Do You Keep LinkedIn Up To Date?
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My guess is that the smaller the business, the more cautious people are about having their names tied to corporate identities both because smaller businesses are less rational and because you could easily become the sole voice for a small business. Rather than if you worked at Exxon Mobile and commented on liking a Mac desktop no one would ever think that you were the spokesperson for the world's third largest company not that Exxon Mobile was endorsing the opinion. And Exxon Mobile would never hunt you down for making them "look bad to Microsoft" or something like that.
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I prefer to post anonymously on forums, You don't have to be so careful about what you say and you don't have to worry about what you say being misinterpreted by someone. I'd rather not be on LinkedIn at all but it seems to be a necessary evil if you ever want to consider moving jobs.
But you've always been fairly open on Spiceworks about who you are and who you work for, haven't you? What was the job that you had to keep secret on LinkedIn? I see from your profile that you've had a number of different jobs that ran concurrently. How did that work? Were you simply consulting for more than one firm?
I'm being nosey here, sorry!
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I only update LinkedIn if I'm looking for a new job. Otherwise, it's a state secret
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I update mine when I get a certification or switch positions, but other than that I don't really use it much.
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@Carnival-Boy said:
But you've always been fairly open on Spiceworks about who you are and who you work for, haven't you?
No, my full time financial positions were always a complete secret. Banks do not like having anything associated with them, good or bad.
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I deleted my LinkedIn a few years ago...
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@Carnival-Boy said:
I see from your profile that you've had a number of different jobs that ran concurrently. How did that work? Were you simply consulting for more than one firm?
It's complicated. Each situation is a bit unique, but mostly I just work a lot.
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@garak0410 said:
I deleted my LinkedIn a few years ago...
I absolutely hate LinkedIn, it is almost exclusively just a spam generator. It's horrible. I've never gotten a job from there, I'm not sure I know of anyone who has. Although my interviews with Red Hat, LinkedIn, Amazon and Facebook all partially came out of it.
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Only when job hunting
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@Nic said:
Only when job hunting
This, I only update when absolutely necessary.... I generally get one or two emails a month that I consider spam from people who found me on LinkedIn.
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@coliver said:
I generally get one or two emails a month that I consider spam from people who found me on LinkedIn.
Oh gosh, I get close to ten per day. Two to three on the weekends. And mine has so little of my info on it and only recently had the last ten years of work!!
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I keep mine pretty up-to-date, although I was just thinking yesterday I need to update it now that I've moved back to NY...
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@thanksaj said:
I keep mine pretty up-to-date, although I was just thinking yesterday I need to update it now that I've moved back to NY...
Keeping your location up to date on there is probably important. I just updated mine to Spain, let's see if it cuts down on the crap coming through.
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No I don't and that's something I should correct.
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I try to keep up with it. Though I am in a very different position than say SAM. I want people to associate me with NTG/GroveSocial. My Name is my brand and NTG/GroveSocial are VERY VERY much a part of that full branding.
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@scottalanmiller said:
@thanksaj said:
I keep mine pretty up-to-date, although I was just thinking yesterday I need to update it now that I've moved back to NY...
Keeping your location up to date on there is probably important. I just updated mine to Spain, let's see if it cuts down on the crap coming through.
Mine is now updated.
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Mine isn't
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@scottalanmiller I used to update Linked in Profile
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@scottalanmiller I can see why you typically leave off your current employer. Perhaps that is a good general practice, but those who are in sales, or working with other partners this is not wise. I think it's imperative to keep it up to date so your customers know where you're presently working, and who you are & have worked with. This is true for myself. I've seem to get more pokes on Linked In every few weeks as a result. Typically it's a company that want to try to sell me their service, or get me to sell their service, which I don't mind provided their not aggressive. Also, because of my updates, I've been able to also mass a strong rolodex of IT/Business professionals.
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no...........
