I’ve yet to find any sort of success from using LinkedIn to find job opportunities. Of all the job hunting sites out there, I find it the least helpful, often giving preference to employers rather than candidates in the hiring process. It sucks ass.
I used it after I was laid off 2 years ago and was able to find a new job after a little less than 3 months. Which sites do you have experience with that you’d recommend?
And to be clear, I found LinkedIn useful for job hunting… as a social media site it is horrible. Full of people who define themselves by their paychecks, salespeople who are just looking for someone to cold call, and ‘self-made successful people’ looking for success and validation.
I’m unsure if it’s different here outside the States. I’ve been using Indeed and its local variants where I at least get someone on the phone regularly. But on LinkedIn, it’s like all my applications fall into a void. Even recruiters who cold-contact me on there with an offer seem to ghost me immediately. It doesn’t help that it’s the only site where salaries aren’t posted, which is kind of a big deal considering how little some companies want to pay for junior and mid-level devs.
But tbh, sometimes I feel like companies exploit the application process to get people’s info to input into a marketing database. I once got on a call with someone asking me for my height and weight. Like, what does my body size have to do with the job where I sit at a computer all day? Maybe I’m wrong but those kinds of details can only be used for discrimination or to kidnap me, right? Even my friend was weirded out by that one when I asked him if that had ever happened to him over the years and he said no.
Having a central repository of resumes and how those people are connected is valuable. Seeing that I know someone who knows someone else is useful when applying for a job or reaching out as a salesperson. Even just knowing that a position with x title exists at y company is useful when searching for jobs or clients.
It used to be a registry for resumes to connect with other professionals for future opportunities or let them leave recommendations to validate credentials and skills. They added the job platform which was a good idea, but there are no minimum requirements for it and now it’s crap - of course the job search function is crap too since it never really finds what you want, only what others have looked at a lot and are somewhat in the field of your search term.
LinkedIn could’ve been a very useful site had they not strayed, but it’s too late now.
The networking is most valuable. I have my career because of being contacted via LinkedIn. It’s also a good tool to monitor certain trends if you have a decent network. For instance, if you are thinking of taking a job with company A, but nobody you know of who went there lasted longer than a year, you know it’s probably not a good place to work.
When people ask me why I don’t have a LinkedIn account, I always respond with “I have a resume”. What even is the point of this site?
I’ve yet to find any sort of success from using LinkedIn to find job opportunities. Of all the job hunting sites out there, I find it the least helpful, often giving preference to employers rather than candidates in the hiring process. It sucks ass.
I used it after I was laid off 2 years ago and was able to find a new job after a little less than 3 months. Which sites do you have experience with that you’d recommend?
And to be clear, I found LinkedIn useful for job hunting… as a social media site it is horrible. Full of people who define themselves by their paychecks, salespeople who are just looking for someone to cold call, and ‘self-made successful people’ looking for success and validation.
I’m unsure if it’s different here outside the States. I’ve been using Indeed and its local variants where I at least get someone on the phone regularly. But on LinkedIn, it’s like all my applications fall into a void. Even recruiters who cold-contact me on there with an offer seem to ghost me immediately. It doesn’t help that it’s the only site where salaries aren’t posted, which is kind of a big deal considering how little some companies want to pay for junior and mid-level devs.
But tbh, sometimes I feel like companies exploit the application process to get people’s info to input into a marketing database. I once got on a call with someone asking me for my height and weight. Like, what does my body size have to do with the job where I sit at a computer all day? Maybe I’m wrong but those kinds of details can only be used for discrimination or to kidnap me, right? Even my friend was weirded out by that one when I asked him if that had ever happened to him over the years and he said no.
Having a central repository of resumes and how those people are connected is valuable. Seeing that I know someone who knows someone else is useful when applying for a job or reaching out as a salesperson. Even just knowing that a position with x title exists at y company is useful when searching for jobs or clients.
It used to be a registry for resumes to connect with other professionals for future opportunities or let them leave recommendations to validate credentials and skills. They added the job platform which was a good idea, but there are no minimum requirements for it and now it’s crap - of course the job search function is crap too since it never really finds what you want, only what others have looked at a lot and are somewhat in the field of your search term.
LinkedIn could’ve been a very useful site had they not strayed, but it’s too late now.
Depending on your line of work, recruiters.
Most are trash but the ones that are real have landed me very good work.
I never job hunt any more, companies just come to me, and I just interview throughout the year.
The networking is most valuable. I have my career because of being contacted via LinkedIn. It’s also a good tool to monitor certain trends if you have a decent network. For instance, if you are thinking of taking a job with company A, but nobody you know of who went there lasted longer than a year, you know it’s probably not a good place to work.