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Until it becomes standard practice to require verified LinkedIn work history.

That will never happen. LinkedIn has long since peaked. Since it became cluttered with odd influencer types posting largely meaningless fluff, and more and more recruiters who make no effort to read candidate pages before spamming, its value has continually declined each year.

#cryingCEOmeme

LinkedIn has become such a cringefest it's not even funny anymore. It got worse than Twitter which only is still in everyone's mind because pseudo-relevant Tweets are screenshotted easily and reposted at all corners of the Internet. Not because it's good content, but because these post have the right visual dimensions to allow for such type of borrowed content.

As someone who has just joined the workforce in the past few years, I have never understood LinkedIn. The job hunting seems like a budget version of Indeed or similar. The "social media" aspect is by far the least engaging, most spammy, useless stream of information that's possible. The recruiters on there ruin things even further, adding to the pile of spam that we already deal with. I really don't see the point of LinkedIn past declaring who you work for.

I use it mainly as a digital rolodex. But that's about it. Not that it would be possible to schedule meetings easily and follow-up with conversations. But then, this would make it an email client.

LinkedIn may have a higher effort:reward ratio than it used to, but is there something else that has higher utility to someone looking to get noticed for a new job?

Since we're here, post to a "Who's looking to get hired" thread. I got a good lead with that the last time I tried. Other than that, ask around and create a relationship with a good recruiter or two.

Submitting resumes have always worked for me.

The attention I got through LinkedIn wasn't really worth it. They'd notify me of a shiny new job, I'd notify them of a hard $$$$ salary floor, and they'd laugh their way out of the conversation. Other channels like CodeFights, Triplebyte, and Google's foobar were a lot lower effort and a lot more fun for substantially greater dividends, and now waiting for former co-workers to recruit me is about as far as the search goes.

My country has one or two job posting sites that have much better signal-to-noise ratios and are heavily watched by recruiters. It's in fact much faster than LinkedIn to get going for both sides.

Internationally I'd rather check HN's job threads and the likes.

i found hired.com and y combinator jobs to be a bit more meaningful these days. Othre than that I have tried indeed.com but it seems its mostly bait and switch in london..

Hi. It me. Bob Schlomly - President of Kicking Ass and CEO of Taking Names. I'm here with my 500th post of the month telling you how much I hate it that the go-getters are being denied water-cooler comradery like the good old days, as I post this from my childhood bedroom on my dad's old laptop. I have very strong opinions on a very many things that I have never personally experienced but hope to do so whenever I decide to get over my crippling anxiety and become the man everyone told me I could become after I won first place in Ms. Bealer's third grade spelling bee. Work hard, have fun, subscribe to my newsletter and purchase one of my courses that teaches you how to create your own courses and have a great day, champ. The future is you.

I had a candidate reach out to me looking for a new position after a gap in his employment. He was not the traditional candidate, and most would have passed on him, but being the #angel recruiter that I am, I decided to speak to him on the phone.

The conversation that transpired was #inspirational. I learned that he had been helping an old lady cross the street and got hit by a car. While he was laying on the street, a 100lb vulture swooped up and he had to use his fire-breathing abilities to fight the vulture off. He was dropped 50 ft from the air and sustained multiple injuries. This explained his gap in employment.

If it wasn't for my ability to #adapt and give all candidates from all walks of life a chance, this individual would not have been able to find fulfilling employment. Luckily we were able to match him with a fantastic #startup firm as an AP clerk. This is why I love my job. #GiveEveryoneAChance #DreamJob #PleaseSendMeAMessageForFantasticOpportunitiesLikeThis

or alternately

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I had a candidate reach out to me looking for a new position after a gap in his employment. He was not the traditional candidate, and most would have passed on him, but being the #mediocre recruiter that I am, I decided to speak to him on the phone. The conversation that transpired was #beautiful. I learned that he was launching a line of scented candles and got implicated in a class-action lawsuit against big-pasta. While he was running up a large mountain, a furious gorilla charged and he had to use his mother's cookbook to make friends with the agitated beast. He was hugged very hard by the animal and lost all sense of pride. This explained his gap in employment. If it wasn't for my ability to #becool and give all candidates from all walks of life a chance, this individual would not have been able to find fulfilling employment. Luckily we were able to match him with a fantastic #landscaping firm as a data ninja. This is why I love my job. #GiveEveryoneAChance #DreamJob #PleaseSendMeAMessageForFantasticOpportunitiesLikeThis

This is so funny because it is completely spot-on. The only word you failed to work into this screed was "rockstar". Hilarious.

In my entire career I’ve never had a LinkedIn account, I’ve never had LinkedIn brought up in an interview, and I’ve never looked at an interviewee’s LinkedIn account. It’s nowhere near as important as the industry seems to think.

What's when I move to a yurt in the forest

Please verify your yurt. Click on the real yurt from the following 6 pictures...

Hello I’m from the high speed train project and we’re going to eminent domain your yurt. Get packing!

not until you click on the right "does this picture contain a high-speed train" image

All the greater motivation for people to grind for independence from the rat race.

>> Until it becomes standard practice to require verified LinkedIn work history.

Unless LinkedIn truly believes they are the new standard practice of work history.

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