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I haven't. However, I did get some leads. I use it mainly to keep in touch with ex-employees and ex-bosses who I may need as a reference. Most everyone I've ever worked with uses it and it has helped me out immensely since I can't keep track of who's working where anymore. LinkedIn does that for me as long as they keep their profiles up-to-date.
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I have received several direct emails from major companies in my area though LinkdIn. I write them back telling them I am happy where I am but will consider them in the future should I find myself looking for work.
I keep the name and contact information of that person because they are the direct inside contact rather than going through the front desk or replying to an ad on a job site.
It was broke, so I fixed it.
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I created a Linkedin account probably 8 years ago. I started it for networking with former and present colleagues. Today, my profile is hidden.
Linkedin is no longer a social platform as it was first intended. You cannot send people messages anymore, unless you pay for it. Today, it just seems like a place for consulting companies and head hunters to search for prospects. Amazon has contacted me several times through there recently, but I am not interested in working at a meat grinder. To me, Linkedin is just a place where I can nose around (of course in a different browser) and see find old friends, enemies, and judge their professional accomplishments.
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jgakenhe wrote: and judge their professional accomplishments.
 
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HR Managers, HR Executives, HR <<insert designation="" here="">> are always on the prowl.
Looks like LinkedIn is one of the least expensive ways of recruitment. Have been approached by several recruiters to become a connection; initially I used to respond, but of late, have started ignoring them.
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I could had a job as an appretise sheep shearer, because my resume indicated that I qualified but I turned it down because they didn't have a copy of my medical records that would have informed them that I had allergies.
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I landed a good job with descent benefits through LinkedIn. I feel like it's a better platform than Stack Overflow Careers. At least in my experience, I only find sh*tty employers through SO. LinkedIn tends to have more established, reputable employers on there.
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I did not get a job through LinkedIn, but I think I could have. The recruiter who got me my current job is also on LinkedIn, but then again, I think every recruiter in the world is on there.
My recruiter found my resume when I had it up on Dice. I took it down from Dice two years ago when I got my job, but I still get emails from recruiters all the time. My resume must have been reposted to other sites by someone, but I don't know where. In retrospect, I should have created a separate email account just for that.
I often get connection requests from recruiters on LinkedIn. When I was looking for a job, I accepted them and communicated back and forth by email. They seem more focused than the hordes of recruiters an contracting shops that keep sending me direct emails.
Soren Madsen
"When you don't know what you're doing it's best to do it quickly" - Jase #DuckDynasty
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Nope, the case would be opposite. I have a LinkedIn account with probably 60 good connections, but I am more likely to even get ignored for a job landing due to LinkedIn.
- Most of the job landings are like:
- If you want a job, like the post and I will contact you. Yes, there are many cases where people ask you to like their status, or comment under the post to get hired. How does that help you?
- Most messages are like, I have this cool feature, wanna try it?
- I am building a network, can you work as {standing} on my network?
The network is just named professional, there is nothing professional in it! Take my tip, don't create an account unless you want extra emails from networks. 
The sh*t I complain about
It's like there ain't a cloud in the sky and it's raining out - Eminem
~! Firewall !~
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I find LinkedIn useful. My LinkedIn contacts are people I actually know and am in touch with. Only 3 of my 500+ contacts happen to be recruiters.
If you don't see the need for a professional contact service, you probably aren't missing anything and shouldn't bother using one.
/ravi
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I think that the recruiter who landed me my current gig found me on LinkedIn.
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I got a few interviews (on phone), but turned them down, because I do not work via recruitment agencies...
Skipper: We'll fix it.
Alex: Fix it? How you gonna fix this?
Skipper: Grit, spit and a whole lotta duct tape.
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nope, linkedin is a massive pile of useless crap.
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I am of that assumption as well.
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Errr, I have one because it was recomened to increase my Social Media (?) presence get the odd job off in places like Jordan and the like. Recruiters like it, how ever it does not give you faith that they all look twelve years old! 
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I got my current job after a recruiter saw my LinkedIn profile.
