Wait, has LinkedIn become a dating app?
www.businessinsider.com
People are mixing business with pleasure on the career networking site. What could possibly go wrong?
  • thefloweracidic@lemmy.worldEnglish
    43·
    10 months ago

    LinkedIn is an aggregation of everything wrong with social media. I got laid off and tried to use it to find a job, never again.

    • lepinkainen@lemmy.worldEnglish
      12·
      10 months ago

      YMMV

      I got laid off, got the LinkedIn premium (free for one month). Got hired before the trial ran out.

      • XTornado@lemmy.mlEnglish
        1·
        10 months ago

        Never looked into it, what exactly does to help on the being hired part? It advertise you more somehow or what? I only remember the thing about being able to see who checked your profile I think…

        • lepinkainen@lemmy.worldEnglish
          3·
          10 months ago

          You can contact people directly and if the job posting is in LinkedIn you can see the experience level of other applicants.

          The bit about seeing other applicants was key for me, I dared to apply for a job I thought I wasn’t qualified for.

    • XTornado@lemmy.mlEnglish
      7·
      10 months ago

      tried to use it to find a job, never again.

      Can I ask why?

      Like I am not a big fan of the social network part, with people sharing stupid stuff and other things but for finding a job or so they can find you and see your experience and so on it didn’t seem that bad.

      • thefloweracidic@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1·
        10 months ago

        I’m a software developer and many job postings for my skill sets are getting 500+ applicants, so my strategy was to try to network on the platform. The whole experience was demoralizing, sure other job boards might have the same number of applicants, but I really feel like the easy apply button just creates more competition. My inbox is always open for recruiters though, that is the only positive for me.