It was great for tracking what happened to former work colleagues who had moved on. Building a network like that showed how you could find a way in when you wanted to contact another company, but there again, Facebook seems to be over taking that. I am on it and have used it but haven't logged in in months.
unless you're after a job, no, but obviously, when you NEED a job, you would do better to have an already established network.
it's crap otherwise.
lovely example of how fucking stupid it is: someone i didn't know, who was 2-3 hops from me was a recruiter and paid linkedin to be allowed to contact me (I HATE sites that do that, shows you what they're all about, doesn't it?).
so, he sends me a job offer with typical blurb about how ace it is, talk of NDAs and such.
however, by the time i check my mail after getting the notification, the message and offer have been rescinded... a brief note from the recruiter says "sorry about the mixup, that's what i get for sending emails when i've had no sleep!"
I go to reply to him to ask "what the fuck?" - and I'm not allowed. because we don't know each other, and are too many links apart, and he's rescinded the "relationship" that he paid for, so we return to being strangers.
I almost bought some credit just to tell him he's a twat.
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it's crap otherwise.
lovely example of how fucking stupid it is: someone i didn't know, who was 2-3 hops from me was a recruiter and paid linkedin to be allowed to contact me (I HATE sites that do that, shows you what they're all about, doesn't it?).
so, he sends me a job offer with typical blurb about how ace it is, talk of NDAs and such.
however, by the time i check my mail after getting the notification, the message and offer have been rescinded... a brief note from the recruiter says "sorry about the mixup, that's what i get for sending emails when i've had no sleep!"
I go to reply to him to ask "what the fuck?" - and I'm not allowed. because we don't know each other, and are too many links apart, and he's rescinded the "relationship" that he paid for, so we return to being strangers.
I almost bought some credit just to tell him he's a twat.
it's not a very awesome site :P
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