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Deleting the LinkedIn account and becoming social network -free

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coppice:

--- Quote from: Bassman59 on April 20, 2020, 06:32:03 am ---LinkedIn tells your boss that you're looking for a new job.

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This idea is a trick used to get you to sign up early, so you are on linkedin before you start your job.  :)

16bitanalogue:
I have an active LinkedIn account where I update my work history and 'resume'.

I do agree with the following:
1. Facebook like content. I do not post or reply to threads *at all*. I have seen so many people get into flame wars. Keep that shit out.
2. Head Hunters - never, and I mean never bother to read my resume. In fairness, I understand as I do believe they are required to 'contact' so many people as a quota. The only reason why I entertain head hunter messages is to guess what company they are shilling for. 8/10 I can guess correctly. I make that a game.
3. Far too many people who want to connect that I never worked with nor will never have an influence in my career path.
4. Pretentious "recommendations". What's the point of these? Full disclosure, I have 2 and I couldn't care less.

Some good things (for me):
1. I have been contacted by full time recruiters from the company in question. This is how I landed my current job.
2. It does keep me in touch with former colleagues and I have messaged them on the platform for job advice, answered their questions regarding local companies, and even snagged 2 former colleagues to work where we are now.

It may be better if one is active in the groups, but I do not participate. One former colleague has taken a more active role and blogging more or less on LinkedIn. Continually posting completed uDemy courses.

Now, if only can dump Facebook.

olkipukki:
I only add people whom at least I met personally and they/me want keep in touch later.
At the time they sent request and if I remember who is (s)he and I'm still interested (or way around), then a new entry in 'My Network'.

As today, I never spoke and met again approx 95% people in 'My Network', but that's not so important. I am after 5% remining.

P.S.
Never used Facebook and as result 'lost' a more than few 'friends' over years, but again - Conservation of Energy took a place and restore a order.

peter-h:
"Yup. Especially if you suddenly appear on LinkedIn when you've been working at your current company for a while. Bosses know this doesn't happen for no reason."

Unless you have always been on it and everybody else in the company is too.

It is fairly normal, in many companies, and State agencies like the CAA, for most people to be permanently on there. Are they looking for another job? Of course they are! Everybody is, subject to what it is.

coppice:

--- Quote from: olkipukki on April 20, 2020, 04:11:43 pm ---Never used Facebook and as result 'lost' a more than few 'friends' over years, but again.

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I've never used Linkedin, but at one point I was getting at least 100 spam messages a day from them, trying to connect me to people I'd never heard of. It works both ways.  :)

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