LinkedIn, on its face was a great idea. A social network for colleagues. It was a Facebook with better spelling and fewer lost neighborhood cats.
Then it degenerated into...this.
A place where every connection request I get (and refuse) is from recruiters I never met. How the hell am I going to benefit by knowing I'm 3 levels removed from the manager at the job I'm seeking, if all those 3 levels are recruiters I never met? People ever accepting a connection from a recruiter instantly broke the one useful feature of LinkedIn: finding out if you were connected to someone professionally. So ironically, recruiters, the people for whom LinkedIn was a godsend, instantly broke it by trying to infiltrate peoples circles.
I won't even get into the "content" that's posted on the Facebook-style home feed of LinkedIn. I can't imagine anyone actually reads that stuff, but it sure does keep me from ever visiting the site. Like it gives me a negative physical reaction even skimming the feed page. Anyone else feel this? There are really few pages on the entire internet where you get that feeling that makes you activcely avoid visiting.
You can just treat it as a hosting service for your c.v. like everyone else. If other people are getting value from the social network aspect then I am glad, even if I don't see that value and don't use it like that.
I never dared updating my CV because I waited too long and now I just fear it would seem I was on the verge of quitting my job if I suddenly moved even a millimeter on LinkedIn.
Then it degenerated into...this. A place where every connection request I get (and refuse) is from recruiters I never met. How the hell am I going to benefit by knowing I'm 3 levels removed from the manager at the job I'm seeking, if all those 3 levels are recruiters I never met? People ever accepting a connection from a recruiter instantly broke the one useful feature of LinkedIn: finding out if you were connected to someone professionally. So ironically, recruiters, the people for whom LinkedIn was a godsend, instantly broke it by trying to infiltrate peoples circles.
I won't even get into the "content" that's posted on the Facebook-style home feed of LinkedIn. I can't imagine anyone actually reads that stuff, but it sure does keep me from ever visiting the site. Like it gives me a negative physical reaction even skimming the feed page. Anyone else feel this? There are really few pages on the entire internet where you get that feeling that makes you activcely avoid visiting.