I have deleted my LinkedIn Account after a long time of inactivity with occasionally logging in to “connect” with somebody.
I told 2 people about this, both of which were rather surprised and immediately asked me what I would do if im back to search for a new job. I got my current job through a normal job listing website and sent the application directly to the company, that was 8 years ago I don’t know why that would not still be viable, but their questions still made me unsure.
Has anybody on here found a job recently? Did LinkedIn help you in a big way, do you think it would not have been possible without? Am a web developer btw.
I mean of course it does help to spread your wings a little more. But on the other hand opening LinkedIn gives me instant depression, so i think you have to value in those things as well.
EDIT:
Or if you are HR would you see it as a negative if you received an application with no existent LinkedIn account?
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As an American trying to make a career pivot I’ve been told LinkedIn is mandatory. I hate reading it and posting, but I still do it. It’s a fucking cesspool. I’ve been out of full time work for almost a year.
Like, necessary to just have one or necessary to post and interact with others? I’m fine with using it as a static page to basic info about myself but I will never engage with or create content for it.
Like necessary to post and interact. I’m bad at it and I really don’t like it. I’m not getting anywhere with it, but I don’t do it regularly either. I’m getting desperate though.
Guh…
None of my jobs ever came from LinkedIn.
Just got a whole bunch of shitty offers from them.
Depends on the field. I did not need a LinkedIn, however often you need to have an in. Knowing one person at the company can be a big advantage and unfortunately LinkedIn can be the only way in some fields. If not having a LinkedIn is something you value more than a specific job then I wouldnt give that up.
Or if you are HR would you see it as a negative if you received an application with no existent LinkedIn account?
Not HR but hiring manager, one of the best guys I hired has no LinkedIn account and I didn’t mind. I go purely by resume and interview.
I technically have a LinkedIn account, but haven’t so much as visited it in nearly a decade. Everything on it is long out of date, save for my name. The listed home town and job history aren’t relevant to where I am and what I do today.
Despite that, I got a new job last year. Like you, I used a typical job-finding site… sort of. I searched on there, but didn’t find the job I have - rather, a recruiter for this company reached out to me. Not sure if that info is good news or bad news for you, but it worked out for me, even without an active LinkedIn page.
A few years ago LinkedIn was a must have. Recruiters and sourcers would scour LinkedIn for their candidates.
Now it is just trash. Ghost and fake job opportunities, AI slop, and bots have turned LinkedIn to a cesspool.
I work with companies who pull LinkedIn data for B2B leads and 99% of them stopped because it is ineffective and a waste of time.
If you have a profile that’s great. If you don’t have one, there is no need to make one unless someone specifically tells you they need it.
You are fine.
I have a profile on it but haven’t updated it in over 5 years. Probably worth just burning it
I got my current job a few years back. I made an account thinking it would help. It was basically useless for finding a job. The folks on there that were hiring would all demand you engage with their posts (I guess as a way of increasing “influence”) but would not actually hire.
It is possible that prospective employers might look at your account during a job interview process which is why I have kept my account. But it did not help me find a job.
I could probably delete LinkedIn and still walk into several companies to get a job.
It is still good for me to have it out there as a public facing version of me.
I do not have a LinkedIn and I recently got a job at a food shop. However, I don’t know about with developer jobs…
its been pretty dang useless to me and I can’t say I got a job from it but all the same its the connections and references that are important to me. I would keep mine just so that I could do references for people I have worked with if they need it.
Depends on the country. I’m from Austria and got a job in IT via ams. You go there to get unemployment pay, but to receive it you have to apply to jobs. It’s one of the best things our government has made.
Really depends on the what job you are looking for.
No
Meanwhile, the Iranian, Palestinian and other death toll is rising and rising and rising.
What is your fucking point?
RELATIVITY is my fucking point. You did come across as a little hostile there, given the choice of asking a simple question,
And here you are, commenting on social media, instead of doing something about it.
That really is one hell of an uninformed statement. Until very recently, here in the UK, you could be arrested and locked up for speaking out. Yet we’ve been doing it anyway.
Oh, so it’s okay for you to have reasons for doing things other than fighting the system, but nobody else gets that consideration? Here in the US, we can be summarily executed for speaking out, and we’re doing it anyway. Quit being insufferable.
You’re not wrong, but people’s material conditions don’t pause just because some horrible asshole is doing horrible shit. Still gotta pay for housing and to feed the family.
We’re allowed to discuss more than one thing at a time.
Yes, indeed we are. Especially if it helps to eradicate the evil horrible shits.
Indeed was way more useful for me than LinkedIn ever was.
