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LinkedIn, to me, is actually the best place for obtaining jobs. They don't have the scope of listings sites like Indeed or Dice do, but you also get far, far less messaging from "recruiters" (air quotes intentional) that spam out the same role to 700 people at once. I've found that the majority of recruiters that send me LinkedIn messages have taken the time to review what I've elected to share and have formed a personal query to me that highlights why I might be interested in a given role. It's not too often I get a recruiter sending me a LI message that doesn't actually understand any of the nuances of the job itself. Also, I don't see all that many what I would term "fake" jobs on LinkedIn. When I say fake, I mean the ones companies post just to collect resumes or to check off some sort of requirement to talk to an outside person before giving the job to someone they've already decided on. Or, even worse, those jobs that don't actually exist, they just get created because a company decides they want their employees to get some experience interviewing candidates so they bring people in for a dog and pony show about a job that's not even there.
When I was in college, I used Linkedin to get internships. I scored three summer internships there. My college didn't help me much to secure a job in my last year, Linkedin did! You need to apply actively there.
I have had quite a few friends that have found great jobs on LinkedIn. Build your profile as well as you can and trust me, there's a lot of recruiters on there hunting for talent
This is how I'd use Linkedin to network to get a job.
You can search for people by job title, location, school, etc.
* Connect with internal recruiters at companies you are interested in working for, in the locations you're interested in.
* Connect with third party recruiters.
* Join groups in your field. If you're a data scientist, for example, join data science groups and answer questions, show of your skills. You'll see people there you can connect to so you connect with them.
* Write articles about your know-how. People read them and will connect to you.
* Connect with alumni from your school.
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