• thefloweracidic@lemmy.world
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    10 months ago

    LinkedIn is an aggregation of everything wrong with social media. I got laid off and tried to use it to find a job, never again.

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      10 months ago

      YMMV

      I got laid off, got the LinkedIn premium (free for one month). Got hired before the trial ran out.

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        10 months ago

        Never looked into it, what exactly does to help on the being hired part? It advertise you more somehow or what? I only remember the thing about being able to see who checked your profile I think…

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      10 months ago

      tried to use it to find a job, never again.

      Can I ask why?

      Like I am not a big fan of the social network part, with people sharing stupid stuff and other things but for finding a job or so they can find you and see your experience and so on it didn’t seem that bad.

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        10 months ago

        I’m a software developer and many job postings for my skill sets are getting 500+ applicants, so my strategy was to try to network on the platform. The whole experience was demoralizing, sure other job boards might have the same number of applicants, but I really feel like the easy apply button just creates more competition. My inbox is always open for recruiters though, that is the only positive for me.