My big one is that they need to stop asking why I applied for their company. The real answer is I want a new job, and I blasted out a hundred applications. I didn’t choose your company specifically.
My big one is that they need to stop asking why I applied for their company. The real answer is I want a new job, and I blasted out a hundred applications. I didn’t choose your company specifically.
I don’t do social media. I do still maintain a LinkedIn. I don’t read anyone’s bullshit, and I certainly don’t write any bullshit. But I would have to say about 95% of my jobs have come through recruiters that found me on LinkedIn. It just has my work history there, basically. And of course I’m connected to people so I guess they can maybe validate I’m a real person with real connections.
Anyway, I’d recommend having an account and updating it any time you update your resume. I 100% understand why you might choose not to, but it’s been invaluable to me.
I used to be the same way where I utilized LinkedIn and I’ve been on the platform for a long time, but the hoarding of data and now their partnership with Amazon to access that data, I’m just sick of being for sale, especially since we don’t even profit from it ourselves! It’s OUR data from OUR lives, yet we’re not allowed to keep it ours. So, I finally ditched it a couple months ago.
I know it has value, but I’m going to utilize a federated version or stand up my own Domain and link it that way.