LinkedIn - has it found you a new job?

[n5gooner]

I've been called several times from my profile on linkedin. I've not however taken any jobs up as its been whilst I'm in the middle of a gig.

[cojak]

I use it but don't let others see my connections, this keeps group members from filching my network.

[Cheshire Cat]

I use it but don't let others see my connections, this keeps group members from filching my network.

Ditto. I've been contacted a few times by strangers asking can they see my connections. Credit to them for trying. I told them to do one, obviously.

[victorantos]

trying to get a job

I also trying to get a contract or e-business opportunity from linkedin,
but no luck till now...
I think linkedin could be an opportunity to find some business partners, though

[eyetie]

LinkedIn

Got me a job through LinkedIn last year. I would also recommend flicking through the Answers section and answering/posing some questions to raise your profile.

[cykophysh39]

i found my current gig through linked in, probably the most lucrative gig I have ever had.

[BrilloPad]

It got me NOTHING.

[Another Dodgy Agent]

Beware that agents scour it and the number of cold calls you get from them will increase the more detail about your experience and skills you put on there.

Yep its really useful for that, especially the advanced search option which allows you to type in a company's name and then search for people working for that company. Our chaps use it hear quite a lot, specifically if they are looking to target a certain company or market sector.

Pretty much most companies you search on will list Test Manager, Development Manager, Head of PMO, Helpesk Manager etc.

[DodgyAgent]

Yep its really useful for that, especially the advanced search option which allows you to type in a company's name and then search for people working for that company. Our chaps use it hear quite a lot, specifically if they are looking to target a certain company or market sector.

Pretty much most companies you search on will list Test Manager, Development Manager, Head of PMO, Helpesk Manager etc.

texting advertisements directly to people's mobile phones was once thought to be the next best thing for advertisers and marketers until too many people got fed up with receiving too many texts. The same will happen to linkedin, Spoke, Xing (good for Germans ) and all the rest. Everyone is using it to find names, and frankly those who do not probably should.

It will reach a point where people will grow tired of being contacted through linkedin and will end up either withdrawing or hiding their contact details.

[Another Dodgy Agent]

texting advertisements directly to people's mobile phones was once thought to be the next best thing for advertisers and marketers until too many people got fed up with receiving too many texts. The same will happen to linkedin, Spoke, Xing (good for Germans ) and all the rest. Everyone is using it to find names, and frankly those who do not probably should.

It will reach a point where people will grow tired of being contacted through linkedin and will end up either withdrawing or hiding their contact details.

Ahh but we will have retired by then (I suspect we may be of a similar age!? - I recently became a grandad) and the new young upstarts coming into recruitment will find another way of making contact with the all important decision makers.

Besides our guy's don't contact managers via linked in, its just used for name gathering, they would then ring the company reception and start working their way through the list of contacts gathered rather than using the contact option on Linked In.