I tripled my salary thanks to LinkedIn. Wasn’t even looking, just incoming reach outs. It has made a huge difference in my life. Literally life changing.
At least in IT, it’s the best place to look for jobs. I’ve changed twice in the last ten years, both LinkedIn recruiters (one external, one internal).
Plus most of my acquaintances are colleagues and ex-colleagues, so it’s a good way to catch up from time to time (hey, you switched to XYZ, how’s life going, wanna grab a coffee).
If you follow the right groups you get interesting news, memes and discussions.
Final benefit, the amount of politics is MUCH lower than Facebook, Twitter or Lemmy.
Unless you signed some exclusivity deal (rare) reach out to other recruiters and apply to job offers directly, good luck!
Unfortunately there really isn’t a viable option for most people. Maybe there are alternatives depending on your field and your geographical location (I know they use something else a lot in Germany), but for most people you’re really forced to use LinkedIn or you’re potentially doing a huge disservice to your career.
Which is the main source of hatred for LinkedIn: most people would rather not be using it but they stay there for their careers. Others use it as a platform to promote their crazy ideas, again in an effort to make them more employable or reach out to new professional connections. It’s a harsh world, but each of these insane posts makes that website a tiny bit more unbearable.
I don’t use it, but I’ve seen the video that a woman posted on LinkedIn of her sig heiling to prove that Elon didn’t make the “same gesture.” I’m convinced some people are just using it like regular social media, even if it makes them unemployable.
What do people use instead of LinkedIn? I’m OOTL
Nothing. As is, LinkedIn doesn’t provide anything that most people actually need, so you’re safe to ditch it.
I tripled my salary thanks to LinkedIn. Wasn’t even looking, just incoming reach outs. It has made a huge difference in my life. Literally life changing.
Only reason I’m there. Barely missed a fat job a recruiter got me on. Oh well. She’s still looking out for me.
Plus, they send loads of job offers. Never know when I’ll win the lottery.
At least in IT, it’s the best place to look for jobs. I’ve changed twice in the last ten years, both LinkedIn recruiters (one external, one internal).
Plus most of my acquaintances are colleagues and ex-colleagues, so it’s a good way to catch up from time to time (hey, you switched to XYZ, how’s life going, wanna grab a coffee).
If you follow the right groups you get interesting news, memes and discussions.
Final benefit, the amount of politics is MUCH lower than Facebook, Twitter or Lemmy.
Unless you signed some exclusivity deal (rare) reach out to other recruiters and apply to job offers directly, good luck!
Unfortunately there really isn’t a viable option for most people. Maybe there are alternatives depending on your field and your geographical location (I know they use something else a lot in Germany), but for most people you’re really forced to use LinkedIn or you’re potentially doing a huge disservice to your career.
Which is the main source of hatred for LinkedIn: most people would rather not be using it but they stay there for their careers. Others use it as a platform to promote their crazy ideas, again in an effort to make them more employable or reach out to new professional connections. It’s a harsh world, but each of these insane posts makes that website a tiny bit more unbearable.
I deleted my LinkedIn almost a decade ago and am doing just fine. Really don’t think it matters as much as people think.
I don’t use it, but I’ve seen the video that a woman posted on LinkedIn of her sig heiling to prove that Elon didn’t make the “same gesture.” I’m convinced some people are just using it like regular social media, even if it makes them unemployable.
If you’re relying on LinkedIn for career growth you’re doing it wrong.
I can imagine. Is it getting Facebook level bad?