re: finally breaking down and making a LinkedIn profile

Do you ever look at profiles of the random connection requests from slutty looking chicks? If you look to the right of the page, the "People Also Viewed" section will be nothing but other slutty looking chicks from the creepers. It seems more like MySpace than FB.

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LinkedIn is a huge tool for getting hired. It is the first thing I look at if I get an interesting resume. Because it is public, people are less likely to lie about precious jobs.

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THIS. If I get an interesting resume, first thing I do is see if the resume matches to see if the potential hire is BSing. The second thing is who else we know in common.

I don't get any spam from LinkedIn. Not sure what the rest of you guys are doing wrong. It's pretty much harmless.

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I don't get the spam either. They send one email a week with really great articles (thus I have never unsibscribed).

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This is all a get along with the weekly jobs email.

You just need to know where the privacy filters are (they are actually kind of hidden).

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I have to make a profile for a class

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We had to do this too and I have used it ever since. It is a good tool to have in today's job market. I get calls from recruiters every single day because of it, which can get annoying, but id would rather be getting called than not

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I regret ever signing up for LinkedIn.

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I have had multiple companies reach out to me regarding job opportunities... Just saying that a lot of folks genuinely use it to look for people to hire. The email spam is easily turned off.

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Nope... I said Linkedin is turning into facebook

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Not at all but alright. It's very useful for me.