Is LINKEDIN usefull?

vortice75
By vortice75

Is LinkedIn of any use?

Has anyone had real professional benefit from maintaining a LinkedIn profile? Or is it only one more social network?

By vortice75• 2 Jul 2009 18:36
vortice75

That's my doubt, is this kind of network really working for people with profiles there? Or is it one more way to be connected to people you already know?

Well, at least one sucess case was reported by our friend Arecel.

By baldrick2dogs• 2 Jul 2009 14:51
baldrick2dogs

Yet another network site I ignored.

If I want to be found, people will find me, and to be honest, people looking for me know where to look :o)

By vortice75• 2 Jul 2009 14:30
vortice75

Thank you for your post Arecel. Nice to know it can work.

In fact, there are so many social networks these days that people think "why bother?".

There are some profiles there that have no information at all, or are completly private, that makes me wonder what benefit can it have to maintain online a professional profile that sais nothing about yourself.

By arecel• 2 Jul 2009 14:23
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arecel

way back, we got hold of a candidate's profile in our database. we tried contacting him but his contact numbers and emails are not working already since the profile we got was like 3 years old already. he is an hr director of 5*hotels and is mexican. we look for him in facebook and myspace but we couldn't find him. and that's when our boss searched for him in linkedIn. and guess what? he's there. so professional web sites like LinkedIn are beneficial. it can aid you not only during job hunting but also on the latest news and trends of your own profession.

usapa na...

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