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Is anybody here familiar with LinkedIn?

Postby ebake02 » Wed May 04, 2011 11:37 am

I'm wondering if it would be worth my time from a job hunting and career perspective.
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Postby Behshad » Wed May 04, 2011 11:40 am

Yup. Our very own Everett got his job at QuickieMart through "Linkie" :lol:
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Postby ebake02 » Wed May 04, 2011 11:46 am

Thank you come again. :lol: :lol:
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Postby Andrew » Wed May 04, 2011 12:19 pm

I'm on it for the sake of business, but I don't actually see it doing much else than bugger all.
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Postby RocknRoll » Thu May 05, 2011 1:44 am

LinkedIn certainly wont' hurt. Most Career Counselors suggest that you post your resume there and offer information on how to make the best use of it. Personally, I know of several people that have received job inquiries based on their LinkedIn profile.

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Re: Is anybody here familiar with LinkedIn?

Postby Gin and Tonic Sky » Thu May 05, 2011 2:01 am

ebake02 wrote:I'm wondering if it would be worth my time from a job hunting and career perspective.


Yes absolutely. My company provides consulancy solutions to other companies across the World, and I estimate we do 75 % of our hiring of consultants off LinkedIn now. Get yourself on it, get a good profile written, and get a few other Linkedin users to write you recommedations. Then try to connect with recruiters who hang out on there.

Dont expect to go there for fun though- Its just like melodic rock forum wthout the jokes , fun , banter , and really useful information
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Postby ebake02 » Thu May 05, 2011 4:29 am

Thanks guys!! I'm graduating this fall (again) and I was thinking that linkedin might be a good place for job hunting. I figured if I started looking around now I would have a better chance of finding something good.
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Postby Everett » Thu May 05, 2011 4:30 am

Behshad wrote:Yup. Our very own Everett got his job at QuickieMart through "Linkie" :lol:


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Re: Is anybody here familiar with LinkedIn?

Postby Jana » Thu May 05, 2011 9:00 am

ebake02 wrote:I'm wondering if it would be worth my time from a job hunting and career perspective.


Here's an article on what large companies are hiring right now.

http://msn.careerbuilder.com/Article/MS ... &gt1=23000
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