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It's pretty easy to see who you and the interviewer know in common. That way we can get references and pass the interviews more easily. I'm very experienced and at my level, if I didn't have references it would be unacceptable. LinkedIn lets people instantly see who we both know so they can ask about me and get a reliable answer.
I do the same when I'm hiring. It helps with my confidence level.
At first they were cheap startups, then they turned into better paying companies.
The jobs I get offered on LinkedIn are mostly paying less than 50% of what I'm making via personal contacts. A few can get to 90% of what I'm making.
I tolerate LinkedIn because I'm too lazy to have a CV and because it's nice to gauge how the market is changing by looking at their salary ranges. I also add everyone and ignore them if they're selling services / jobs I'm not interested in.
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Out of curiosity, why would it be a red flag? All it indicates that the applicant doesn't use LinkedIn.
Not the person you are replying to, but one of the first classes on my "let's get a bachelors starting at 36 years old" required us to create a LinkedIn profile as an assignment if we didn't already have one. I think they've just become a de facto thing that is expected.
Good god! Where in the world are you?
Here in Blightty, it wasn't that long ago having a linkedin account would count against some of our candidates.... as a candidate must have had their head in the sand not to be aware of the toxic behaviour of linkedin (spamming personal contacts) [1].
[1] https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2015/oct/07/linkedin-...
I have never got a job through LinkedIn, even though I get loads of contacts from recruiters - as many as 10 per week. The problem is that those contacts are poor quality. They are spammy as heck, basically mass emailing anyone who has a specific search phrase anywhere in their profile. For the last year my profile bio has opened with the statement "Recruiters: Please tell me what your favourite colour is if you want…
The same recruiter previously emailed me in December and did not use that phrase, so it's not like he always copy-and-pastes the same thing. However, in his December message, he misspelled my name (which is only 4 letters long), and never even mentioned which company he is hiring for -- it was only apparent in his signature line.
This was a Google recruiter, hiring for staff+ level SWE roles.
Applying through LinkedIn is easy. HR loves LinkedIn. It makes your Resume stand out if you can back it up with a decent profile.
It's more useful for applying directly to companies. I was getting jobs from Indeed but it seems like 3 of the last 4 were from LinkedIn.