Yep, @misoangry, you and I are connected now. I got the request Tuesday, IIRC, and did wonder if it was an accident. LinkedIn is realllly good at tricking you into inviting everyone you've ever been in the same room with.
(1) Have you ever actually gotten an interview or even a job via LinkedIn? Or do you know people who have? Please provide details to the extent that you can. No, but my profile has definitely been scoped and then I've been contacted by recruiters. It's typically people desperately searching for candidates for a job that is undesirable in some way, and below my skill set. But there have also been positions I applied for, and the recruiter/hiring manager has looked at my profile and then contacted me. So if you do have a profile, it's important it's fairly accurate and free of grammatical/clerical errors!
(2) Are you selective about the people with whom you connect? Or is the point of LinkedIn to connect with as many people as humanly possible? Please feel free to explain your LinkedIn connection philosophy. Generally I accept as many connections as possible, but I do ignore the ones that are obviously someone who just wants an "in" at my company. Wasn't an issue at my old (small) company, but my new one is huge and lots of people want to work here or sell to us.
(3) HOW COME NOBODY TOLD ME THAT PEOPLE KNOW WHEN I VISIT THEIR PAGES, AND NOW ALL THESE FOLKS THINK I AM A MAJOR CREEPER? ALWAYS log out before creeping on someone. ALWAYS. It sucks that there is an option for people to not see that you viewed them... but it means giving up your ability to see who viewed you. Or paying for the privilege.
1. I get a message through linkedin about once a month from a recruiter with a job opening. Last month I responded to one, went through the interview process and was offered the job... I turned it down. I know several people who have found jobs through linkedin
2. I don't go crazy with requests but do find it helpful to keep track of professional contacts. I joined when I left my previous company 2.5 years ago. It has been a nice way to keep track of old co-workers.
3. Yes turn that off!
I keep a very basic profile on linkedin. I just list basic work history: company, position and time in that position.. no details. I have never once added a skill but yet I seem to have a ton that I have been "endorsed" for.
Although @misoangry and I have never met in person or emailed and we are not in the same industry, I feel weirdly left out that I wasn't one of the 710 people to get an invite.
This is so funny. I was wondering what was up when I got the invite.
1. I have received a few offers to interview. I gave a lot of education consulting advice (phone meetings) that turned into offers, but I had no interest in moving.
2. I'm selective about everything in life. Linked in is no different. LOL
Examples of people I've declined (I'm in supply chain for a company everyone knows):
Guy whose description is "warehousing at the warehouse"
SAP sales consultant (gee, wonder what you want?)
Random guy who included only the message ";-)" with his request
(1) Have you ever actually gotten an interview or even a job via LinkedIn? Or do you know people who have? Please provide details to the extent that you can. Yes, I do. One of my BFFs was laid off about a year and a half ago, and joined LinkedIn. She is now employed by a company who reached out to her through LI. I get a lot of offers, but I'm not currently looking.
(2) Are you selective about the people with whom you connect? Or is the point of LinkedIn to connect with as many people as humanly possible? Please feel free to explain your LinkedIn connection philosophy. I'm not really selective, but I don't have that many connections. I HAVE had to un-link (is that the right term?) two people who began sending me marketing emails from their companies shortly after I accepted their invites, which annoyed me to no end.
(3) HOW COME NOBODY TOLD ME THAT PEOPLE KNOW WHEN I VISIT THEIR PAGES, AND NOW ALL THESE FOLKS THINK I AM A MAJOR CREEPER? This I didn't know, I don't really go around looking for people, and if I do, it's someone I know that I will extend an invitation to, so it's not like I just look and move on.
Go to privacy and settings -> profile -> Select what others see when you've viewed their profile -> anonymous.
Thanks! That was helpful. I find that finding where you configure various aspects of Linked In not very intuitive and spread out. Their design and user experience is lacking.
I'm also amazed at people who endorse me for stuff that when they've not worked with me either professionally or as a volunteer.
Post by speckledfrog on Mar 5, 2015 20:27:34 GMT -5
This post is a classic example of schadenfreude. Like when farmer asked her boss how her urine was.
miso, I've gotten several LinkedIn invitations and I always know that it's someone who happened to invite their address book. I think it happens a lot.