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0 pointsbulka6y ago0 comments

I think this is what author is saysing exactly. If you use it passively then there is no value (add?) and then the question is why to have a profile at all? Did not look like a rant to me.

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scarface746y ago

I would never have gotten in contact with the external recruiters who eventually landed me 4/6 of the jobs I have had since 2008.

I definitely wouldn’t have been contacted by an internal recruiter at $BigTech that led to the remote job that I will be starting in July.

My LinkedIn profile is relatively bare. I definitely use it passively. It has just enough keywords to get noticed by recruiters searching.

alain_gilbert6y ago

Just like my resume has absolutely no value... until I need it.

Avalaxy6y ago

Then I don't really get what the news value of this post is. Pretty much nothing that you don't actively use provides value. It comes across more as "LinkedIn has no value" to me.

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