So many recruiter requests. Current contract is from LinkedIn. Was able to negotiate pretty hard just from the sheer quantity of offers.
Ask HN: Do you use LinkedIn?
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#12Yes, and although I'd probably land a job in a day from it - I hate it and will likely delete it soon.
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#13LinkedIn has allowed me to experience what it's like to be a pretty girl on a dating site, except that my suitors are idiot recruiters offering terrible jobs I don't want.
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#14I have received a lot of job offers through LinkedIn, but none of them ever appealed to me, so as far as my career prospects go it doesn't add much value. But it's nice to keep in touch with former colleagues, and to be able to see at a glance what your network is up to professionally.
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#15Probably the best tool for b2b customer development and b2c professional services ever created. Testing concepts early by having documented third party validation on domain expertise is pretty invaluable. https://hunter.io/ maps emails, where people are far more responsive, however referencing having looked them up on Linkedin to qualify the relevance of your outreach is overwhelmingly effective.
There are a bunch of tools to map LinkedIn profiles to emails. I've found https://www.nymeria.io to be best so far, especially if you want personal emails as well as business emails...
Re: Ask HN: Do you use LinkedIn?
#16As a recent graduate (actively looking for a job) I have been using LinkedIn for a while, and I am very disappointed.
I get around one response per 50 applications I send via the platform.
Recruiters don't classify their posts correctly, so when I search for "entry-level" positions, I get mostly positions that require 5 years of experience, or just list all possible web technologies so they land more search queries, etc...
Example : I search for a position with PHP/JavaScript listed as technologies. Then when contacted by the recruiter it turns out to be a JavaEE position, but "knowing PHP and JavaScript is a plus".
I'd close my account if I wasn't this desperate.
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#17As a recent graduate (actively looking for a job) I have been using LinkedIn for a while, and I am very disappointed. I get around one response per 50 applications I send via the platform. Recruiters don't classify their posts correctly, so when I search for "entry-level" positions, I get mostly positions that require 5 years of experience, or just list all possible web technologies so they land more search queries,…
Have you considered using AngelList?
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#18I have a profile set up there, but so far it's been useless to me other than to stay in touch with one or two others from a prior job. I hate their "news feed". None of the content is ever relevant or useful. The design is poor. They also make poor use of notifications. My "friend requests" always shows 1 new notification- but it's a fake notification trying to get you to send out invites. I find user-hostile actions…
I've thought about deleting as well, but then I realised that it can't hurt to just have it sitting there so people can connect if they feel the need.
I update mine every so often, never reply to any recruiters and connect with a few colleagues I know who use it religiously. Best way to use it in my opinion.
Re: Ask HN: Do you use LinkedIn?
#19As a recent graduate (actively looking for a job) I have been using LinkedIn for a while, and I am very disappointed. I get around one response per 50 applications I send via the platform. Recruiters don't classify their posts correctly, so when I search for "entry-level" positions, I get mostly positions that require 5 years of experience, or just list all possible web technologies so they land more search queries,…
Have you considered using AngelList?
I'm primarily looking for positions in France where AngelList does not seem to be that popular. *
* Citation needed
Re: Ask HN: Do you use LinkedIn?
#20My employer kinda mandates using LinkedIn... I have a couple of IFTTT recipes set up so that it looks as if I'm super active, while I only check once every other week to accept random friend requests.