Is it true that in US you have to have linkedIn account to get a job?
Such gossip is circling in Poland among HR people.
Without LinkedIn account I won't get a job in US?
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Re: Without LinkedIn account I won't get a job in US?
#2I wouldn't believe that. LinkedIn is worse than Facebook these days in its uselessness.
Re: Without LinkedIn account I won't get a job in US?
#3http://www.warplife.com/jobs/computer/
I don't find much value in LinkedIn. I did at first, but then it was overrun by recruiters.
Re: Without LinkedIn account I won't get a job in US?
#4I've never hired or seen anyone hired in the past 5 years at least that did not have a LinkedIn account. I don't think it's a prerequisite but pretty much everyone has one. I worked with a U.S. company with an office in Poland all of the devs there had LinkedIn accounts if that's any indication.
Re: Without LinkedIn account I won't get a job in US?
#5Depends on where you want to work / what you want to do - If you are a software engineer, a strong Github/Stackoverflow presence which demonstrates your technical competency (and that you can draw attention to early in a cover letter) would likely help you stand out more than a standard linkedin profile IMHO.
Re: Without LinkedIn account I won't get a job in US?
#6http://www.warplife.com/jobs/computer/ I don't find much value in LinkedIn. I did at first, but then it was overrun by recruiters.
the work is just barely started. I'm working on ways to automate it but so far it's been quite painstakingly manual.
Forgive me if I don't list any companies for a city you'd like to work in. However I encourage specific requests - mail them to mdcrawford@gmail.com
Re: Without LinkedIn account I won't get a job in US?
#7I've never hired or seen anyone hired in the past 5 years at least that did not have a LinkedIn account. I don't think it's a prerequisite but pretty much everyone has one. I worked with a U.S. company with an office in Poland all of the devs there had LinkedIn accounts if that's any indication.
Did the content of their LinkedIn account in any way cause or influence their hiring, or was it just incidental?
Because while almost everybody I know has a LinkedIn account, few people bother to regularly updated, and no one I know has gotten a job because of it.
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#8No. I've never seen the LinkedIn profile of anyone who I've been involved with hiring & do not have one myself. It's never been mentioned.
Re: Without LinkedIn account I won't get a job in US?
#9Depends on where you want to work / what you want to do - If you are a software engineer, a strong Github/Stackoverflow presence which demonstrates your technical competency (and that you can draw attention to early in a cover letter) would likely help you stand out more than a standard linkedin profile IMHO.
Or not. My current job has nothing to do with Github / Stackoverflow presence.
I do know people who have made connections through Github / LinkedIn / StackOverflow. But I personally don't have an active account on any of those three.
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#10Of course this is just anecdotal, but I haven't had a LinkedIn account in 5 years and have had many job offers. I have never heard of this being a prerequisite or even a contributing factor.