On Thu, 07 Jun 2012 08:56:40 +0100, Invisible wrote:

>>>> It's helped me in my job search; the leads unfortunately didn't
>>>> result in a full-time job, but yes, it's helpful.
>>>>
>>> It has not really helped me looking for a job. But someone I worked
>>> with last year said that it is the up and coming thing for job
>>> searching. I can see it being a more dominant site as recruiters use
>>> it more.
>>
>> Yeah, that's the other thing, having good data in it, it's being used
>> more and more by recruiters to find candidates.
> 
> Thing is, people were saying 10 years ago that it was a great resource
> for getting hired, and today, 10 years later, that still doesn't seem to
> be the case.

It's not a passive thing - you don't put your CV info up there and then 
just sit back and wait.

So, what active things have you done?

>> The funny thing is that while I had full-time employment, I would
>> regularly get calls and requests from recruiters.
>>
>> Now that I'm working for myself, that's dried up.
> 
> More like "if you don't access it at least twice per day, you disappear
> off the bottom of the search results".

Not at all.  I access LinkedIn quite regularly, and am a member of a 
number of groups related to the fields I'm interested in - and I 
occasionally participate in discussions in those groups.

Jim

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