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Oct 20, 2010

Quackles posted:

• Is LinkedIn going to be useful in getting me a job?
• If I do make a LinkedIn account, how do I use it once I have it?
• How do I reconcile privacy with having a social network account in my real name?

I found my last two jobs directly or indirectly through linkedin. In one case I found out about a company I never would have heard of otherwise because a former classmate was working there. My current job I got after a recruiter reached out to me on linkedin.

It took about a year before having the account was useful. I just copied my resume into my profile and started adding coworkers and former classmates. I think in general it becomes more useful over a longer period of time, as your network spreads out and changes jobs. As other posters have covered, there has never been a good or insightful post made on linkedin, that part of the site is worse than useless.

Privacy was a big reason I put off making an account for so long. There's no getting around that there's a social media account linking my real name, resume, and photo, but in my case the benefits have greatly exceeded the downsides

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