How seriously can these profiles be taken? Can they be substituted for a legit resumé? It seems more like a dating website. Every female looks like she has a model headshot as her profile pic and every bleach blonde straight out of school is a manager or director of something.

7/19/2012 8:07:59 AM

7/19/2012 8:10:37 AM

link to these models

7/19/2012 8:13:23 AM

i dont put it on the resume, but i will submit it after the interview. If you have recommendations on your profile, it can supplement your resume.


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7/19/2012 9:04:08 AM

Some people take their LinkedIn profile very seriously. They have detailed work experience and several endorsements. If use properly, LinkedIn can be useful while searching for a job. I know a lot of recruiters use LinkedIn. I used it to do research on individuals that I would be interviewing with when I was searching for a new job. I found it useful.

However there are some profiles that are weak and make the person look worse. These people should just delete their profile.

7/19/2012 9:47:40 AM

There's plenty of reason to use online tools to curate material like recommendations, since that kind of stuff will actually sell you, as opposed to resumes which are mostly a factual account of what your responsibilities are with some selling worked into it.

That said, LinkedIn is so shamelessly profiteering that's it's really useless. It tries to twist your arm into either buying a premium account, recruit your friends into using more LinkedIn stuff, and pedals their news (ha) emails and general junk. Its business model is that people (see the OP for evidence) assume that it's the place for an online resume.

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"weak and make the person look worse"

How does it make them look worse?

[Edited on July 19, 2012 at 11:38 AM. Reason : ]

7/19/2012 11:34:35 AM

How are artificial online recommendations from a social media website better than a factual account of you past responsibilities?

7/19/2012 11:37:48 AM

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"How are artificial online recommendations from a social media website better than a factual account of you past responsibilities?"

Are you looking for something other than the fact that recommendations are written by other people? Or did you just miss that part?

7/19/2012 11:39:29 AM

7/19/2012 11:39:30 AM

Oh wow

http://www.linkingintosales.com/

I had to change my opinion completely. I didn't understand how to use LinkedIn to support my sales cycle at all before I saw this podcast by Greg Hy3r. Now it all makes sense.

7/19/2012 11:43:00 AM

I take mine very seriously and its paid off big time. Yes LinkedIn is basically my resume. I have a separate portfolio website as well.

7/19/2012 11:43:18 AM

I took it seriously at first, but then every recruiter known to man started contacting me about every job they had when they searched resumes without even reading about any of my experience.

now I pretty much ignore it.

7/19/2012 11:48:42 AM

oh this is rich

7/19/2012 11:51:37 AM

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"I have a special thing on my head right now that says Google"

7/19/2012 11:53:04 AM

yo that shit is 27 minutes of audio ambien.

7/19/2012 11:54:11 AM

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"uh uh circles in the uh google uh uh uh plus uh sales uh linkedin"

7/19/2012 11:56:48 AM

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"How does it make them look worse?"

i know some talented accomplished people who have a LinkedIn profile set up worse then an entry level person. it's like they started one but never completed the profile.

7/19/2012 11:58:57 AM

My LinkedIn profile reflects what's on my resume. My resume has some specific numbers on it that I don't feel comfortable publicly posting on the Internet mostly because it relates to market share but I keep my resume updated & handy so I am prepared to share it as needed.

I have received several inquiries for jobs, all which directly related to my experience.

As far as my picture, I actually made a strategic decision to use a professional but not "hot" picture of myself. LinkedIn isn't the place to look too good, especially of you're female. funny enough, the photo was taken at a conference where LinkedIn had a booth. They were taking headshots & updating people's pictures on the spot, I thought it was pretty genius, and free.

7/19/2012 12:02:51 PM

http://resume.linkedinlabs.com/ is handy too

7/19/2012 12:03:17 PM

I have a linkedin. It basically functions as my online resume. I like being able to see who is viewing my profile. I also like scoping out my opposing counsel (and getting their picture) before I meet them, so I know who I'm dealing with. But I don't use it for networking or job searches, so I don't see the need for recommendations, etc.

7/19/2012 12:08:08 PM

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"Linking into Sales Podcast Episode 20 "

1. Create youtube account & upload one video.
2. Label it episode 20
3. ....
4. Greg Hy3r

7/19/2012 12:12:53 PM

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" Are you looking for something other than the fact that recommendations are written by other people? Or did you just miss that part?"

So anyone can just write you a recommendation? How reputable is that? That's like using your parents as a reference on a real resume.

Let me have your LinkedIn addy and I'll leave you a recommendation.

7/19/2012 12:13:48 PM

I got tired of all the LinkedIn spam so I deleted my account. I've been considering opening one again though on the off-chance someone will offer me a better paying job in my field just by finding my account lol.

7/19/2012 12:14:48 PM

For a long time I mostly ignored mine b/c 1) I wasn't looking and 2) it was just a way for more recruiters to annoy me

But when I started looking at new opportunities a few months back I started using it more. Resumes and even CVs are so hard to make anything more than just an abbreviated keyword filter for HR managers that are overwhelmed with applicants that mostly look all the same.

I can be a lot more detailed on my linkedin profile and add to it as I do professionally relevant stuff (which I could never get in the habit of doing with a resume that sat on my hard drive for months or years at a time without me ever looking at it).

I don't use it for keeping up with my network as much as I probably could, but *shrug*

7/19/2012 12:36:19 PM

Ugh I really need to work on mine. I hate having it sit out there looking all re-re

7/19/2012 12:41:50 PM

I'm updating mine now.

8/8/2012 5:15:41 PM

bump

Any pro tips on the summary section? I want to type something witty and motivating but I can't see to conjure up anything...

[Edited on April 14, 2013 at 12:34 PM. Reason : ff]

4/14/2013 12:33:35 PM

Pro linkedin tip:

Connect with your current clients, customers, whatever and ask them to write reccomendations.

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4/14/2013 12:41:12 PM

Bump

Struggling with views this month. I was getting steady 10-20 views a week but ive not got a thing these past couple of weeks. Any keywords i should throw in?

9/18/2014 10:13:25 AM

deworming agent

9/18/2014 10:18:28 AM

pleasure machine
maximum satisfaction

9/18/2014 10:29:05 AM

Churros. Recruiters love churros.

9/18/2014 11:22:33 AM

^^^^

What are you trying to accomplish?

just the gratification that someone looked at your profile?

9/19/2014 10:21:43 AM