#45

Use the auto reply option

#46

You know, I pressed that button about a week ago and I have had no one get in touch with me. I’m going to ask a question now, and if the answer’s harsh I don’t really care; is there a lag in how long they might take to start bunging me the sweet jobs, or am I woefully underskilled and poorly connected?

#47

I think the honest answer is it totally depends on your job field and how recruitment happens.

In mine it now seems to be a lot of internal recruiters trawling LinkedIn and also external ones. People are actively headhunted because demand outstrips supply.

So I wouldn’t feel too down if you haven’t heard been contacted.

Also I put a paragraph explaining my situation, timelines and what I was looking for - think that helped.

#48

if we make any amendments to our profiles whatsoever at my work, we get flagged as a flight risk. I got put on the flight risk list because I added a qualification I’d gained.

of course once I found this out I took the piss and updated my profile very slightly every day for a couple of weeks to annoy the guy who did the lists.

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#49

I think it’s going to be because I’m a basic admin guy and therefore it’s like sand in the desert. I could probably do what you suggest and tailor my profile better towards recruitment though, that’s good advice!

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#50

at the moment I mostly use LinkedIn to share my wife’s work (she’s an illustrator) , which has worked well and she’s sold a few things to some of my connections :+1:

should really update my profile properly at some point as whenever I get any contact from recruiters it’s either to work in audit (I’m not an auditor but I work for one), risk (my department has risk in its name, I don’t work in risk) or RPA (I did do this for a bit - it’s shite). this would be obvious if they read my profile rather than just searching for a keyword or two and messaging from there. but obviously that would be silly.

#51

I sometimes look for colleagues or former colleagues on there and laugh at how they soup up unskilled jobs to sound like they were NASA engineers.

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#52

It’s really good for job hunting. And if I want to hate-read a bunch of insipid inspirational quote shite featuring insidious capitalism-worship

Edit: like this!

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#54

Has anyone ever congratulated someone on a work anniversary?

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#55

I might have liked one of those notifications, but that’s about it.

half the time I find they don’t even work at that company anyway, and if they’ve been at my company for a long time they deserve commiserations, not congratulations.

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#56

I do it to people who I know hate work.

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#58

Last time I was between jobs I got a lot of freelance work via LinkedIn, often directly by publishers and agencies rather than recruiters. Now that I am looking for a new job again, no one has contacted me at all, no one.

#59

When did Bill Gates turn into Woody Allen?

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#60

Hate it but cant stop going on it. So many posts about stuff that obviously isnt true like

‘I saw this homeless guy and he told me he used to work with computers. I immediately thought of a client i had who could use his skills and gave them a call. They agreed to give him a chance. I out him up in my home for 3 months to get him back on his feet and 3 years later the same homeless guy is MD of the company, earning a 6 figure salary, and is the Godfather to my child. Always be prepared to give people a chance’

So cringey, so awful. My favourite of all the social medias

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#61

I haven’t had any recruitment agencies get in touch but maybe I can’t see their messages for all the bands sending me their demoes.

https://www.linkedin.com/in/seaninsound/

#62

I had a mixture of “Congratulations!” and “Wow, you’re still there?” when I hit a 5 year work anniversary. It encouraged me to find another job like I had been planning for the previous 2 years.

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#63

Do I have to know anyone or make connections or can I just use it to pamper my ego?

#64

@eems just popped up on my linkedin

#65

wait. wrong smee brother. apologies @eems.

#66

@meths - oh he does have an account. @meths just popped up on my linkedin.