Linkedin: Premium or Jobseeker?

[kevpuk]

I too get spammed with offers of a free trial, but have yet to ever take them up.
Not aversed a trial, but thinking best to save until I might actually get some benefit - i.e. struggling to find next gig. Can't help but think that the price is too high, but I guess that is to support the masses who, like me, make do with free membership

[edison]

If you are having to put £30 a month through the company you have bigger problems!

I have the basic free membership, but a good network of connections (including a lot of pimps) and as such get at least one enquiry a week (which in my niche is a high strike rate as JobServe only normally has 1 or 2 roles a week, albeit sometimes through multiple agencies)

I'm not bothered about the £30, it was more of a bookkeeping question...

Agree with you about networking though. My speciality is fairly niche too and now I know a lot of headhunters/agents, I get approaches without having to work too hard. I know quite a few CIOs and plenty of other people at IT Leadership or functional Director level who are the best source of potential leads ultimately for me.

[Boney M]

It is absolutely piss poor for searching contract roles, regardless of search terms and stuff