- I would love to change the world, but they won’t give me the source code.
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I will definitally recommend it.
I get lots of agents making contact with me during the year offering jobs. I am not interested in leaving my current job so I haven't followed up on any thing.
"Program testing can be used to show the presence of bugs, but never to show their absence."
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My current job came from LinkedIn, got contacted by a company purely based on my LinkedIn profile. Most of my job opportunities and interviews have came through LinkedIn, I would estimate about.. 10% of jobs I've attempted to get came from various jobsites.
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It is hard to say where recruiters find my profile, and then decide to contact me. I am contacted frequently by recruiters for jobs via LinkedIn, and it is one of recruiter's favorites, according to surveys. I looked at my last two (2) job's email trails and neither indicated from which source the recruiter found me. Even if I cannot pin down from where the recruiters, or their automations, found me, it would be ludicrous to not have a strong presence on LinkedIn. I have numerous online profiles - some of these I use personally as well as for career persona - LinkedIn, Monster, Google+, Twitter, FaceBook, Indeed, etc., and I would be hard-pressed to guess, but if you wanted to be found, LinkedIn seems essential, judging from the amount of email I get from that site.
As for others, I do know of one person unemployed from the real estate mortgage industry for several years, that once he was on LinkedIn, friended or was friended by several thousand people, was employed and moved out of his girlfriend's apartment in a matter of weeks.
modified 21-Sep-15 20:48pm.
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All of you who are getting jobs from LinkedIn, are not settling down with one employer for any length of time. If you are moving up in salary, I can understand this, or if you are doing contract work. However, if you are jumping from job to job, and you don't have a good reason, then I would question that, as an employer.
I don't live in an alternate universe. If you read all the threads to this post, there are some that find it useful and some that don't. I am at my salary cap for being a software engineer. I make extremely good money for what I do. So job hopping right now for me, is pointless.
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I am not job hopping at all. My current employment is so far 2.5 years, which started as contract, but then hired. Before that, contract employee for 3.25 at UBS, and before that contract 2.25 years at Deutsche Bank.
Recently, the CIO of the company I work recently connected with me via LinkedIn, and it is often the first place I go to connect with colleagues. I can look at someone's background before I talk with them to understand them better. Regardless of the recruiters, it presents your professional place in the world, even if you are a long-term perm employee. Some people will inevitably check out your profile and that will reflect on you.
If you want to move beyond being a software engineer, it likely pays to groom your web persona. Do you want to get found by someone that wants you as architect or as lead or as development manager, which in terms of title is the step above engineer? Clichés about networking aside, contacts and presence still matter, both internally and externally.
modified 21-Sep-15 9:44am.
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Minor point, although alternative universe sounds like an insult, it is true that we live in different spheres, with different perceptions, a personal alternative universe.
- Does web persona matter?
- Do you want to advance in your career?
- Do you think networking matters?
modified 21-Sep-15 10:28am.
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JamesIgoe wrote: - Does web persona matter?
No...it shouldn't. If it does then I think you are doing things wrong, but that is my opinion.
JamesIgoe wrote: - Do you want to advance in your career?
Only if it is done correctly. Any other way, can actually hurt you, rather than benefit you.
JamesIgoe wrote: - Do you think networking matters?
Absolutely, and if LinkedIN helps your networking, than go for it.
-- Ultimately, one does what works for them; that is all they can do.
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I would argue that all of these things matter.
It would be naïve to assume that appearances and persona do not matter to your career, regardless of whether or not it should matter. I am not advocating being false, but maintaining a professional LinkedIn profile would likely help your chances. Yes, some companies might prefer someone with no profile, or a very limited one, but even a tight-lipped presentation - hypothetically preferable to hedge funds and security companies - should still be professional, with a solid picture and some indication of ability.
Can you advance your career incorrectly? Obviously, lies and misrepresentations are 'incorrect' but LinkedIn is no less credible than having a good resume, GitHub repos, blogs, and websites. Yes, some of these things will not advance you internally, but not doing some external work closes one off to a range of possibilities.
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