bump this thread every time you get invited to connect on LinkedIn

Must've been some skills!

A coworker at my newish job told me that our employer really prefers everyone to have LinkedIn profiles. I think I actually made a pfffffbbbbt noise at him.

Also, pro tip, if you are seeking any sort of benefit that hinges on your inability to work, make sure your LinkedIn profile reflects that inability, or lock that shit down good.

xp pp, I was definitely terrified when I first checked out what he had endorsed ;)

One thing I've noticed about the endorsements is that some of them are provided by linkedin, rather than by the users. Someone just endorsed me for Event Planning, which I hadn't included in my profile. The individual who endorsed that wouldn't have any reason to believe that I have that skill.

what does this site do? i keep getting invites but what does it do?

gets you jobs

looks like it's facebook without the drunken photos.

do people headhunt you from that site?

insider knowledge: yes big time

in that case cool although presumably i need to be 'linked in' with actual people i work with rather than just mates?

my ex-boss recently got a really good job via someone headhunting him on it. i always assumed it was something i'd never use until he told me this.

i'd guess the bigger your network the better, mates or colleagues.

the networking piece is of secondary importance from a recruiter perspective. linkedin have a great model where they give you a platform to share useful data ostensibly only with people you choose to and then they then sell that data to companies like the one i work for, in the guise of 'premium membership' levels

strangely timely revive, as yesterday i logged into linkedin for the first time in a few years.

and found that my dad has endorsed me 10 times

thanks dad

http://i.imgur.com/c4KTaAV.png

ok thanks i have now added one hope a job will come my way soon

I had to create a filter just for a former co-worker who endorsed by talents and skills every day.

I think he was wanting me to endorse him, but fuck that shit, he ain't got no skills.

I just set up an account recently after receiving various invites over the past year. I'm still not really sure whether it is worthwhile or what I should be doing.

What is the protocol around endorsing people's skills? Is it expected as a matter of courtesy or what?

ime it is an annoying way to remind people you exist by supposedly complimenting them

i've gotten a rash of endorsements lately, is that a thing? it's weird

I had to create a filter just for a former co-worker who endorsed by talents and skills every day.

I think he was wanting me to endorse him, but fuck that shit, he ain't got no skills.

I have received a "X has endorsed you for your skills!" email twenty times in the past ten days. I know they have that thing where it gets you to endorse four people at a time, but isn't that a little excessive?!

- an "X..." obviously. All from the same person.

My auto mechanic has been bugging me to link to him. Now, he and his shop are first-rate and I recommend them at every opportunity, but this seems like a strange use of the site.

"gamification"

I'll confess to doing something childish.

I went on my colleague's LinkedIn profile and it asked me to endorse him for X skill. So, not only did I endorse him for that but I added an endorsement I made up: Groovy. He then got an email to accept these endorsements, but didn't read all of the endorsements, only the legitimate one, and they were posted on his profile.

I did the same to my other colleague for Racketeering, Murder, Drug Trafficking, Abuse, and some other things.

All of us got a laugh :-)

uh

Groovy is a programming language fyi.

Point is the thing is broken.

haven't got a job yet :(

neither have I :(

i got one that resulted in a career and industry change

still no job :((

Hi dere Russian evening class teacher from 4 yrs ago

ha, fuckers

my god my career is gangbusters on linkedin

darragh m(a)c____ seems very insistent that i connect on linkedin. i would if i was actually a member, i swear.

lol soz i get crazy anxious that it might work so i blitz it every few weeks, i just dont actually get it is the thing

Got an invitation to connect with a guy whose listed job role is "Jesuspr3neur" today.

preneur m (plural preneurs, feminine preneuse)
taker; one who takes
a lessee, a renter

hasnt thought that through has he

O HAI my long-since retired uncle.

This has become pretty much useless. The only requests for connections I get any more (about two or three a week) are from product reps wanting me to spec their products.

I'm gotten some freelance work via LinkedIn, but that's about it.

Is there some incentive system for people who go around handing out endorsements on LinkedIn? I get odd endorsements from people I don't even know. Are they earning points to enter for a Florida vacation or something?

is an endorsement the LinkedIn version of a FB poke?

http://i.imgur.com/QMRHuk5.png

*swipes left*

it keeps trying to get me to connect with a person who has been dead since 2009 :(

for that you need medium.com