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It's not a matter of having an agenda. It's a matter of having something to offer so that the meeting is mutually beneficial. That's how networking is supposed to work; it's not just you asking me for a job.
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There's a difference between being senior in the tech industry in the sense of being an experienced developer/sysadmin/etc., and being senior in the sense of having power over hiring, purchasing and other business decisions. Tai-Pan's complaints sound pretty reasonable for someone in the latter category.
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Read this and go change your settings.
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Jan 30, 2014 05:57
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What industry is your company in?
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Jul 14, 2014 08:12
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Sometimes I get really bored at work.
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There's no really good way aside from searching for something more specific. You can look for "PhD" to find companies that are hiring for positions that require (or just want) graduate degrees, and see if the companies listing those have other openings.
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Since you have an official probationary period, I'd hold off on adding it until you finish that. That way you don't have to risk explaining a very short tenure there.
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Cacafuego posted:Or is it more like, just contact everybody and see who responds? This seems to be the norm. But even if you're not a good match for that particular position, they might have something else for you. There's really no harm in talking to them.
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Look at Wall Street. There are firms there who hire generally smart people and teach them the necessary technical skills. It's not quite as robust a job market as it was a few years back, but it does still exist.
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There are a lot of really awful recruiters in the software world. The good ones are really good, though.
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Mar 10, 2015 02:38
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Oh yeah, LinkedIn publishing is the worst. I don't think I've ever read anything on there that didn't make me feel dumber.
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Mar 10, 2015 18:47
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I don't think there's another general service, but there are some industry-specific sites out there. What's your field?
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As far as I can tell, setting your profile to private just means that it doesn't show up in search results from Google or other external search engines. It's still visible through LinkedIn's various tools.
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May 21, 2015 23:47
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I have all of my Coursera certificates listed on my LinkedIn profile, but I have no idea how much difference it makes.
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Is there a good way to indicate on LinkedIn that you're interested in relocating to a particular area? I don't want to change my location, as that would be inaccurate and a little too public, but I'd like to have something better than messaging individual recruiters.
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Dec 12, 2015 18:49
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Accepting a LinkedIn request is really low-commitment, so a lot of people are effectively running an open network. If you find someone who has very few connections or joined recently, then you might want to worry about sending a request, but otherwise it's generally not an issue.
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Join some relevant groups, post some stuff that's not just blatant self-promotion, and you'll make contacts.
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Apr 4, 2016 04:26
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How many connections do you have? I think that you need to hit some threshold to be 100% on your profile.
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Apr 10, 2016 20:47
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Pertplus posted:I have like 13 traffic tickets that show up on my background check (dumb, I know). Is this something employers care about? One of my managers at my first job had about twice that many. You can play it off as youthful indiscretion and you'll be fine.
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Yes.
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LinkedIn is a tool for networking, but I think most people don't understand how that really works. Adam Grant has a great explainer on it. The summary:quote:It’s true that networking can help you accomplish great things. But this obscures the opposite truth: Accomplishing great things helps you develop a network.
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I think those are the big three general job boards, but there are a lot of industry/profession-specific sites out there that might be worth your time.
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