<div dir="ltr">LinkedIn is definitely valuable. Countless people have told me that it was directly responsible for getting them opportunities.<br>Provided you add enough details (more than the details you put on a resume), it's essentially a place where employers and recruiters can find suitable candidates for jobs quickly, and where you can find suitable jobs to apply for quickly.<div>Of course, like any site, it's got some issues - there's the odd spammy recruiter, connection request, or message. For example, these past 6 months I've been getting tons of requests out-of-the-blue from people abroad asking to be hired as a remote programming instructor. Each request is worded perfectly and free of grammatical errors. But I asked one of them (who listed every technology under the sun in his LinkedIn message) if he knew KeruGL (which doesn't exist) the reply was "yes, I am expert in KeruGL and can wage negotiation and start working immediately if opportunity." </div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sun, 7 May 2023 at 14:51, Jeff Smith <<a href="mailto:crankyoldbugger@gmail.com">crankyoldbugger@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
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<div dir="auto">I think that these days LinkedIn is "the" place to go, but I could be out of date. Nevertheless I am on LinkedIn (and I'll look you up when I get home), but please don't connect with the "friends count " jackasses there. Oh, look at me, I
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<div dir="auto">Or the people who constantly post articles about whatever topic and plug up your feed...</div>
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<div dir="auto">Or my favorite, the recruiters from Mumbai who want to talk to you about a great job opportunity! I have to chase these people away with a broom.</div>
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<b>Sent:</b> Sunday, May 7, 2023 1:55:17 PM<br>
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<div style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif">Send us the link for your Linkedin profile, a quick google sure renders a lot of obituaries for a Ronald Barnes!</div>
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<div style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif">I have no use for Linkedin in any direct fashion, but folks checking in to see if I am still alive find value in it I suppose, based on Linkedin notifications saying someone's been checking
my profile. Or maybe, the folks checking profiles could be bots crawling around, no idea.<br>
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<div dir="ltr">On Sun, May 7, 2023 at 1:35 PM Ronald Barnes <<a href="mailto:ron@ronaldbarnes.ca" target="_blank">ron@ronaldbarnes.ca</a>> wrote:<br>
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Hi,<br>
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I'm doing the dreaded job search, and have can't resist Linked-In any <br>
longer.<br>
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Any opinions on the value these days of a Linked-In profile?<br>
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I still haven't forgotten them being hacked and having the users' *clear <br>
text* passwords extracted (if I recall the incident correctly - maybe <br>
poorly hashed & unsalted?).<br>
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Also, I've been checking out the interface, updating my profile, and <br>
seeing who's in my connections feed. I may have requested a couple <br>
"connections" already.<br>
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If you don't want to connect with me, I understand. Join the long list, <br>
beginning with Mom. /jk<br>
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If anyone's on Linked-In, recognizes me, and is willing to "connect" <br>
and, better, share some endorsements, please reach out off-list.<br>
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It would be greatly appreciated!<br>
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Thanks,<br>
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rb<br>
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