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If your profile displays any of these qualities, perhaps it is time to revisit the profile since it will hurt you more than it helps you:
- Lack of detail about work experience, education, community involvement
- No picture
- Not updated to reflect unemployment or new job
- Custom URL not created
There is something called a 'resume' which does all of this. Not sure why people feel the need to make linkedin billionaires by giving them personal information for free and control over who gets to see it.
There is something called a 'resume' which does all of this. Not sure why people feel the need to make linkedin billionaires by giving them personal information for free and control over who gets to see it.
My linkedin profile is nowhere near as detailed as my resume. Pretty much it just lists my recent jobs, and my skills. It doesn't have to contain your whole entire employment history.
If your profile displays any of these qualities, perhaps it is time to revisit the profile since it will hurt you more than it helps you:
- Lack of detail about work experience, education, community involvement
- No picture
- Not updated to reflect unemployment or new job
- Custom URL not created
Should the long term unemployed bother with a LinkedIn page then?
Why a custom URL?
If you're going to spit up such rules, maybe you can expand and explain what you mean exactly. Linked In is for CLIQUES within a company, and outsiders almost never fit in. Huge waste of time. IMO
If your profile displays any of these qualities, perhaps it is time to revisit the profile since it will hurt you more than it helps you:
- Lack of detail about work experience, education, community involvement
- No picture
- Not updated to reflect unemployment or new job
- Custom URL not created
You probably meant it as be as detailed as possible, to open the doors to as much discrimination as possible! No Thanks!
Why would you want to post a picture of yourself on LinkedIn? I do not post one of myself because my experience, skills and qualifications are more important than what I look like.
I don't like the idea of a picture on LinkedIn but study after study have shown that if you have a picture on your LinkedIn page you are much more likely to be contacted by hiring managers and HR professionals.
If the chances of being discriminated against because you are older or a minority weren't so high, then it might make sense having a photo on LinkedIn. However, the site would have to prove that they are not in order for many people to put a picture on their profile.
Also....where's the proof that LinkedIn is even effective at getting people interviews or jobs,OP? Or even more effective than other job boards?
If the chances of being discriminated against because you are older or a minority weren't so high, then it might make sense having a photo on LinkedIn. However, the site would have to prove that they are not in order for many people to put a picture on their profile.
Also....where's the proof that LinkedIn is even effective at getting people interviews or jobs,OP? Or even more effective than other job boards?
Clearly, those of us who are lucky enough to have decent jbos and have no wish to be contacted by recruiters (but who still want to be on LinkedIn just so that former co-workers and acquaintances can see what we're up to) are right to not post a picture!
I have been debating whether to create a linkedin profile for a few years, ever since I started receiving invitations. In my last position, there was a mandate that all employees should have a linkedin profile. I have reservations about putting so much personal information on the internet. LinkedIn strikes me as Facebook for Adults/Workforce. I have researched other professionals, such as lawyers, chartered accountants, and engineers to see if they have posted their professional credentials and work history on the internet, and the answer is no. It seems to me that only a specific segment of the workforce views LinkedIn as an important resource. In my opinion, HR departments strongly support LinkedIn, as do managers, and those that are not part of a recognized professional organization. LinkedIn allows non-professionals to belong to work related organizations that are like topic-specific facebook pages within LinkedIn.
LinkedIn has been around for years and does have a purpose in job searches, but on the flip side, the data is probably being harvested and analyzed by many to produce targeted metrics. I suspect that publicizing personal work history and academic records on the internet also simplifies identity theft.
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