesperson can live without it; it makes easier to connect people who might be interested their business.
I'd rather be phishing!
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If it's not a must, it might be a have to, or so I've learned earlier this week...
But seriously...if you're not the type to be on Facebook, and you're not actively looking for a job...I'd say avoid it like the plague.
Even if I was actively looking for a job, I'd go out of my way to avoid it, but that might just be me.
Why's your boss surprised? Clearly, he's already hired you without a profile...
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If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about?
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Happy birthday Griff
It's been 6 months since I joined the gym and there's been no progress. I'm going there tomorrow in person to find out what's really going on!
JaxCoder.com
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Thank you! I get two now - my CP birthday, and my boring one next month ...
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
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One's plenty for me and they seem to come around sooner each year the older I get!
It's been 6 months since I joined the gym and there's been no progress. I'm going there tomorrow in person to find out what's really going on!
JaxCoder.com
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It's the toilet paper roll theory. It goes faster the closer you are to the end.
I'm retired. There's a nap for that...
- Harvey
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Fortunately I haven't hit the tube yet! 
It's been 6 months since I joined the gym and there's been no progress. I'm going there tomorrow in person to find out what's really going on!
JaxCoder.com
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I don't recognise birthdays (particularly my own) so just carry on.
Anyway why do people only wish you to be happy once a year? sounds cruel to me.
... everyday: have a happy day
after many otherwise intelligent sounding suggestions that achieved nothing the nice folks at Technet said the only solution was to low level format my hard disk then reinstall my signature. Sadly, this still didn't fix the issue!
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I don't recognise this one either ...
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
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I have children, I'm not allowed to do that.
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Thank you! I get two now - my CP birthday, and my boring one next month ...
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
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It's not my birthday - that's next month. 
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
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